Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, at the opening ceremony of the Nkhata Bay Water Supply Project
AND THE OPEC FUND
Malawi's water sector faces significant challenges. The country is predominantly rural with limited access to safe water and adequate sanitation facilities, particularly in remote areas. Water scarcity, uneven distribution and unreliable access to clean water are persistent issues. Inadequate infrastructure, pollution and waterborne diseases further compound the problem. Malawi: Water sector projects
MZIMBA INTEGRATED URBAN WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT Approved: September 2015 Completed: June 2019 Total project cost: US$22.8 million OPEC Fund financing: US$14.9 million T he project involved rehabilitating, upgrading and expanding the existing water supply system in the town of Mzimba and the provision of solid and liquid waste management facilities to provide reliable and sustainable potable water and sanitation services. Achievements included an upgrade of the water treatment plant capacity from 1,500m 3 to 12,000m 3 per day, installation of 36.96 kilometers water transmission pipelines and 109.4 kilometers water distribution pipelines, installation of 3,270 new water connections including 30 communal water points, construction of a solid waste management facility and 13 sanitation facilities in public schools and markets. TESTIMONIAL
KARONGA TOWN WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Approved: March 2018
NKHATA BAY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Approved: September 2018 Total project cost: US$30.5 million OPEC Fund financing: US$12 million T he project involved rehabilitating, upgrading and expanding the existing water supply system and provision of solid and liquid waste management facilities to provide reliable and sustainable potable water and sanitation services. The new water supply system has been extended to cover an area of 316km 2 . Achievements included the upgraded of the water treatment plant capacity from 1,450m 3 to 18,572m 3 per day, installation of 15.3 kilometers water transmission pipelines and 250 kilometers water distribution pipelines and construction of 23 sanitation facilities in public schools and markets. Installation of 5,000 new water connections is underway including 135 communal water points to extend water supply to low-income areas and households. TESTIMONIAL
Total project cost: US$26.7 million OPEC Fund financing: US$15 million T he project will extend water supply services and is expected to benefit more than 184,000 people at Karonga Town and surrounding areas. The objective is to improve health and livelihoods through access to a potable and sustainable water supply. It includes the construction of a raw water pipeline, upgrading of the water treatment plant from 12,400m 3 /day to 28,872m 3 / day, installation of 33 kilometers water transmission pipelines and construction of five storage tanks with total capacity of 10,000m 3 .
The water treatment plant site under construction at Karonga Town
“We used to suffer amidst plenty. We
“We had to travel four hours to get piped water. Since the project was completed we now enjoy uninterrupted
couldn’t comprehend the dry taps, with Lake Malawi a stone’s throw away. We had to be forced to resort to unprotected water
supply of water.” Sarah Moyo, local resident from Mzimba
sources which was putting us at risk of contracting water borne diseases such as cholera. Now we never lack tap water.”
Tilumbe Gondwe, Teacher, St. Joseph Primary School
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