Global InformationIsingiro Water Supply and Sanitation Project information
  Location of Isingiro Water Supply and Sanitation Project | |
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| Desalination plant | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kagera River, Isingiro District |
| Coordinates | 01°00′11″S 30°44′32″E / 1.00306°S 30.74222°E |
| Cost | €79.5 million (US$92.6 million) |
| Technology | Sedimentation, Chlorination |
| Percent of water supply | 100% of Nakivale & Oruchinga Refugee Camps and Surrounding Communities in Isingiro District |
| Operation date | 1 July 2024 Expected |
Isingiro Water Supply and Sanitation Project (IWSSP), also Isingiro Water Supply and Sewerage System is a water intake, purification, distribution and waste water collection and disposal system in Isingiro District, in the Western Region of Uganda. The project is intended to meet the water supply and sanitation needs of 340,000 people (61.8 percent) of the 550,000 inhabitants of the district. The beneficiaries include the 100,000 occupants of Nakivale Refugee Settlement and the 32,000 occupants of Oruchinga Refugee Settlement. The work is to be carried out by the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment through the parastatal utility company, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). Funding (loan and grants), have been provided by the French Development Agency and the European Union.[1]
- ^ Inès Magoum (27 September 2021). "Uganda: AFD and EU grant €78.56 million for water and sanitation in Insingiro". Afrik21.africa. Paris, France. Retrieved 30 September 2021.