From 30% to 45% between 2019 and 2021, the government of Chad wants to increase the rate of access to drinking water in the capital N’Djamena to 65% by 2025. This is the aim of the project to rehabilitate and extend the drinking water supply network in N’Djamena, which will be launched shortly. The Chadian Ministry of Water and Sanitation recently launched the call for tenders for the second batch of the water project. Service providers interested in this project can apply before 12 September 2023.
The company selected will rehabilitate 33 boreholes in the city of N’Djamena, as well as 12 water towers with capacities ranging from 50 m3 to 2,000 m3. The project also includes the construction of two new water towers with an expected capacity of 2,000 m3 to support the existing storage facilities in the Chadian capital, as well as a borehole to tap the Pliocene aquifers, i.e. deep aquifers that are naturally isolated from the surface.
The launch of this call for tenders for lot 2 of the N’Djamena water supply project comes two months after the call for expressions of interest for lot 1, which closed on 1 August 2023. The company selected for this other lot will build three boreholes, a 6,000 m3 water storage tank, a water recovery station with five locations for 350 m3 per hour pumps, with a total head of 81 m, and 15,760 ml of supply pipes with diameters of 400, 500 and 700 mm. The contractor will also build electrical installations and chlorination stations. In addition to the urban area of N’Djamena, the future installations will improve the supply of drinking water in the city’s peri-urban zone.
Implementation of the project to rehabilitate and extend the N’Djamena water supply network will require an investment of €60 million. In December 2019, the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union (EU) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) pledged to support the Chadian government in financing its implementation. The future facilities should be delivered within five years from the date on which work starts on the various sites.
For more information on the call for expressions of interest, click here.
Inès Magoum