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(Solved): The figure above shows where an earth filled dam is located on the Harts River in the Northern Cape ...
The figure above shows where an earth filled dam is located on the Harts River in the Northern Cape Province of north of Kimberley in South Africa, it is a small dam 16m?900m with total capacity of 57887m3, the catchment area of 26922km2 are the surface area of 2509 hectors. Figure 2: Shows the residential area of the affected town.
The figure 2 above shows the small community (Khatu) with the population of 5000 people ( 5 per household) with estimated area dwelling between 800 to 1000 square meters. It also shows community clinic which receives 25 outgoing people daily with 3 in patients, a crèche with 25 kids and a school with 400 learners SCOPE OF WORK The Madibeng Municipality has funds to upgrade the area and has asked you to do a desk top study and submit a preliminary report. Some of the problems that were brought forward by the council from the area are as follows: 1. Calculating the amount of water needed for the area with the current population and amount of water needed for the population growth rate at 10% after 25 years for water reticulation designs. 2. Upgrading of the roads. Total length of the roads is approximately 15km. The council can provide material from 4 borrow pits. Above mentioned are some of the problems that the council could think off, as an engineer, you are required to use numerical methods and be inventive looking at figure 2 above on how this small town can be upgraded. You are allowed to look at other problems that are not identified by the council and address them.