Project Information Sheet

(A Government of Papua New Guinea PIP Initiative)

Project Name:

Minj Town Water Supply

Implementation Agency:

Water PNG Ltd (formerly PNG Waterboard)

Project Location:

Southern Highlands Province, Highlands Region, Papua New Guinea

Project Sponsor

Government  of Papua New Guinea

Project Description:

The proposed project, will comprise the construction of approximately 16,640m of various sizes of gravity sewer mains, 33 manholes.

— A sewerage transfer pump station to be located at Pawas to connect to the Aipus gravity main via a rising main from Pawas. The mains will generally be either mPVC/ or uPVC, whilst manholes will be concrete.

—The sewerage will be treated with 4 No waste stabilisation ponds, providing a total volume of about 10,000m³, occupying a combined land area of about xx(m²⁾. Treatment will consist of 1 No Aerobic pond – 1 No Facultative pond - 2 No Maturation ponds constructed in series.