The government of Chad has commenced the Chokoyan drinking water supply project in the Ouaddaï region. This followed the groundbreaking ceremony of the project presided over by Tahani Mahamat Hassane, the Central African country’s Minister of Urban and Rural Hydraulics.
The project is being carried out by Al Kaossar, a local company based in Lai that carries out civil engineering business activities. According to the terms of its contract the company has to complete construction works in not more than half a year.
The US $1.2m project funded by the Chadian State government involves construction of two boreholes equipped with two pumps, partially powered by photovoltaic solar energy. Drinking water will be stored in a castle with a capacity of 200 m3 before being distributed to the population through new pipes that will also enable 100 households in Chokoyan to be connected to the national water network.
Read:DAWASA takes over multi-billion water project in Tanzania
Reduce the lack of drinking water
Upon completion, the new installations are expected to significantly reduce the lack of drinking water in this Central African Country where barely 50% of the entire population has access to clean drinking water.
In its efforts to improve drinking water supply in the country, particularly in Ouaddaï region, the government of Chad through the Chadian Water and Electricity Company (Société Tchadienne d’Eau et d’Electricité—STEE) recently also rehabilitation work on the Bithéa pumping station which was built back in 1994.
According to the public company, the rehabilitated facility will increase the pumping capacity from the current 4,000 cubic meters to 6,000 cubic meters per day. The water pumped from Ouadi Bithéa is directly conveyed into two water towers with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters each.