Feasibility studies and tender document preparation for the nyimur multipurpose water resources project

The services included under this project are Feasibility and Tender Design Studies for the Nyimur Multipurpose Water Resources Project located in the Aswa River basin shared between Uganda and South Sudan. The project comprises a community based irrigation scheme, water reservoir, a water and soil conservation component among other enabling sub components. It will establish a water resources information/knowledge base and institutional development of the target project area. The core scheme of the project consists of a 26 m head dam and reservoir on Nyimur River and five (5) modules of irrigated lowland rice of approximately 5,105 ha. A mini hydropower plant with a capacity of 350 kW is included in the dam component. In addition, it includes the establishment, in the sub-catchments, of areas where Sustainable Land use Management is practiced as well as afforestation activities for an estimated at 14,300 ha. It envisages assessment of the likely feasibility and benefits from a technical, economic, financial, environment, social, and institutional perspectives, as well as consideration of alternative financing options.