DRC - Making water resources profitable

Despite the country's water resources, only 301,000 people have access to drinking water. To address this shortage, several projects have been implemented, including boreholes and standpipes.

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In the DRC, only one in five residents has access to drinking water. The causes are numerous: limited financial resources for the sector, the dilapidated state of existing facilities, poor network management, and an uncontrolled population explosion in cities and their outskirts. REGIDESO, the public body that manages drinking water networks in urban areas, is unable to keep up with this rapid growth. For example, in Kinshasa, the CPA-Mushie neighborhood in the commune of Mont Ngafula regularly faces water shortages.

In rural areas, the SNHR (National Rural Water Service) has long lacked the resources to fulfill its mission. However, as part of the Socio-Economic Infrastructure Reinforcement Project (PRISE), a budget of $32 million has been allocated to complete the projects, including the provision of drinking water (AEP) in rural areas in the Kasai Oriental province. Three mini-drinking water systems were commissioned in August 2022, in the towns of Miabi and Lupatapata. PRISE is financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in partnership with the government. In addition to the Kasai Oriental province, nine other provinces will be equipped with mini-drinking water systems in the DRC. The direct beneficiaries of the Socio-Economic Infrastructure Reinforcement Project are rural populations, estimated at 870,908 people by the AfDB.

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The DRC produced 71.3 million cubic meters of drinking water during the first quarter of 2022, according to the Central Bank of Congo (BCC). According to this data, drinking water production stood at 70.2 million cubic meters during the same period last year.

Drawing a parallel between the two periods, there is a clear improvement in drinking water supply in the first quarter of the current year of more than 1.1 million m³ compared to the same period last year. For the whole of 2021, drinking water production in the DRC was estimated at 285.9 million m³. According to a recent report published by UNICEF, more than 38 million Congolese, or 53.51 T3T of households in the DRC (111 T3T worldwide), draw their daily water from a river, lake or other unclean source. This water is used for cooking, washing and especially for drinking. Due to the difficulties in accessing clean water, populations are exposed to all kinds of waterborne diseases, including cholera.

THE URBAN DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PROJECT (PEMU)

The first objective of the PEMU is to increase access to water in selected urban areas. This component is implemented through specific investment and rehabilitation programs in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, and Matadi. The investment programs primarily improve water production capacity, upgrade the distribution system, and finance individual connections and collective distribution systems. The second component of the project supports sector reform, capacity building, and improved governance. By contributing to the sustainability of the funded investments, the PEMU will help ensure REGIDESO's operational and financial viability by enabling it to also initiate the rehabilitation of other centers across the country using the cash generated in profitable centers, and thus expand water supply in cities not benefiting from the investments of the first component.
Thanks to the Urban Drinking Water Supply Project (2008-2021), more than 88,000 new private connections and 450 new community water points were installed in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi and Matadi, ensuring access to drinking water for more than 3 million people.