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Arjo-Dedessa Irrigation Dam

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🌍 Arjo-Dedessa Irrigation Dam – Oromia, Ethiopia

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Project Overview

  • River/Basin: Didessa River / Abay–Blue Nile Basin
  • Region: Oromia (East/West Wollega)
  • Dam Type & Specs: Approximately 50 m high with a crest length of about 537 m
  • Reservoir Capacity: Approximately 2.5 billion m³
  • Irrigation Area: Planned to irrigate up to 80,000 hectares
  • Dam Civil Work Contractor: OCC
  • Dam Instrumentation Sub-Contractor: GKM Consultants and Kistet Engineering

📌 A major project on the Didessa River, the Arjo-Dedessa Dam is designed to support one of Ethiopia's largest irrigation schemes, with a potential to serve over 80,000 hectares in the Oromia region.

Kistet’s Scope of Work

Kistet Engineering, in collaboration with GKM Consultants, was responsible for the expert installation and integration of the dam's monitoring instrumentation. The instruments, purchased by the main contractor OCC, have been installed on the main dam structure. Kistet is also performing installations of settlement system for Arjo Saddle Dam.

  • ✅ Instrumentation Installation & Integration
    • On-site installation of all geotechnical and structural monitoring sensors.
    • Complete integration of the sensor network into a central data acquisition system.
  • ✅ System Verification, Testing and Commssioning
    • Conducting detailed channel mapping for the data acquisition system configuration.

Carrying out final acceptance testing to ensure the entire monitoring system functions according to project specifications.

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Project Status
1. Contract Signed
Contract signed
2. Materials Procured
Materials purchased; dam construction pending
3. Under Construction/Installation
Materials purchased; dam construction pending
4. Commissioning Pending
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5. Completed
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