285:, discussed revised estimates for the Zobe Water Supply project. She said council had approved the revised consultancy fee from #123 million to #299 million. In March 2010, the Katsina State Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Nasiru Danmusa, said Zobe Dam and others would soon be completed in due course. That month, the Federal government set up a Projects Assessment Committee to probe incomplete projects where the contractors had received large payments but the work was incomplete, including the Zobe dam project.
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had not yet cleared the land or released water for irrigation farming. The villagers could no longer use the water to water their crops, and the new lake was almost empty of fish. In August 2003, a past director of
Katsina State Water Board said lack of focus and direction were the main obstacles to
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said the state government had allocated #317 million in funding for a 16-kilometer supply of water from Zobe Dam to
Dutsing town, due to be completed in September that year. He also warned of increased water tariffs in the state, since current rates were not enough to cover costs. In December 2004,
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Katsina State Government announced plans to set up a hydropower station at the unused dam to boost power supplies to the area and support mineral processing at the site. Engineer Musa Nashuni said the first step would be to investigate producing insulators for the electrification
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September 1999, heavy rains caused the Zobe Dam to overflow, resulting in heavy crop losses. The flood washed away millet, groundnuts, guinea corn and beans. The farmers, who were inadequately compensated when the dam site was acquired, were destitute with the rainy season nearing its end and
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administration and completed in 1983. The water supply project was planned to be completed in 1995, but the US$ 122,000,000 project was abandoned due to non-funding. A 2004 safety review reported that, although the dam appeared stable, it had experienced seepage problems in the past, should be
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The water supply project was intended to deliver 65,000 cubic metres of potable water to
Katsina metropolis daily. In January 2003, the water treatment plant 2.5 km from the reservoir was half completed but had been abandoned. Booster stations and water tanks were in various stages of
196:. It is an earth-fill structure with a height of 19 m and a total length of 2,750 m. The dam has a storage capacity of 179 Mca and irrigation potential of 8,000 hectares. Although the dam was completed in 1983, as of 2010, it was still not being used for water supply to
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completion along the route to the city. The only pipe that had been laid of 111 kilometers required was the 2.1 kilometer stretch from the reservoir to the treatment plant. The water supply project needed #13 billion to be completed. President
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while also supporting irrigation farming in the
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said that the federal government had allocated #1 billion for completion of the project.
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approved the funding, and the next month paid a visit to the dam.
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and was planned to supply 50% of drinking water for
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823:Dams and reservoirs in Nigeria
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18:Dam in Katsina State, Nigeria
404:"Obasanjo revisits Zobe dam"
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662:"Katsina Hikes Water Rate"
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268:In August 2003, Governor
188:local government area of
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80:Construction began
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43:Coordinates
1069:Categories
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967:Kainji Dam
939:Jibiya Dam
921:Watari Dam
903:Kano State
718:The Nation
307:structurae
303:"Zobe Dam"
289:References
122:360 m
52:12°23′18″N
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1000:Oyo State
962:Jebba Dam
875:Obudu Dam
347:cite book
186:Dutsin-Ma
174:19 m
151:Zobe lake
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839:Kiri Dam
182:Zobe Dam
101:Impounds
29:Location
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666:ThisDay
198:Katsina
194:Nigeria
159:179 Mca
148:Creates
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