The Minister of Hydraulics, Laurent Tchagba, on Thursday June 17, 2021 in Abidjan, handed over 20 tankers to the National Office for Drinking Water (ONEP) in in order to alleviate drinking water difficulties in an emergency.
At a cost of 1.5 billion FCFA, these machines with a capacity of 20,000 liters each are the fastest and most suitable means for repairs in the event of an emergency caused by incidents on the installations that could lead to the lack of drinking water both in Abidjan and in the interior of the country.
The minister promised that in addition to these 20 tankers, the government has taken steps with the World Bank for the acquisition of 15 machines by mid-July 2021 and 15 other trucks whose file is pending. study at the Bretton Woods institution.
With the acquisition of all these tankers, Côte d’Ivoire will have more than 50 such machines to deal with water emergencies in Abidjan and in all 31 regions of the country, in order to respond to the calling populations at any time.
“With the acquisition of these trucks, we will be able to put one tanker truck per region and this will allow us to be effective in responding to the call of the populations”, promised Mr. Tchagba.
Expressing his gratitude to the President of the Republic Alassane Ouattara and to the Prime Minister Patrick Achi for the realization of this project, the Minister asked the officials and agents of ONEP in charge of the management of the tankers to make a good one. use and be efficient in the distribution of drinking water to populations in need.
The director general of ONEP, Berthé Ibrahiman, promised the good performance of these machines with a view to providing populations with drinking water throughout the Ivorian territory.
Water disturbances are mainly linked to breaks in the drinking water distribution pipe (pipes) during road works, to technical incidents related to recent power cuts, to network restructuring problems caused by the galloping urbanization and ongoing hydraulic projects.
Before these acquisitions, Côte d’Ivoire had only seven trucks of 10,000 liters each, including three for ONEP and four for SODECI.
Established by decree 2006-274 of 23 August 2006, ONEP’s missions include the design, establishment, control and monitoring of the various contracts for the delegation of public drinking water services, the control of work or project management of investments for the construction, extension, strengthening and renewal of drinking water supply infrastructure.
Source: Agence Ivoirienne de Presse