A partnership was signed on 21 June 2023 between the government of Ivory Coast and the Ivorian Company of Water and the Environment (SIEE), a joint venture set up by the PFO Africa - Veolia consortium to operate and maintain the Mé drinking water plant, which has been in operation since 16 June. The contract will run for 15 years.
The PFO Africa – Veolia consortium is extending its involvement in the Mé drinking water supply project in Ivory Coast. After designing, supplying the equipment, erecting and managing the works, commissioning the Mé drinking water plant on 16 June 2023 and training the operating staff, the consortium will also operate and maintain the Mé drinking water treatment plant for 15 years.
PFO Africa – Veolia will carry out this contract through a joint venture it has recently set up. This is the Ivorian Company of Water and the Environment (SIEE), with which the Ivorian government has just signed a new partnership agreement.
Producing 240,000 m3 of drinking water a day
“I’m very proud of this new contract in Ivory Coast. It confirms our Group’s ambitions in the region and our ability to support governments in their efforts to develop and maintain essential infrastructure that improves access to water for citizens over the long term and contributes to the economic development of their countries,” says Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia’s Chief Executive Officer.
The Mé drinking water plant, located on an eight-hectare site 30 km north of Abidjan, has a production capacity of 240,000 m³. According to Veolia, the drinking water produced by the new plant will meet the needs of 2.4 million people in several municipalities in the north of Abidjan, including Cocody, Abobo and Youpougon, as well as in the east.
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The water treated at the plant is pumped from the La Mé river via an intake built on a one-hectare site. The drinking water is transported via a 1,400-diameter pipeline over a distance of 28 km, to be stored in two water towers, each with a capacity of 5,000 m³. “Until now, Abidjan has been supplied exclusively by groundwater. The exemplary water treatment process at the Mé plant will ensure that both in the dry and rainy seasons, whatever the turbidity or colour of the water, sufficient quality water is produced all year round,” says the French multinational water and wastewater services company.
The PFO Africa – Veolia consortium is well acquainted with the water sector in Ivory Coast, having won several contracts there. The consortium also built the drinking water plant in Bouaké, a town in central Ivory Coast. The plant has a capacity of 60,000 m3 per day.
Inès Magoum
