Luanda – The Vice-President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, and Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensure the supply of drinking water of quality and quantity throughout the country.
He was speaking to the press on the occasion of World Water Day, which is marked today, under the slogan “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”.
Bornito de Sousa believes that improving water supply can reduce two thirds of diseases in poor countries, as the quality of water supply has an extraordinary importance in the so-called social determinants of health.
As part of the event, he visited the Kifangondo water collection and supply station and the Candelabro Distribution Centre, also located in Cacuaco municipality, in Luanda province.
The VP believes that with the Candelabro Distribution Centre concluded, the government will solve the problem of supplying water to several locations in Luanda province.
The expansion, rehabilitation and modernization works of the centre was estimated at over US$122 million and began in 2017 and is due to end this month.
The infrastructure will provide 210,000 cubic metres of water per day, benefiting around two million inhabitants.
Ongoing projects
The official also said that a number of projects were underway to improve the supply of drinking water across the country.
He pointed, amongst the work underway, to the project to “transfer water” from the Cunene River to take the precious liquid to the areas affected by drought in the south of the country.
He also referred to projects for groundwater surveys and the search for groundwater to reduce the effects of drought.
At the Candelabro treatment plant the systems for treating raw water and pumping water to different regions of Luanda province have been built and extended.
According to officials from the Water Public Utility of Luanda (EPAL) the station will contribute to improving supplies to the central areas of Sequele and Vida Pacífica, the Maié-Maié urbanisation, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Panguila, Marçal and the Viana industrial hub.
Source: Angola Press News Agency