Flowtite South Africa has been contracted by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) to supply pipes for the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) in Zimbabwe.
The inked deal is part of the Zimbabwean government plans to treat this water for household use and send some of the raw water to irrigate the area. The dam’s reservoir will be capable of holding 634 million m3 of water when it is commissioned in 2022. China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) is carrying out the work.
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Scope of work
The contract will see the firm lay pipes that will carry raw water over a distance of almost 260 km from the Gwayi-Shangani Dam to the city of Bulawayo. The pipes manufactured by Flowtite South Africa are GRP (glass fibre reinforced plastic).
The subsidiary of the Norwegian group Flowtite Technology says that 52% of the pipes will be imported from South Africa. The company aims to build a factory in Zimbabwe by the end of 2022, to manufacture the remaining 48% of the equipment.
The value of the contract signed by Flowtite is US $50 million. Under the agreement with Zinwa, the company will also train civil contractors and staff of the Zimbabwean government agency. The goal is to secure the water supply in the arid Matabeleland North province. The third component of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project will install another pipeline from the Zambezi River to the Gwayi-Shangani Dam.