Clean Power Allows Pakistan to Grow
MWH, in partnership with several other firms, provided feasibility studies, design and construction management services for this $2 billion project that provides renewable power and allows Pakistan to continue to grow.  Completed in 2005 for Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority, the project included the following components:

• A 24-meter-high, 780-meter-long diversion dam on the Indus River, with 36 radial-gate controlled spillway and undersluice bays
• A 10.5-meter-deep, 52-kilometer-long concrete-lined headrace canal, with a capacity of 1,600 m3/sec
• A 1,450 MW capacity hydropower complex, including a forebay, spillway, 25-million-cubic meter-capacity headponds, intake, penstocks, five-unit reinforced concrete powerhouse, and an excavated tailrace channel

MWH staff played a leading role in the design and implementation of the project from inception to completion.  The MWH-led team provided the following key services:

• Initial feasibility and design studies
• Detailed design drawings for construction
• Direct procurement contract management for major electrical and mechanical equipment
• Quality control and quality assurance for the constructed project
• Cost and schedule management and administration of contracts
• Design guidance to contractors in the field

MWH has been providing services to Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority since 1959. Ghazi Barotha is a follow-on project to MWH involvement in the Tarbela Dam complex in the Indus River Basin of northern Pakistan.

Services Provided

• Feasibility Studies
• Design
• Construction Management Services

Project Highlights

• Maximizes the country's capacity for hydropower generation while addressing the high cost of imported fuel.
• Provides a large, renewable, affordable and emission-free source of energy with minimum environmental and social impact.
• Provides year-round maximum power generation during hours of peak demand.
• Minimizes relocation of dwellings and acquisition of cultivated land.
• Employment of more than 13,000 local people and many local companies, which had significant economic impact in the project area.