Mae La Refugee Camp Water Resources Mae La, Thailand

Otak worked closely with Solidarites International staff and the Mae La refugee camp ‘water committee’ to evaluate all existing water sources, storage and supply assets and develop a maintenance plan to improve water supply operations to all camp residents. Evaluated alternatives for a new water source to augment the supply during the dry season to increase drought resilience of the water supply system. These alternatives included additional springs, deep bores, a shallow alluvial aquifer, and an adjacent river. A dry season river flow assessment was undertaken and was deemed the most appropriate new water source. A new river intake 5km upstream of the camp and associated gravity-fed infrastructure was specified, including detailed costing and BOQ.