The President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi inaugurated, this Thursday, February 23, a REGIDESO drinking water treatment industrial complex located in the Musey district in Binza-ozone, not far from Camp Tshatshi and the Ngaliema town hall. , opposite Cercle Equine.
The first module of this inaugurated plant, in fact, has a production capacity of 110 thousand cubic meters of drinking water per day. According to the Presidency of the Republic, it will cover 20 districts of the municipalities of Ngaliema, Kintambo, Selembao and Mont-ngafula.
This Binza-ozone water plant is the result of the strategic partnership between the DRC and the World Bank relaunched in May 2019 in Washington following the first work mission of the Head of State, Félix Tshisekedi to the USA, indicates the same source.
This industrial water treatment complex will reach, we learn, after the development of its three modules a total capacity of 330 cubic meters of water per day and will improve the water supply of REGIDESO in all municipalities of Kinshasa-West.
It was financed to the tune of 72 million USD and is part of the rural drinking water supply project (PEMU) which was closed on June 30, 2021 and then, in a second phase, as part of the “Kin Elenda” project, reports the Presidency of the Republic.
According to the same source, after this inauguration, the CEO of REGIDESO announced to the President of the Republic the online payment of water bills from this Saturday, February 26.
According to him, it will be possible for REGIDESO subscribers to pay water consumption bills from mobile phones via financial messaging systems.
As a reminder, these construction works of the collection center at the pumping station at Ngaliema Bay which flows into the Congo River were launched by the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi in December 2019 and the works of the second module of the Binza-ozone plant started up on September 20, 2022 with funding from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). The works of the third module are at the contract award stage by the World Bank.
Christian Okende
