Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) has completed the installation of water treatment plants and its distribution networks at Mile-91 and Kailahun for the provision of safe drinking water for residents.
According to the Acting Director-General of SALWACO, Victor Hastings-Spaine, the water supply project for Mile 91 was funded by the Government of Sierra Leone at a cost of Le10.7b, to ensure households access pipe borne water.
He also stated that the Kailahun water supply project was funded by the EXIM Bank of India, as it extended a line of US $30 million to the Government of Sierra Leone for financing rehabilitation of existing water facilities and addition of new infrastructure to supply portable water to six areas across the country.
He said the project has been completed by Angelique International, an Indian-based company and residents have started using the pipe borne water from their taps for drinking and domestic use in their homes, so as to improve the living standards of the people, aimed at achieving the millennium development goals by 2015.
Explaining further, the General Manager Hastings-Spaine said SALWACO has constructed 11 kilometers of transmission line and nine kilometers of distribution lines for SALWACO with state-of-the-art technology treatment plant and laboratory with a 250 cubic meters of water reservoir.
He added that SALWACO has also constructed 2 kilometers of transmission lines and 13 kilo- meters of distribution lines with a state of the art technological treatment and laboratory for a 750 cubic meters of reservoir at Mile 91.
The Administrative and Finance Officer of SALWACO, Mariama Jalloh, implored locals to handle the taps with care, so as to sustain the project, for the benefit of the residents in the area.
She also told beneficiaries of the SALWACO water project at Mile -91 and Kailahun to embrace the project for the effective use of the water supply and cautioned against destruction of the taps by locals.
Residents of Kailahun and Mile -91 expressed thanks and appreciation to the Government of Sierra Leone and Sierra Leone Water Company for completing the project.
Residents said it took over 40 years for them to get access to pipe-borne water in both Mile-91 and Kailahun and promised to utilize the facilities for the benefit of all the people.
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