!img-0.jpeg REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace-Work-Fatherland
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# Official commissioning ceremony of the installations of the Drinking Water Supply Project for the City of Yaounde and its Surroundings from the Sanaga River (PAEPYS)
Batchenga, 20 August 2024
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« The Project to Supply Drinking Water to the City of Yaounde and its Environs from the River Sanaga is virtually completed. Its imminent commissioning will help to substantially reduce the drinking water deficit in the city of Yaounde».
Paul Biya, Head of State's end-of-year 2023, and New Year 2024 Message to the Nation
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!img-4.jpeg Joseph DION NGUTE The Prime Minister, Head of Government
!img-5.jpeg Gaston ELOUNDOU ESSOMBA The Minister of Water Resources and Energy
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# PRESENTATION OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FOR YAOUNDE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS FROM THE SANAGA RIVER (PAEPYS)
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1. Project Background and Justification
Under the High Patronage of His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic, Cameroon aims to become an emerging country by 2035. Several years ago, the Head of State launched a vast programme known as the "Great Opportunities Programme", which has resulted in the implementation of a number of structuring projects, including the Drinking Water Supply Project for Yaounde and its surroundings from the Sanaga River (PAEPYS). The overall aim of this project is to provide a lasting solution to the drinking water production deficit for the city of Yaoundé and its surroundings by producing an additional 300,000 m³/d in the current phase, extendable to 400,000 m³/d in the future extension phase.
2. Main objectives of the project
Increase drinking water supply in the city of Yaoundé
The city of Yaoundé currently receives 185,000 m³ of drinking water per day, 135,000 m³/d of which comes from the Akomnyada water treatment plant in Mbalmayo and 50,000 m³/d from the renovated Mefou plant in Yaoundé. This supply still falls short of demand, which is estimated at 250,000 m³/d. The PAEPYS project is will fill this major gap by supplying an additional 300,000 m³/d of drinking water in its initial phase, then 400,000 m³/d in the extension phase.
Supply drinking water to cities and localities crossed by the project
The PAEPYS project will supply drinking water to a number of cities and localities along its banks, including Batchenga, Obala and Nyom.
Ensure a gravity distribution of drinking water and electricity savings in the city of Yaoundé
The head tank, which receives drinking water from the Emana-Batchenga water treatment plant, is built on Mount Ndindan, at an altitude of 873.6m. As this is a higher ground level, the various drinking water storage and distribution points in the capital will be supplied by gravity. This reduces or even eliminates the need for the existing pumping stations in the city of Yaoundé, thereby facilitating the technical operation of the network and reducing operating costs, notably, by reducing the Concessionaire's electricity consumption in the city of Yaoundé.