WATER

PSGE Priority Projects: Infrastructure

Ntoum 7 - Water treatment and production plant Department

Ministry of Oil, Energy and Hydraulic Resources 28.000.000.000 CFA (57,496,991 USD) State Budget

Project cost Financing Calendar

Context and objectives of the project The vision of Gabon is to develop a supply of drinking water and clean, sustainable and competitive energy. Gabon has a large Ntoum water treatment plant consisting of 4 slices (Ntoum 3, 4, 5 and 6) with a total capacity of 180,000 m3/d for the region of Libreville. Port-Gentil has a pumping water at Mandorove and 2 drilling stations. The daily production was of 19 900 m3 in 2008. The objective of the construction of Ntoum 7 is to increase the water production capacity.

Description This plant located in the Nkoltang village will produce 140,000 m3/d and will enhance the production of drinking water of Ntoum 3-4 and Ntoum 5-6. A new line, the DN1200, which cost 62 billion francs CFA (126,995,781.03 USD), already connects Ntoum 7 to Libreville in order to increase the capacity of the water supply to the capital.