02 | OPERATIONS – DELIVERY BY SECTORS
The Dowa Town Water Supply Project is expanding and upgrading current systems to provide a clean, adequate and reliable water supply to the 150,000 people of Dowa Town and surrounding areas. These areas not only include the refugee camp but also the district hospital, both in urgent need of modern sanitation in the ongoing struggle against waterborne diseases. A loan with a total volume of just over US$30 million, of which the OPEC Fund is providing US$15 million, will finance the construction of a new pumping station, treatment plant, concrete tanks and communal water points. The project is set to improve water supply reliability from 8 to 24 hours per day, ensure water supply coverage to 100 percent of the local population (from the current level of just under half), while consistently meeting water quality standards. The project is part of ongoing efforts to improve health and living standards throughout the country and to achieve SDG 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation by 2030.
‘Thousands have lived without love, not one without water,’ wrote British poet W.H. Auden. Over the last 25 years, Malawi has made great progress in expanding access to safe water — but more remains to be done. Diarrhea causes well over 10 percent of deaths in children under 5, while women and children waste countless hours fetching clean water rather than working or studying. The OPEC Fund is playing a critical role via the Dowa Town Water Supply Project in saving and improving the lives of the local population.
SONIA SISEROVA Country Manager, Eastern & Southern Africa, Public Sector Operations, OPEC Fund
150,000 people
8 to 24 hours per day Improvement in water supply reliability
100 %
Expected water supply coverage of local population
Expected beneficiaries
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