Cacuaco - The province of Luanda needs more than one million and 200 thousand cubic meters of water to meet consumption needs, a challenge that the government expects to overcome in the coming years, the Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, said on Tuesday in the municipality of Cacuaco.
Speaking to the press during the fact-finding visit to the Candelabro Water Treatment Plant, in Kifangondo, in Cacuaco, Minister João Baptista Borges acknowledged that the current water treatment and distribution capacity in Luanda is around 500,000 cubic meters, “far below the real need.”
“We are working and we have been able to gradually fill this deficit that can be filled in the coming years, as the population of Luanda is growing and the availability of water unfortunately does not meet,” he argued.
Subsequently, the minister stressed that the commitment of his department has, little by little, increased distribution capacity, “making the existing systems or those to be built able to supply a population of around 10 million inhabitants”.
Data from the National Water Council (CNA) indicate that the other 17 provinces of the country absorbed 134.6 thousand cubic meters of water, but does not clarify whether this number is enough to fully supply these regions.
Accompanied by the governor of Luanda province, Manuel Homem, the visit of the Minister of Energy and Water to the Candelabro Treatment Plant served to assess the state of operation of the infrastructure, whose production capacity is around 210 cubic meters of drinking water.
Valued at US$120 million, the structure was designed to supply the inhabitants of the Centrality of Sequele, Maye Maye Urbanization, Cazenga, Panguila, Marçal, Viana Industrial Pole, Special Economic Zone, Vida Pacifica Condominium and adjacent areas.
The presence of the Minister of Energy and Water in Cacuaco follows a field work that also led him today to several other projects related to the sector, including the Distribution Centers of the New Airport, Bom Jesus, EPAL's Training in Kikuxi, and the inauguration of the water service office at “KK 500”. DIF/SEC/ART/DOJ
