The second phase of a drinking water supply project in Parakou, Benin is set to commence soon. The works will be comprised of laying down 610 km of water pipes that will enable the country achieve a 90% water distribution rate in the region by 2024.
The mega project which was chaired at the Council of Ministers meeting on April 29, 2020 under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic, Patrice Talon will help serve up to 360,000 residents in Parakou with clean water for their daily consumption. The construction companies involved in the drinking water project are; CGC-Togo and the Igip Africa Office which have already been selected to carry out the control and supervision on the worksite.
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“The supply and laying of the water pipes are planned to have a diameter varying between 75 and 160 mm, the new pipes will make it possible to almost double the current length of the network,” this is according to a report by the Council of Ministers.
The overall cost of this important project will cost approximately US$ 108m out of which 70% will be covered by the West African Development Bank (BOAD) and the rest directly by the Beninese government which took a loan of up to US$ 13m, and also by the Benin National Water Company (Soneb) which borrowed US$ 9.5m so as to make the project a success.
Phase 1 of the project
In 2019, the first phase of the drinking water project was undertaken and completed. It has so far helped improve the production and treatment capacity of drinking water in the city from 400 m3/hour to 1800 m3/hour. The length of the network was extended to 758 km with the aim of building 7,000 low-cost connections in the city of Parakou.
