World Vision South Sudan this week
achieved a major milestone in its operations when it handed over the Mamenze
Water supply scheme to the community within Tambura East Boma area of South
Sudan. The project will avail clean drinking water to area residents.
In the history of Western Equatoria state, residents have over the years
suffered from lack of water. World Vision’s expansion of Mamenze water spring
is therefore an innovation that is unique in Western Equatoria, which was
evident by the excitement during the commissioning ceremony.
Water at the project is pumped from the sump well to an elevated storage
tank that is seventy metres high, using an integrated solar powered and diesel
generated system as a source of energy. The water distribution network has six
branches and eleven public tap-stands with twenty-three taps. Water is supplied to 9,375 people who live in
Tambura East Boma.
In the past, the whole population of Tambura East Boma, mostly women,
walked long distances to access water. Through the World Vision intervention,
their workload has now greatly reduced as a result of the reduction of time and
distance of travel both to and from water sources.
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