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Butare Water Supply Project

Rwanda

Borrower Rwanda
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Water & Sanitation
Approved 19.12.2006
Signed 21.03.2007
Status Completed
Loan Administrator OPEC Fund
Executing Agency Water and Sanitation Corporation(WSACO)
Co-financiers Government
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 4.00
Total Project Cost (US$m) 4.96

Despite an abundance of natural water resources in the form of lakes, rivers and rainfall, gaps still exist in Rwanda’s efforts to harness and utilize them effectively. The project will expand the water supply system in Rwanda’s second-largest city, Butare. Activities will include:

  • construction of two concrete dams on the Kidongo and Nyamashraza Rivers;
  • carrying out of improvements to the Kadahokwa water treatment station; and
  • expansion of the water distribution network.
Over 70,000 people are expected to benefit from the project from a cheaper, safer and more accessible water supply, as well as the reduced risk of waterborne diseases.

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