NWEC awards signs contracts for Gunjur water supply project in Gambia

The National Water and Electricity Company (Nawec) has signed three contracts for the implementation of the $4.5m Gunjur water supply project in Gambia.

Sierra Construction System, Water Resources Development of Lebanon and Sinco & Spa of Senegal were awarded the contracts in an official ceremony held at the Nawec head office in Kanifing.

Speaking at the official signing ceremony, Nawec managing director Ebrima Sanyang that the project is vital and timely given that the city of Gunjur is a big metropolis lacking clean drinking water.

A water distribution network and associated civil works at an approximate cost of US$1.1m will be built by Sierra Construction Systems. Sinco Spa Company, as per the agreement, will construct a treatment plant and approach facilities at a cost of $2.75m.

Water Resources Development received a $681,000 contract to design and construct a elevated water tank with a capacity of 500m³.

The Islamic Development Bank and the government of The Gambia are jointly funding the project, which aims to provide clean and safe drinking water to the people of the country.