The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed two finance contracts totaling €38 million ($45 million) with Tunisia and the National Water Distribution Utility (SONEDE) to improve the water infrastructure in the country.
According to EIB, Tunisia is facing a steady increase in water needs — around 3 percent each year — due to the demographic and urban expansion of Greater Tunis. The project is in line with the National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and the Tunisia National Development Plan 2016–2020. The goal is to build and upgrade water storage and transport infrastructure (reservoirs, transfer pipes) as well as water treatment infrastructure (treatment plant, desalination plant, delivery pipeline and pumping stations).
EIB said the financing will be used to develop and upgrade the infrastructure needed to secure the entire drinking water supply system in Greater Tunis, and it will ensure the supply of water to the entire population until 2040.
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