Water in European Union

  • EBRD, SECO modernize wastewater treatment plant in Tajikistan

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/10/17 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Improvment(EBRD) and the Swiss National Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have joined forces to enable Tajikistan's Khujand city to modernize its sewerage network and to reconstruct an old wastewater treatment plant that had fallen into disuse next the collapse of the Soviet Union. This cooperation follows two previous successful projects by the EBRD and SECO to improve the city's water supply, the bank said on October 16. The EBRD is providing a $3.5 million loan, and SECO is providing a capital grant of $5.35 million, for Khujand Water Company, the water and wastewater utility.
  • The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/03/25 The European Union releases 1.24 billion CFAF for potable water project in Togo town - The inhabitants of Anié, about 200 km north of the Togolese capital, Lomé, on Friday inaugurated work on a 1.24 billion CFAF project financed by the European Union (EU) to supply the town with potable water. The project includes a 600 cubic-metre tank, a water tower, a treatment station and a distribution network of 18.75 km. A sanitation component includes toilets for the public and schools.
  • EU grants Togo 16.7 million euros for Water, Sanitation

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2013/05/11  The European Union (EU) has granted Togo 16.7 million euros (CFAF 11 billion) to support efforts by the West African country to provide its people good drinking water and clean environment in semi-urban areas, PANA reported here Friday;
  • Jordan & EU conference on water resources

    JORDAN, 2013/04/28 Jordanian and EU financial experts have gathered in Amman for a conference on private sector investment into water resources, sponsored by the investment wing of the European Bank. Jordan is one of the majority water-poor nations of the world - a situation which has been exasperated in the last two years as hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees flock to the country. The private sector has by presently played a key role in enhancing infrastructure projects in the water sector, with local and international companies handling most of the projects related to distribution and water conservation.