Officials of the National Water and Electricity Company, NAWEC on Yesterday Wednesday 2nd September, 2020 visited the new water treatment plants and Boreholes under Construction within the Greater Banjul area.
The new water projects are jointly referred to as the “Indian project” and the treatment plants visited are in Mamuda, Jambur and Sukuta.
Alagie Dibba is the sewage and water director at NAWEC, the borehole is designed to give 75,000 liters an hour during the design but when we tested the borehole it has exceeded more than 75,000 liters because the test results has shown that we can pump up to 120,000 liters per hour.
If this project comes in we will really narrow that gap of a supply demand of the 40% deficit.
Nawec’s Chairman pf the Board, Ousman Muhammed Cham expressed satisfaction with the ongoing work but stressed that they will not relent until the public is satisfied when it comes to access to clean drinking water.
NAWEC’s Managing Director, Nani Juwara says the ongoing work is part of efforts to address and improve the water shortage problems within the greater Banjul area but was quick to add that these water plants cannot cover the 40% deficit. What we are trying to do now is to quickly ensure that we connect the 10 boreholes so that they can pump water directly to the water treatment plant in Sukuta so that places that are complaining about water shortage will see a significant improvement in terms of their supplies.
Authorities at Nawec have said that the demand for water is higher than the company can supply. Many residents have complained about water shortages affecting their areas. Some people say they have to wake up at 2am to be able to get water.
The NAWEC boss is optimistic that if other projects such as those being financed by the OIC and the World Bank start rolling, the issue of water deficiency will soon be a thing of the past.
BY: Baboucarr Sey
The new water projects are jointly referred to as the “Indian project” and the treatment plants visited are in Mamuda, Jambur and Sukuta.
Alagie Dibba is the sewage and water director at NAWEC, the borehole is designed to give 75,000 liters an hour during the design but when we tested the borehole it has exceeded more than 75,000 liters because the test results has shown that we can pump up to 120,000 liters per hour.
If this project comes in we will really narrow that gap of a supply demand of the 40% deficit.
Nawec’s Chairman pf the Board, Ousman Muhammed Cham expressed satisfaction with the ongoing work but stressed that they will not relent until the public is satisfied when it comes to access to clean drinking water.
NAWEC’s Managing Director, Nani Juwara says the ongoing work is part of efforts to address and improve the water shortage problems within the greater Banjul area but was quick to add that these water plants cannot cover the 40% deficit. What we are trying to do now is to quickly ensure that we connect the 10 boreholes so that they can pump water directly to the water treatment plant in Sukuta so that places that are complaining about water shortage will see a significant improvement in terms of their supplies.
Authorities at Nawec have said that the demand for water is higher than the company can supply. Many residents have complained about water shortages affecting their areas. Some people say they have to wake up at 2am to be able to get water.
The NAWEC boss is optimistic that if other projects such as those being financed by the OIC and the World Bank start rolling, the issue of water deficiency will soon be a thing of the past.
BY: Baboucarr Sey