ADB to invest Eur 200M in Gabon to expand the drinking water network

It is since February 2018, assures the Minister of Energy, that the public water service is provided by the State, 3,000 homes have been connected to water and more than 160 leaks. water repaired a week. “So the water supply network has gone from 51 to 58% in four months of management. Encouraging achievements, but not at all satisfactory with regard to water needs in the capital. Explains Patrick Eyogo Edzang.

Hence the support of the ADB in this project of expansion and improvement of the drinking water supply of Libreville for an amount of 200 million euros, or 130 billion FCFA.

The project, whose start date has not been unveiled, aims to replace 150 kilometers of hydraulic pipeline of the old network in order to provide the neighborhoods of the capital with infrastructure that will promote more water supply in the area. city.

In addition to the ADB-financed project, there is also the construction of a new water treatment plant with the support of the pan-African industrial group Eranove. This plant will generate 140,000 m 3 more water per day.

The plant will be built for two years, will see its work start this end of the year. Source : Public