Country: Mozambique Local: Tete

Completion date: 2016
Contracting entity:
ARA Zambeze (Zambezi Regional Water Board)
Project description
Detailed Design of Tete City Sanitation System – Consultancy Service for the Elaboration of Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Detailed Design of Tete City Sanitation System
The consultancy services aimed to:
a) identify more feasible and sustainable systems and technologies for the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), taking into account treatment efficiency, investment costs and operation and maintenance costs;
b) propose the design for sewer systems and possible locations for the WWTP (based on a decision support matrix developed for this purpose, that integrates social, economic, technical and environmental/ legal aspects);
c) elaborate the tender documents and terms of reference for the detailed design of Tete City Sanitation System and environmental assessment.
Within the project, the following activities were performed: Diagnosis of the sanitation sector and systems in the city of Tete; definition of priority interventions; preliminary cost estimation; elaboration of tender documents and terms of reference for the consultancy services; development and application of a decision support matrix, integrating social, economic, technical and environmental /legal aspects. Training and capacity building of technical staff of ARA and of City Council, through workshops and local training sessions.