La M? drinking water treatment plant in C?te d’Ivoire to come online in July

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La Mé drinking water treatment plant, one of West Africa’s largest drinking water treatment plants built in Côte d’Ivoire on the road to Grand Alépé, a village that is approximately 40 kilometers north of Abidjan is expected to come online in July this year.

This was announced by Laurent Tchagba, the Ivorian Minister of Hydraulics at the end of a tour of the districts of Abobo PK18 and Abobo Anonkoua Kouté Extension that are facing drinking water shortages. 1

During the tour the minister observed that the construction works for the project, which is designed and supervised by Veolia, are almost complete. The global water and waste management giant (Veolia) is working hand in hand with PFO Africa on the implementation of the project with funding from the West African Development Bank (BOAD).

An overview of the drinking water treatment plant

The drinking water treatment plant is built on an 8-hectare site. It has a planned capacity of 240,000 m3 per day. The treated water in this facility will be pumped from the nearby La Mé River, thanks to a water intake put up on a hectare site. After treatment, the drinking water will be transported via a 1,400-diameter pipeline over a length of 28 km to two water towers of 5,000 m³ each from where it will be delivered to consumers.

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This project will directly meet the drinking water needs of several councils in the north of Abidjan, the capital city of the West African country, including Cocody, Abobo, and Yopougon, as well as in the east. It will also allow more sustainable management of the aquifer around the city preventing both the depletion and pollution of groundwater resources, improving the living conditions of its occupants thereby. a