Picture caption: Ivorian woman drawing water from a standpipe supplied by a drinking water supply systems set up by VERGNET HYDRO, in association with the SME MTK SERVICES, as part of the HYDRAULIC AND SANITATION PROGRAMME FOR THE MILLENNIUM (PHAM) in 2017.

VERGNET HYDRO is developing its construction work expertise

Côte d’Ivoire’s National Board for Drinking Water (ONEP) has awarded a contract for the construction of 17 drinking water supply systems to a joint venture of two SMEs: ABEDA (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire) which will lead the project and VERGNET HYDRO. The contract will supply drinking water to nearly 50,000 rural people in the north of Côte d’Ivoire. “VERGNET HYDRO’s role in this is not limited to the design, supply and installation of the systems. Through our subsidiary SAHER (Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire), we will also carry out a part of the construction work. We intend to develop this expertise for future projects,” says Thierry BARBOTTE, Managing Director of VERGNET HYDRO.

The contract is for the construction of 12 electrical drinking water supply systems and five hybrid systems, either solar/electric or solar/thermal, in the Tchologo, Poro, Bagoué, Kabadougou and Folon regions. “The five solar farms will generate power of between 4 and 7 kWp, with Total Dynamic Heads of between 60 and 110 m,” explains Joël MENAGER, Bids and Projects Officer for VERGNET HYDRO.

A budget of 2.8 billion CFA francs (4.3 million euros)

“We expect all supply systems to be operational by December 2020, as stipulated in the specifications we were given,” adds Baptiste GADENNE, Area Sales Manager at VERGNET HYDRO. Co-financed by Côte d’Ivoire’s Hydraulics Ministry, the Islamic Development Bank and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (through its BID-UEMOA programme), the project is expected to cost 2.8 billion CFA francs (4.3 million euros).