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Bank to Help Seychelles Keep Water Flowing Till 2030

With growing demand for water in the Seychelles, a high-end tourist industry, and a surface area of only 455 square kilometers, it is no surprise the islands are starting to suffer shortages.  Now, with the African Development Bank’s help, the Government is preparing a master plan to ensure a reliable water supply well into the future. 

The plan had its origins in 2004, when the Government appointed a special task force to study the water supply problem on the three main islands, Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.  The committee came up with recommendations to alleviate the problem both in the short and the long term.

One of the key recommendations was the preparation of a master plan, with a 20 year horizon to 2025 to work out the actions needed to increase supply and to identify demand management measures.

But its Public Utilities Corporation did not have the resources to undertake a comprehensive Water Supply Development Plan on its own. So the Bank stepped in to help.

The project is primarily intended to draw up a Water Supply Development Plan for the three islands so that the Seychelles can attract the water project investments to meet demand up to the year 2030.  It will also help identify and bring in measures to reduce water demand, and to improve the performance and service delivery of the Public Utility Corporation.

The plan will have three phases, beginning with a Review Phase to assess the existing water supply situation.  It will be followed by Phase 1, which will prepare a demand assessment up to 2030, and develop cost effective supply scenarios.

Finally, there will be Phase 2, which will:

• Prepare preliminary design and cost estimates for selected water supply options
• Identify viable projects and prepare investment programme to 2015 and implementation plan
• Undertake an institutional assessment of the Public Utilities Corporation Water & Sewerage Division
• Identify measures to improve demand-side management
• Organize three national workshops gathering all relevant water sector stakeholders to validate each study phase.
• Hold a donor coordination meeting to jointly plan interventions and mobilize resources.

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