3.0 Turra Water Harvesting Project
Location and Inhabitants:
The project site is near the village of
Turra, 40km north of El Fashir, North
Darfur State.
Number of Beneficiaries:
- 4,000 people approx.
- 8,000 goats
- 4,000 sheep
- 1,000 camels
- 1,600 donkeys
- 100 horses
Amount of Surface Water Captured in
Cubic Metres: 55,000 cubic metres.
Irrigated Area in Feddans: This
project is designed to capture water
for domestic use and not for irrigation.
However, the spilled water is channelled
to a tree nursery to support agro forestry
interventions by planting trees within
the crops grown in farms and along the
terraces.
Turra dam: view for upstream side
I3.1 Problem Statement
N spite of the big human and animal
population, there is a severe shortage
of water especially during the dry
season. The nearest water sources are
wells 12 Km away from the village,
and they dry up in summer. People then
travel longer distances to fetch water or
sometimes buy from tankers that come
to sell water in the village.
T3.2 Project Goal
HIS is a new project to provide
water for domestic use for both
people and livestock. The proposed
catchment area is about 400m x 300m.
To achieve this the project will construct
earth embankments and flood control
structures.
Turra dam: an upper
view of the embankment
T3.3 Project Description
HE project consists of the
following:
Earth Embankments:
- Northern embankment total
length = 125m, embankment
top level: 103.50m
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