Construction of Pipe Network/Pumping Station and Installation of Hydrants (Irrigation)

Requested Services: 

• The Irrigation Programme North Macedonia (IPNM), financed by the KfW Development Bank, aims to improve agricultural irrigation infrastructure in the southern region of North Macedonia. The first investment under this programme concerns the rehabilitation of the Straishte Irrigation Scheme (STR), one of four schemes planned/designed. The combined total irrigated area of the three schemes will amount to approximately 8,100 hectares, with the STR scheme covering around 1,500 hectares.

Scope of Works – Straishte Irrigation Scheme:

• Construction of approximately 70 km of pressurized pipe network, with diameters ranging from 90 mm to 800 mm;

• Installation of approximately 500 hydrants for drip and sprinkler irrigation systems;

• Construction of a new pumping station equipped with four vertical pumps, with a total capacity of 1.0 m³/s and a pump head of approx. 120m