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of the Legedadi Catchment
INTRODUCTION
Legedadi catchment was located to the east of Addis Ababa and part
of the drainage system that forms the northwest corner of the Awash
river basin.
The catchment area of Legedadi watershed is estimated at 205 km2.
It is drained by five of small streams. These are:-
• lege beri, lege sekoru, lege bolo, lege sendafa & south tributary
The elevations of the catchment range from 2400 m.a.s.l. to 3228
m.a.s.l.
OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
CF SEF
0.9 1.0
HTU 80.0 90.2 99.7 119.3 135.2 153.2
YTU 40.0 49.1 59.3 53.4 58.4 63.9
PTU 30.0 31.9 33.5 34.6 36.2 37.9
HTU 6% 9% 11% 12% 13% 14%
YTU 28% 41% 49% 55% 60% 65%
PTU 66% 50% 40% 33% 27% 21%
32.22 39.74 48.08 49.59 56.15 63.84
Adjusted average daily domestic water demand (m3/d)
Adjusted average
per capita
domestic demand
(l/c/d) 32.22 39.74 48.08 49.59 56.15 63.84
Projected 579687 670141
Population 2948564 3623058 4273009 4989413 1 2
Daily domestic 325503 427808
demand (m3/d) 95002.7 143984.1 205428.5 247413.9 .1 .6
NON DOMESTIC DEMAND
Public demand is assumed to be 25% of the domestic
demand since the town has many public centers
Industrial demand is assumed to be 20% of the domestic
demand
Fire fighting demand is assumed to be 10% of the
domestic demand
Water loss is assumed to be 39.5% of the domestic
demand
Average daily water demand
Year Domestic Public(m3/d) Industrial(m3 Fire(m3/d Loss(m3/d Non Total average Total average
demand(m3/d /d) domestic(m3/ day day
d) demand(m3/d demand(l/s)
2009
1. Lege (beri, 1 0
sekoru, fule)
2. Lege (bolo, 0.2 0.8
seudafa)
3. South east 0 0.8
Routing criteria for reaches