- Nine new mini drinking water plants in Maluku and Nsele to increase access to clean drinking water.
- This project is meant to impact 20,000 households directly.
In 2020, about 30% of African countries in central Africa had access to clean drinking water. The Minister of state for rural development in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], on the 17th of September, inaugurated nine new mini drinking water plants in Maluku and Nsele. The project is a part of delivering on the promise of providing solar-powered water plants to all the 26 provinces in DRC to Address the shortage of water access to clean drinking water in Central Africa.
An indigenous company constructed the nine new treated water plants, and the materials used were supplied by a Belgian company that designs and manufactures water treatment solutions.
The mini water plants carry 1000 metric cube tanks meant to impact 20,000 households directly, reducing the drinking water shortage in Kinshasa. This project is targeted at addressing increasing universal access to drinking water in rural areas and urban areas by 2030.