JERUSALEM, June 1,
2013 (WAFA) - The Consul General of France in Jerusalem, Frédéric
Desagneaux, will inaugurate on Sunday the upgrading of the drinking
water service in the northern West Bank as well as its bond to
Maythaloun network for a total cost of 9.5 million euros, a consulate
press statement said Saturday
This project allowed
this year to equip and to launch the operations of the well drilling in
Tammoun and Tubas and to achieve the long-awaited connection of Tammoun
municipality to the drinking water network, it said.
All homes in the
municipalities of Tubas and Tammoun (that is over 57,000 inhabitants)
will benefit from improved services through building of reservoirs and
rehabilitation and expansion of existing networks.
Pre-payment meters have also been set up to ensure cost coverage and thus long-term sustainability.
The bond with the water supply system of Maythaloun allows the whole water supply network of this region to be ensured.
The water and
sanitation sector is the top priority of French development aid in the
Palestinian Territories. Totalling 100 million euros since 1998, the
projects funded by the French Development Agency aim at improving access
to drinking water for over 800,000 people and to sanitation for over
500,000 people.
The opening ceremony
will be held in the presence of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, water
authority director Shaddad Attili and the director of the French
Development Agency in Jerusalem (AFD), Hervé Conan.
M.S.
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