Degrémont secures four water treatment contracts in Africa

France-based water, sludge, and sewage treatment company Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environment, has won four contracts to build and upgrade water facilities in Africa.

The sum of the contracts is valued at EUR40m ($52.2m).

Degrémont bagged the first contract from Empresa Pública de Águas de Luanda, to upgrade the Kifangondo water treatment plant in Luanda, Angola, for a total cost of EUR28m ($36.4m).

Under the 30-month contract, Degrémont will build the plant, which is expected to produce 140,000m³ a day of drinking water, to meet the rising demand for water in the growing city.

In Tanzania, the company, along with Spencon, will build a water treatment plant on Lake Victoria in Musoma city.

The plant, which will improve the quality and distribution of drinking water, will also be able to treat wastewater around the lake.

This second contract, worth EUR18.6m ($24.1m) will run for 18 months, to ensure access to safe and drinkable water to 94% of the city’s population.

Degrémont’s share in this contract is EUR3.5m ($4.5m). The contract is part of a major programme financed by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

The Office National de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (ONEA) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, awarded Degrémont a contract to upgrade two lines of a water treatment plant and to build a new UCD compact unit treatment line that can produce 18,000m³ a day of water.

Under the EUR6.4m ($8.3m) contract, of which Degrémont has a EUR4.6m ($6.0m) share, the company will take eight months to build the new compact unit, and 12 months to refurbish the lines.

The project will be financed by the AFD, the European Investment Bank and the ONEA.

In the fourth cntract, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the company has been selected as a subcontractor to renovate the extension of the Legadadi water treatment plant, to provide 192,000m³ a day of drinking water.

The Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority’s subcontract will run for 18 months and Degrémont’s share is worth EUR3.6m ($4.7m).

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Image: Degrémont has won four contracts to upgrade and build water treatment plants in different parts of Africa. Photo: Courtesy of Free Digital Photos.