logoBC
Yaoundé - 28 March 2024 -
Infrastructures

Yaoundé drinking water supply project from Sanaga completed at 30%

Yaoundé drinking water supply project from Sanaga completed at 30%
  • Comments   -   Monday, 17 December 2018 16:02

(Business in Cameroon) - At end-September 2018, the Potable Water Supply Project in the city of Yaoundé from the Sanaga River (PAEPYS) was completed at 30%, the water and energy minister (Minee) informed.

The project valued at XAF399 billion and financed by Eximbank China is expected to fill the water supply deficit in Yaoundé, by providing an additional 300,000 m3/d in its initial phase and 400,000 m3/d in the expansion phase. It also covers areas including: Batchenga, Obala, Nkometou, Soa and Ntui.

According to detailed information provided by Minee, feasibility studies are 81% finished, the Nachtigal raw water collection and pumping station is 15% built, while the water treatment unit in Emana-Batchenga is 17% completed. Also, the 90kV/30kV transformer substation in Nkometou is at a 43% completion rate; 18% for the treated water pumping station in Nkometou and 60% of required materials and equipment is supplied.

Regarding expropriation procedures under the project, Minee said a compensation of XFA650 million has already been paid to populations affected on the pipeline corridor linking the catchment station to the treatment plant. Let’s note that work is entrusted to Chinese Sinomach.

Yaoundé currently has a little over 2 million inhabitants and drinking water peak demand is estimated at 315,000 m3/day. The only source that supplies the city, Akomnyada water treatment plant, produces, at best, nearly 100,000 m3/d. This creates a gap of about 215,000 m3/d. As a result, populations suffer drinking water rationing. 

S.A

mtn-cameroon-sees-record-growth-with-cfa325-7bn-revenue-in-2023-amid-market-challenges
MTN Cameroon reported a robust revenue of CFA325.7 billion for 2023. According to data released on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa, this...
cameroon-s-customs-enforces-air-cargo-regulations-threatens-fines-for-non-compliance
Edwin Fongod Nuvaga, the Director-General of Customs in Cameroon, has issued a reminder to airlines about their obligations to comply with standard...
cameroon-s-brewer-sabc-surpasses-decade-s-average-annual-investment-in-2023
Cameroon’s brewing company SABC, a local subsidiary of the Castel Group, claimed a cumulative investment of CFA313 billion over the past decade, as...
cameroon-sabc-s-turnover-falls-by-cfa4bn-yoy-in-2023-despite-increase-in-sales
Cameroonian brewing company SABC announced it has wrapped up 2023 with a turnover of around 729 billion FCFA, slightly down by CFA4 billion compared to...

Mags frontpage


Business in Cameroon n110: April 2022

Covid-19, war in Europe: Some Cameroonian firms will suffer


Albert Zeufack: “Today, the most important market is in Asia”


Investir au Cameroun n120: Avril 2022

Covid-19, guerre en Europe : des entreprises camerounaises vont souffrir


Albert Zeufack: « Le marché le plus important aujourd’hui, c’est l’Asie »