The main objective of this component is to offer advice on water source, water transmission pipeline, reticulation and storage facility. Water supply in the Kuruwitu Master plan will cater for several end uses. The end use may be drinking, general site cleaning, irrigation, water recreation, fire water or many other uses including being safely returned to the environment. Any design creteria and recommendation by the design manual for water supply should be based on WASREB [Water services regulatory board] KIMAWASCO [Kilifi Mariakani water and sewerage company limited] WARMA [water resources authourity] and as per county reticulation. The site will accommodate county reticulation by giving provisions for it. The site will mainly depend on borehole sources to be provided through hydrologist advice and direction. Water storage provisions are to be through storage overhead and underground tanks.
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Map Showing proposed location of water towers. Water harvesting from stormwater management strategies should be considered at a site wide context, and encouraged wihin individual dwellings. The master plan should have a combination of overhead and underground water storage amenities.
Two alternative/combined sources of water supply have been considered. On site boreholes with a treatment plant. Supported by bulk supply from the ongoing plans by KIMAWASCO. Consideration has also been made for bulk storage of water onsite intergrated with elevated tanks for gravity-driven reticulation to planned high rise buildings. The proposed master plan will host boreholes for provision of portable water. A Water Treatment Plant [WTP]has been proposed for filtration and two water towers for overhead bulk storages.