Togo Allocates CFA19 Billion to Water Supply Projects in 2025

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025 08:52

Togo Allocates CFA19 Billion to Water Supply Projects in 2025

(Togo First) - The Togolese government will spend CFA19 billion on water supply projects this year. This is 5% more than last year and 86% of the budget set for the Ministry of Water in 2025.

The CFA19 billion will finance various projects falling under Togo’s clean water supply strategy, launched in February 2021.

One key initiative is the PASSCO3, which aims to improve sanitary conditions in rural areas and schools in the Kara and Savanes regions. As part of this initiative, 850 boreholes with human-powered pumps will be set up, providing drinking water to over 200,000 people in rural areas by the end of 2025.

Additionally, Togo will enhance the water supply in Lomé by equipping a 40-cubic-meter-per-hour borehole in Apédokoe, in the South- West of Grand Lomé, and constructing a new 1,300-cubic-meter water tower in Sagbado, in Commune 7 in the South West of Grand-Lomé.

The Togo Urban Water Security Project (PaSH-MUT), launched in October 2023, also supports this effort. It aims to install six autonomous drinking water systems in Lomé’s outskirts to address urban demand.

Togo seeks to provide clean water to 85% of the population by the end of this year, and 100% by 2030. According to the Ministry of Water and Village Hydraulics, drinking water coverage increased from 47.66% in 2014 to 69% in 2023.

This article was initially published in French by Esaïe Edoh

Edited in English by Ola Schad Akinocho

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