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Dar es Salaam Water Resilience
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · DAWASA
Client
DAWASA
Country
Tanzania
Coordinates
-6.7924 N, 39.2083 E
Project dates
Jul 2018 – Dec 2021
Project manager
G. Mwakalinga
Disciplines
WaterHydrologyCoastal
Project description
Coastal flood resilience, stormwater conveyance and non-revenue water reduction across the metropolitan network.
Shoreline protection across 14 km of exposed frontage
Stormwater catchment remodelling after the 2021 rainfall event
412 boreholes over reclaimed and natural ground
Integrated public realm and utility corridor design
Key insights generated from historical data
Derived from the governed knowledge base
- Drainage surcharge patterns here match 6 coastal projects across the Gulf and Red Sea.
- Foundation solutions on reclaimed ground reused from Abu Dhabi Airport Development reduced design iteration by an estimated 4 weeks.
- Shoreline erosion rates are 2.1× the regional median, informing the revetment design life.
Project boundary
EPSG:4326Schematic basemap · PostGIS geometries
Data completeness
Catalogued assets71%
Coordinate metadata88%
Classification assigned97%
Embedded for semantic search83%
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