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Tunisia: better access to clean drinking water for 100,000 people
08-12-2011 News Release 11/251
Tunis (ICRC) – Some 100,000 people living in the regions of Ben Guerdane and Remada, in south-eastern Tunisia, now have access to clean drinking water following the completion of a major project carried out jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the national water board.
The influx of thousands of refugees and migrants from Libya at the beginning of 2011 put huge pressure on the scarce water resources in the Ben Guerdane and Remada regions. In response to this problem, the ICRC and the national water board adopted a strategy making the best possible use of the available water resources.
Thanks to their joint efforts, a 10-kilometre pipeline supplying clean drinking water has been laid. The pipeline connects existing wells to Remada's main reservoir and is equipped with an automatic disinfection system. Another pipeline stretching over more than five kilometres was laid in September in Ben Guerdane to supply not just the city but also neighbouring villages, the Choucha refugee camp and even a village in Libya in the Jebel Nefusa border region.
"Most migrants have now left Tunisia and the Libyans have returned home. It is therefore the local populations in Ben Guerdane and Remada who will benefit from this project," said Jean-Michel Monod, head of the ICRC regional delegation in Tunis.
For further information, please contact:
Rym Assal, ICRC Tunis, tel: +216 24 200 817
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