MACC hands over USAID reservoirs and pumping facilities in the Middle Area and Rafah

MACC has handed over four ground reservoirs with booster pumping stations, pipelines and SCADA at Buriej, Maghazi, Deir Al Balah and Rafah to the Palestinian Water Authority, built under USAID task order AID-294-TO-16-00009.

MACC has handed over the Middle Area and Rafah reservoirs and pumping facilities to the Palestinian Water Authority. The four sites at Buriej, Maghazi, Deir Al Balah and Rafah were completed at the end of December 2018 and formally handed over in January 2019.

The project, USAID task order AID-294-TO-16-00009 with AECOM as construction management consultant, delivered 15,300 m³ of new storage: a 3,300 m³ reinforced-concrete ground reservoir at Buriej and 4,000 m³ reservoirs at each of Maghazi, Deir Al Balah and Rafah. Each site has a new booster pumping station with disinfection room, electrical and control building, standby diesel generator, transformer, solar PV system and PLC/SCADA controls.

MACC also laid about 27 km of HDPE supply and distribution pipelines from 160 to 800 mm, including a 1.9 km, 800 mm line at Buriej, with ductile-iron connections. The reservoirs strengthen water storage and supply for the middle and southern governorates.