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The Suez Group announced recently that it had concluded the first-ever public-private partnership in the water sector in Tunisia. The company is collaborating with the state-owned Onas office to clean up wastewater in a southern region. This will help nearly a million inhabitants.
The Suez Group announced recently that it had concluded the first-ever public-private partnership in the water sector in Tunisia. The company is collaborating with the state-owned Onas office to clean up wastewater in a southern region. This will help nearly a million inhabitants.
In a press release issued, France -based multinational said that it has been entrusted with the operation of the public sanitation service for the governorates of Sfax, Gabes, Medenine, and Tataouine. The company has entered into a 10-year concession contract, worth a total of 200 million euros for this purpose. This will be financed by the World Bank for the rehabilitation and extension of the infrastructure. The government of Tunisia will bear the cost of operation and maintenance of the project.
Suez and several partners have been chosen to ensure wastewater treatment for the 960,000 inhabitants of the region. In the south of Tunisia, the government began rationing drinking water at the end of March. The region is facing a drought of unprecedented severity.
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There will be 14 water treatment plants, 106 pumping stations and 1,900 km of sewerage network to be installed under the project. The contract also stipulates the reuse of wastewater in agriculture. There will be provisions for treating the nitrogen and phosphorus contained in wastewater in order to release better-quality water into the environment.
