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August 02, 2005
Brazzaville, Congo residents to get clean drinking water
Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso inaugurated on Monday a project to supply clean drinking water to 160,000 residents in the Brazzaville neighbourhoods of Moukondo Ouest, Massengo and Nkombo.
The China Beijing Enterprise, using Congolese government funds, has sunk eight boreholes each capable of supplying 35,000 litres of water per day.
Residents have been travelling long distances to fetch clean drinking water, while others have had to use untreated water from streams. A UN Development Programme survey published in 2004 showed that 49 percent of the country's urban population and 40 percent of those in rural areas had access to clean drinking water, as reported by IRIN News.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at August 2, 2005 04:15 PM
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