Water supply improved in Ribáuè, Mozambique

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Water supply improved in Ribáuè, Mozambique

7:46 CAT | 07 Aug 2018

File photo: Notícias

Over then thousand residents living in the district of Water supply improved in RibáuèR, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, are receiving drinking water distributed through 70 new public standpipes.

The opening of these fountains increases the water coverage in the district with 53 per cent now having reliable access to clean drinking water. This figure will soon rise with the construction of another fifty standpipes.

The district administrator, Emanuel Impissa, told the daily newspaper “Noticias” that the government continues to prioritise opening new water supplies in the most deprived parts of the district.

He highlighted the partnership between the district and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). They have worked together under the government’s Productive Social Welfare Programme (PASP) to open water fountains with a target of reaching 75 per cent of the population. This will also involve repairing some existing fountains.

The district has two small water supply systems: one in the town of Water supply improved in Ribáuèand one in the locality of Riane. Both are run under private management.

Impissa added, “this year we plan to construct a small water supply system in the locality of Namigonha. We will also supply water to the health centre in Chica and the administrative post of Iapala”.

The town of Water supply improved in Ribáuè takes its water from a dam constructed with the support of the Dutch government. The lake is fed by mountain streams and provides water for the local treatment plant.