French company SUEZ has further strengthened its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa by winning several new major water management contracts in six countries for a total revenue of €56 million.
Africa is a promising market for the Group, where SUEZ has been present since the construction of the La Djoué water treatment plant in Brazzaville in 1952, and has since built more than 500 drinking water and wastewater treatment plants in Africa.
In Burkina Faso, the firm has won the contract for the construction of the 180,000m3/d Ziga II drinking water treatment plant, receiving funding from the European Investment Bank. The plant will treat water from the Ziga dam to supply the capital, Ouagadougou, with drinking water. Under the terms of the contract, the plant will be built in 22 months and SUEZ will provide operational assistance for one year. The contract is worth €34.5 million in total, of which €16 million is for SUEZ.
The new deal follows two earlier contracts awarded to SUEZ in 2002 and 2013 for the construction of the first phase of the Ziga station (72,000 m3/d) and its extension, Ziga I b (36,000 m3/d).
In Kenya, Athi Water Services has chosen SUEZ to build the first phase of the Kigoro drinking water treatment plant that will supply Nairobi. With a capacity of 142,500 m3/d, this project received funding from the French Development Agency. For the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa, SUEZ will use the Aquazur™V water treatment technology based on flotation and then filtering to treat water from the Thika dam.
Once the plant comes on stream, SUEZ will provide technical operational assistance for two years. The contract is worth €37 million in total, of which €15 million is for SUEZ.
In Mali, SUEZ has won the contract for the construction of the Kabala drinking water treatment plant. With a capacity of 300,000 m3/d, the new plant, again receiving funding by the French Development Agency, will supply the capital, Bamako. Under the terms of the contract, worth €70 million, of which €17 million is for SUEZ, the plant will be built in 30 months and SUEZ will provide operational assistance for one year.
In Ivory Coast, SUEZ has won three drinking water production contracts for Abidjan and its surroundings as well as Odienné.
On behalf of the SODECI2, SUEZ will build the Songon drinking water plant that will supply 42,000 m3/d to the economic capital Abidjan and its surroundings, and the 80,000 m3/d Bonoua II drinking water station, on behalf of the ONEP. SUEZ will also supply 4,000 m3/d of drinking water to the town of Odienné, via the installation of a Degrémont compact unit (UCD®). UCDs® are compact plants that are particularly well suited to supplying drinking water to small urban or rural communities. The contracts are worth a total of €6.5 million for SUEZ.
In Nigeria, SUEZ has won two contracts for the construction of drinking water stations. In Lagos, SUEZ will supply a 3,000 m3/d UCD® drinking water production station to meet the needs of the EKO Atlantic City new town. Built on an artificial island in the Bay of Lagos, EKO Atlantic City will ultimately accommodate 250,000 inhabitants.
In Itigidi, in Cross River State, SUEZ will also build the extension of a drinking water treatment plant producing 4,000 m3/d. The contracts are together worth a total of €1.2 million for SUEZ.
In Benin, SUEZ has been selected to deliver a 1,050 m3/d drinking water production plant for the city of Djougou and its surroundings by installing a UCD® unit.
Comenting on the contract wins, Marie-Ange Debon, Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the International Division of SUEZ said:
"We are delighted with these new contracts that illustrate the Group's capacity to support the development of cities in Africa by providing efficient solutions to guarantee access to drinking water to a strongly growing population. The Group has been present in Africa for more than 60 years, and we intend to continue to deliver our expertise in water management to the authorities and industries, while also developing our activity in waste management, which is an increasingly important issue in Africa. "
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