The vision of the Ivorian Government is to ensure access to drinking water for all at a lower cost, throughout the national territory, through the development of quality hydraulic infrastructure.
Thus, with the aim of increasing the access rate to drinking water to 95% by 2025, the Government is committed to: (i) improving governance in the sector; (ii) securing mobilizable resources for drinking water supply; (iii) rehabilitating and constructing quality hydraulic infrastructure; (iv) strengthening the human, technical, and financial capacities of water sector stakeholders; and (v) promoting technological innovations in hydraulics.
To sustainably solve the problems of access to drinking water, the Ministry of Hydraulics has opted for the establishment of hydraulic boulevards: this essentially involves capturing surface water, treating it on-site, and sending this water over thousands of linear meters (lm) for distribution. All localities crossed by this treated water system are supplied with Urban Hydraulics (UH). In rural areas, there is an increasing focus on the implementation of Multi-village UH systems (connecting several villages within a given radius to a UH system).
URBAN HYDRAULICS
The distribution of drinking water in urban households is ensured by the Water Distribution Company of Côte d'Ivoire (SODECI), through a lease contract signed by the State with this structure.
At the urban level, the development of infrastructure concerns production, storage, transport, distribution, and social connections, through the execution of several projects. These include:
- Technical and Financial Performance Improvement Program (APTF 1)
Launched in May 2020, this project aims to address the issue of drinking water supply to 155 precarious neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods in the municipalities of the Abidjan District and some neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods in the peripheral cities of Grand Bassam (Yaou) and Bonoua (Samo). The program is nearing completion with a rate of 96.56% as of the end of December 2023. An amendment for optimizing the distribution of drinking water from the Bonoua 1 and Bonoua 2 plants is underway with an execution rate of 73%. The works have enabled approximately 1,500,000 people to access public drinking water distribution services through the installation of over 886 km of pipelines and the realization of more than 167,000 subsidized connections.
- Drinking Water Supply Project for twelve (12) cities in the interior of the country
Started in 2021 for a duration of 3 years, this project primarily aims to strengthen the drinking water supply in the cities of Daloa, Divo, Tanda, Mankono, Séguéla, Katiola, Touba, Odiénné, Sassandra, Boundiali, Grand Lahou, and Bouaflé. The drinking water supply works for the cities of Grand Lahou and Bouaflé are completed. The overall physical completion rate of the project is 78% as of the end of December 2023.
- Project to strengthen the drinking water supply of the city of Abidjan by constructing a treatment plant of 150,000 m3/day on the AGHIEN lagoon
Started in January 2021 for a duration of 3 years, this project shows a physical completion rate of 93% as of the end of March 2024.
RURAL HYDRAULICS
Several projects are being implemented as part of the improvement of Rural Hydraulics:
- The multi-village UH systems program, which has seen the realization of eight (08) boreholes, eight (08) water towers, and 273,333 linear meters (lm) of pipelines in the localities of Goh, Iffou, Gbêkê, N’Zi, Poro, and Moronou. The overall physical execution rate of all implemented projects is estimated at 60% as of the end of December 2023.
- The implementation of the PS-Gouv hydraulic component has allowed for the replacement of 3,503 obsolete Human-Powered Pumps (HPP), the repair of 15,527 HPP, and the maintenance of 18,424 HPP.
- The Urban Hydraulic Emergency Program, started in 2020, which concerns the realization of multi-village systems for the provision of running water to rural localities through the realization of 75 boreholes, 61 water towers, and 1,324 km of pipelines, is executed at 36% as of the end of December 2023.
- The Mountain District Project, started in January 2019 for a duration of 5 years, has enabled the realization of 586 boreholes equipped with HPP.
PERSPECTIVES
The prospects for the Hydraulic sector will focus on: (i) negotiating the drinking water lease contract; (ii) laying pipelines to ensure proper distribution of water produced from the Mé and Aghien plants; and (iii) continuing the support project for securing and managing drinking water resources.
As part of PSGouv 2, it is planned for 2025 to repair 1,500 HPP, replace 700 obsolete HPP, and realize 100 boreholes equipped with HPP.
DATA ON THE DRINKING WATER SECTOR FROM 2016 TO 2023: QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF WATER
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INDICATORS Titles |
YEARS |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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Volume of mobilized water (thousands of m3) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
287,947 |
302,814 |
314,535 |
332,496 |
ND |
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Number of secured sites for the land registration of drinking water production facilities |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
292 |
464 |
533 |
615 |
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Number of secured sites for the construction of fences |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
127 |
178 |
199 |
209 |
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Volume of water produced (thousands of m3) |
244,918 |
255,119 |
260,933 |
285,096 |
302,814 |
311,000 |
343,118 |
ND |
|
Volume of water storage available (m3) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
215,152 |
216,332 |
243,284 |
249,594 |
ND |
|
Linear distribution networks completed (lm) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
17,309,000 |
17,862,000 |
18,144,912 |
18,480,429 |
ND |
|
Compliance rate of bacteriological analyses of distributed water (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
69 |
95 |
99 |
85 |
ND |
Source: MINHAS / ONEP/ SODECI
DATA ON THE DRINKING WATER SECTOR FROM 2016 TO 2023: URBAN HYDRAULICS (UH) SUBSECTOR
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INDICATORS Titles |
YEARS |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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QUALITY OF WATER FROM AVAILABLE AND SECURED RESOURCES |
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URBAN HYDRAULICS (UH) SUBSECTOR |
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Access rate to drinking water (%) |
61 |
63 |
65 |
67 |
66 |
61 |
64 |
68 |
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Coverage rate of drinking water in UH (%) |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
75 |
75 |
77 |
ND |
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Population served in UH |
14,182,000 |
14,622,000 |
15,090,000 |
15,637,000 |
17,541,000 |
14,182,000 |
11,120,226 |
12,180,000 |
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Number of localities served in UH |
1,105 |
1,124 |
1,154 |
1,174 |
1,185 |
1,224 |
1,251 |
ND |
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Production deficit rate (%) |
21 |
30 |
39 |
31 |
27 |
25 |
20 |
ND |
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Average service hours |
16.5 |
14 |
15 |
16.56 |
17.5 |
18 |
19 |
ND |
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Number of subscribers in UH |
852,662 |
937,183 |
1,155,719 |
1,255,030 |
1,453,974 |
1,673,000 |
1,902,607 |
ND |
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Number of m3 billed |
180,575,000 |
184,526,635 |
191,234,872 |
205,435,000 |
227,666,000 |
241,361,000 |
277,926,000 |
ND |
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Billing ratio |
74.1 |
72.4 |
72.5 |
72.1 |
75.2 |
77.6 |
81 |
ND |
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Subsidized connections planned and realized |
37,233 |
40,511 |
66,592 |
97,519 |
120,564 |
112,809 |
94,046 |
ND |
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Efficiency of the drinking water distribution network in urban areas |
ND |
ND |
ND |
72.1 |
75.2 |
77.6 |
ND |
ND |
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Source: MINHAS / ONEP/ SODECI
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INDICATORS Titles |
YEARS |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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QUALITY OF WATER FROM AVAILABLE AND SECURED RESOURCES |
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RURAL HYDRAULICS SUBSECTOR (HVA AND HV) |
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Population using HV and HVA systems as a source of drinking water in rural areas |
ND |
ND |
ND |
9,976,710 |
10,145,430 |
10,210,980 |
5,808,500 |
5,808,500 |
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Access rate to drinking water in rural areas in less than 30 minutes (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
76.45 |
77.47 |
77.98 |
ND |
ND |
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Improved Village Hydraulics (HVA) |
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Number of HVA facilities completed |
ND |
ND |
ND |
407 |
438 |
439 |
476 |
479 |
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Coverage rate of drinking water by HVA (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
35 |
37 |
30.46 |
41.61 |
41.87 |
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Failure rate (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
16 |
16 |
16 |
20 |
20 |
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Number of functional HVA facilities |
ND |
ND |
ND |
342 |
368 |
369 |
381 |
383 |
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Rate of functional HVA facilities (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
84 |
84 |
84 |
80 |
80 |
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Village Hydraulics (HV) |
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Total needs for water points |
ND |
ND |
ND |
27,421 |
27,600 |
23,517 |
27,428 |
27,428 |
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Number of HV facilities completed |
ND |
ND |
ND |
17,503 |
17,799 |
17,799 |
18,001 |
18,329 |
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Coverage rate of drinking water by HV (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
64 |
65 |
65 |
66.01 |
67.26 |
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Number of HV facilities to be rehabilitated |
ND |
ND |
ND |
2,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
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Failure rate (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
40 |
15 |
15 |
18 |
18 |
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Number of functional pumps |
ND |
ND |
ND |
10,502 |
15,130 |
15,130 |
14,761 |
15,046 |
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Rate of functional pumps (%) |
ND |
ND |
ND |
60 |
85 |
85 |
82 |
82 |
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Remaining need to cover in water points |
ND |
ND |
ND |
9,918 |
9,622 |
9,622 |
9,427 |
9,189 |
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Source: MINHAS / ONEP/ SODECI