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The Côte d’Ivoire government plans to spend CFA francs 550 billion (US$900 million) on sanitation and drainage works up to 2030.  

This represents a major step-up in spending over the previous decade. Between 2013 and 2022, the country spent CFA francs 81.5 billion on sanitation and drainage works in Abidjan and in 20 towns in the interior. 

Work included the construction and rehabilitation of flood-control dams, stormwater and wastewater networks, sludge treatment stations and household connections to wastewater networks.

The investments helped to increase the proportion of the population with access to sanitation services to 56% in 2021, from just 22% in 2011. In urban areas, the rate reached 74%, up from 39% in 2011. In rural areas, 32% of the population now have access to sanitation services, compared with only 8% in 2011.

The figures were shared by Konan Ahou, director of operation and quality monitoring at the National Office for Sanitation and Drainage (ONAD) and published through the official government portal.  

#Société | Assainissement et drainage : le taux national d'accès à l'assainissement passé de 22% en 2011 à 56% en 2021

Abidjan, le 17 mai 2023- Le taux national d'accès à l'assainissement qui était de 22% en 2011 est passé à 56% en 2021, tandis que le taux d'accès à… pic.twitter.com/vffUmlpwLj

— Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire (@Gouvci) May 17, 2023

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Photo: Litter blocking a drainage system (© Jarmandigital | Dreamstime)