American Red Cross Aceh Water and Sanitation Program seek to build on and to ensure the sustainability of ARC previous Tsunami Recovery Program. One of the activities planned in the current project conducting a feasibility study for Teunom Water System that has been rehabilitated by the American Red Cross and handed over to BLUD (Badan Layanan Umum Daerah) Calang as to manage and operate the system.
Teunom Water System is now connected to 3 villages namely Keudee Teunom, Alue Ambang and Panton, but because of higher operational cost in comparison to the revenue can be generated from water bills with the current users, BLUD Calang has not been able to operate the system. This has raised questions over the sustainability of the system. Expanding the coverage by connecting to new houses in neighboring communities could be an alternate solution in order to increase revenue.
In keeping up with the above, American Red Cross seeks to hire a national consultant to carry out a feasibility study for Teunom Water System covering both technical and non-technical (social) areas in order to assess potential development of the water system as well as opportunities for the system sustainability.The study will be conducted in Teunom of Aceh Jaya district.
Scope of the study
The study will cover both technical and non technical areas as follow:
§ Technical component tasks:
1. Make a determination of existing water pressure in the existing pipelines
2. Make a determination or estimate of availability of sufficient water quantity to cover possible new connections / expansion with a minimum water flow and maximum coverage (i.e. according to water source and WTP capacity)
3. Determine and estimate cost for utilizing the existing water sources
4. Make a determination of the estimated cost for additional distribution pipelines
§ Non technical (Social) component tasks:
1. Determine likely total potential demand from communities already hooked up and potential demand of communities along the alignment (i.e. between 3 BRC communities that are already hooked up and WTP)
2. Jointly with BLUD, re-calculate the monthly water bill per cubic meter
3. Determine interest from potential new water users to be connected to the water system and their willingness and ability to pay the water bills
4. Determine other is sues or constraints which may affect the operational and sustainability of the water systems
Timeline
The selected consultant is expected to conduct the study in 1 month period, starting April 1 - 31, 2011 (20 working days)
Expected deliverables
· A technical report which include associated estimated costs for supply (i.e. water volume, availability, costs etc) and potential / actual demand (i.e. information on number of connections – actual and potential etc)
Qualification
Skill and Competencies required:
1. Degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Social or other related fields.
2. 5 years experiences of working in water supply system (such as PDAM or BPAM)
3. Experience in conducting feasibility studies
4. Strong communication skills and able to interact with community and government officials
5. Advance English writing skills and experience in producing report in English
6. Previous experience with Red Cross / PMI is preferred
Kindly send expression of interest to hr@amredcross.org not later than Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 2.00pm. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Teunom Water System is now connected to 3 villages namely Keudee Teunom, Alue Ambang and Panton, but because of higher operational cost in comparison to the revenue can be generated from water bills with the current users, BLUD Calang has not been able to operate the system. This has raised questions over the sustainability of the system. Expanding the coverage by connecting to new houses in neighboring communities could be an alternate solution in order to increase revenue.
In keeping up with the above, American Red Cross seeks to hire a national consultant to carry out a feasibility study for Teunom Water System covering both technical and non-technical (social) areas in order to assess potential development of the water system as well as opportunities for the system sustainability.The study will be conducted in Teunom of Aceh Jaya district.
Scope of the study
The study will cover both technical and non technical areas as follow:
§ Technical component tasks:
1. Make a determination of existing water pressure in the existing pipelines
2. Make a determination or estimate of availability of sufficient water quantity to cover possible new connections / expansion with a minimum water flow and maximum coverage (i.e. according to water source and WTP capacity)
3. Determine and estimate cost for utilizing the existing water sources
4. Make a determination of the estimated cost for additional distribution pipelines
§ Non technical (Social) component tasks:
1. Determine likely total potential demand from communities already hooked up and potential demand of communities along the alignment (i.e. between 3 BRC communities that are already hooked up and WTP)
2. Jointly with BLUD, re-calculate the monthly water bill per cubic meter
3. Determine interest from potential new water users to be connected to the water system and their willingness and ability to pay the water bills
4. Determine other is sues or constraints which may affect the operational and sustainability of the water systems
Timeline
The selected consultant is expected to conduct the study in 1 month period, starting April 1 - 31, 2011 (20 working days)
Expected deliverables
· A technical report which include associated estimated costs for supply (i.e. water volume, availability, costs etc) and potential / actual demand (i.e. information on number of connections – actual and potential etc)
Qualification
Skill and Competencies required:
1. Degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Social or other related fields.
2. 5 years experiences of working in water supply system (such as PDAM or BPAM)
3. Experience in conducting feasibility studies
4. Strong communication skills and able to interact with community and government officials
5. Advance English writing skills and experience in producing report in English
6. Previous experience with Red Cross / PMI is preferred
Kindly send expression of interest to hr@amredcross.org not later than Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 2.00pm. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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