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Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex

Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex rather than just read about it. In short: The Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex (KIWTC), is a water purification and distribution project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Construction began in August 2021 and completion and commercial commissioning was achieved in February 2023.

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Reference excerpt

The Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex (KIWTC), is a water purification and distribution project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Construction began in August 2021 and completion and commercial commissioning was achieved in February 2023. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor is Weihai International Economic & Technical Cooperative (WIETC), of China. The project is owned and is financed by the government of DRC, with funds borrowed from the World Bank Group.

Location The water treatment facility is located in the western suburbs of the capital city of Kinshasa, adjacent to the military base in Ngaliema, in the southwestern part of the city.

Overview As of January 2020, the city of Kinshasa was home to an estimated population of 12 million people. Following diagnostic and feasibility studies by the Antea Group, funded by the International Development Association (IDA), the DRC officials decided to build a new water treatment complex capable of delivering 110,000 cubic meters (110,000,000 L) of potable water to the city on a daily basis. Under long-term planning, the city plans to expand the capacity of the complex to three times the initial size. The World Bank funded this project to the tune of US$59.4 million. Later, the same source reported that the loan had been increased to US$72 million.

Ownership The water treatment facility is wholly owned by the Régie de distribution d'eau (REGIDESO), the government parastatal company, responsible for provision of potable water nationwide.

Construction The construction of the Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex is part of a larger plan called Urban Drinking Water Supply Project (Pemu). Pemu's objective is to (a) sustainably increase access to potable water in the cities of Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Matadi and (b) improve the efficiency of Regideso, the country's public water distribution company. Pemu will cost an estimated US$360 million to complete. The design of KIWTC calls for a water intake pipe, measuring 805 millimetres (32 in) in diameter, inserted into the Congo River. The intake pipe will travel through the city for approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) to a temporary storage facility, before it enters the treatment plant. On its way from the Congo River to the new water processing facility, the intake pipe passes through Colonel Tshatshi Military Camp in the neighborhood called Ngaliema, in the western suburbs of Kinshasa. Related new infrastructure includes the construction of a building specifically dedicated to the storage of water treatment chemicals. Work also includes the rehabilitation of over 150 kilometres (93 mi) of primary, secondary and tertiary distribution water pipes.

Commissioning The completed water purification plant was inaugurated by Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the head of state of DRC in February 2023.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex

In research: Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2023 establishments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buildings and structures completed in 2023, Buildings and structures in Kinshasa, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kinshasa Industrial Water Treatment Complex outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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