Buyongwe Multipurpose Water Resources Development Project

Buyongwe Multipurpose Water Resources Development Project was identified by the Government of Burundi under the Kagera River Basin Management Project. The project area is located along the Buyongwe river, which drains into the Akanyaru river and eventually into the Nyabarongo River (a tributary of the Kagera River). The project site is found near the village of Kiramba in Ngozi Province, northern Burundi. The project comprises of hydropower component to improve an existing 0.065 MW power plant; an irrigation component with a 1120 ha command area; a water supply component providing water to 690,000 people and livestock from 7 communes in 3 provinces (Ngozi, Kirundo and Muyinga); and an aquaculture component introducing fish farming in rice paddies and 1.8 ha of small fish ponds.

The project feasibility studies were carries out in 2011-2012 with funding from Norway and Sweden.

Buyongwe Multipurpose Water Resources Development Project was identified by the Government of Burundi under the Kagera River Basin Management Project. The project area is located along the Buyongwe river, which drains into the Akanyaru river and eventually into the Nyabarongo River (a tributary of the Kagera River). The project site is found near the village of Kiramba in Ngozi Province, northern Burundi. The project comprises of hydropower component to improve an existing 0.065 MW power plant; an irrigation component with a 1120 ha command area; a water supply component providing water to 690,000 people and livestock from 7 communes in 3 provinces (Ngozi, Kirundo and Muyinga); and an aquaculture component introducing fish farming in rice paddies and 1.8 ha of small fish ponds.

The project feasibility studies were carries out in 2011-2012 with funding from Norway and Sweden.