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Tunis — Agriculture Minister Mohamed Ben Salem announced
several measures to improve the water system and speed up the achievement of
new projects in this area. The aim, he said, is to ensure drinking water supply
next summer and avoid the disturbances recorded this year.
It had been decided, at a working session chaired by Interim
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, to transfer part of water of the North to the
Governorate of Sfax through canals with a length of 120 km, at a cost estimated
at 1 million dinars (MTD), he indicated, adding that works would last 9 months.
At a press briefing held Wednesday in Kasbah, the Minister
said the National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company (SONEDE) had
already launched tenders to this end.
Similarly, the pumping station of Karkar, Governorate of
Mahdia, will be reinforced by 500 liters/second for 1.5 MTD.
It was also decided to create a water treatment plant at the
level of the Oued Nabhana dam (Kairouan) with a budget of 1.4 MTD to be
operated when consumption increases in summer.
He also announced the drilling of 6 deep wells in Sfax with a
budget of 5.5 MTD and 4 wells in Sidi Bouzid with investments estimated at 4.2
MTD.
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