In brief

  1. SDF lists a 19 km pipeline connecting Borama town to its water source, with two 500,000 litre tanks at Al-Hayat hill.
  2. The same scope targets 3 million litres per day for a stated 90,000 residents of Borama.
  3. The description is undated scope evidence, so completion certificates are needed before treating any of it as finished.
Contents
  1. What the source records
  2. What it means on site
  3. What the source does not establish
  4. What to do next

The Somaliland Development Fund, in its undated SDF2 project descriptions, records a 19 km pipeline connecting Borama town in Awdal Region to its water source, part of a project implemented by the Ministry of Water Resource Development. The same entry states the project aims to serve 90,000 residents of Borama through the delivery of 3 million litres of water per day.

What the source records

Under the project, the fund lists three items: construct 19 km of pipeline connecting Borama with the water source; install two 500,000 litre water tanks at Al-Hayat hill; and construct various supporting buildings, which it names as an administration block, lodge and generator rooms. The stated aim is 90,000 residents served and 3 million litres per day, improving availability of and access to clean and affordable drinking water. The scopes appear in the Somaliland Development Fund SDF2 project descriptions, which carry no date.

What it means on site

Read as a scope list, the entry tells a bidder or client what package to expect and what to price: pipeline, storage, buildings, and the interfaces between them. The three outputs are separate trades and separate records. Ask for the pipeline alignment and route survey, the geotechnical basis for the tank foundations on Al-Hayat hill, and the generator room layout with its ventilation and fuel storage. Treat the 19 km and the tank volumes as design figures in the scope, not measured installed quantities. General practice for a transmission main is to pressure test and disinfect before handing over, and to confirm the required test pressure and duration against the project specification and engineer.

What the source does not establish

This is scope evidence only. The page carries no date and no implementation status, so nothing here shows that any pipeline, tank or building is built, tested or in service. The 19 km, the two tanks and the 3 million litres per day describe what the project set out to deliver, not what exists now. It does not give pipeline diameter, pipe material, route, pump duty, source yield, reservoir levels or commissioning test results. It does not say which contractor holds the works or what stage they reached. Nothing here assigns responsibility for the project's current state.

What to do next

Ask the Ministry of Water Resource Development for the Borama project's completion certificates, as-built pipeline drawings and tank test records, and check whether the 19 km and the two Al-Hayat hill tanks were the sizes finally built. Confirm the current operational status with the office.

Sources

  1. SDF2 engineering scopesSomaliland Development Fund, Undated SDF2 project descriptions, somalilanddevelopmentfund.org. Documented project scope; laasdhure; Burao-Berbera; Borama; Geed Deeble sections.

Local reporting: this article is written for building work in Borama and Somaliland. Ground conditions, prices and rules differ between places; confirm the details for your own site.