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Northern Waters Transfer to the Sahel and Sfax

Water transmission pipeline, About 28 km of ductile iron and prestressed concrete mains of 1,250 to 1,600 mm; a treatment complex at Kalaa Kebira of 4 m3/second; four semi-buried reservoirs totalling 30,000 m3 in Tunisia.

Planned

The record

Country
Tunisia
Location
Enfidha to Kalaa Kebira
Coordinates
—
Technology
Water transmission pipeline
Capacity
About 28 km of ductile iron and prestressed concrete mains of 1,250 to 1,600 mm; a treatment complex at Kalaa Kebira of 4 m3/second; four semi-buried reservoirs totalling 30,000 m3
Capital cost
US$77 million
Stage
Planned
Owner or client
SONEDE
Contractor
—
Operator
SONEDE
Finance
Agence Francaise de Developpement loan of EUR 60 million, revised to 240 million dinars or about EUR 71.42 million at June 2024
Award or start year
2024
Commissioned
—

Record last checked 2026-09-18.

History

Sources

2 references

Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.

  1. SONEDE, Securisation et renforcement des infrastructures de transfert des eaux du Nord pour les regions du Sahel et Sfax. sonede.com.tn.
  2. MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.

About 28 km of mains of 1,250 to 1,600 mm, a pressure break chamber at Enfidha, semi-buried reservoirs at Znatir, Belli and Bouaargoub totalling 30,000 m3, a treatment complex at Kalaa Kebira of 4 m3/second, energy recovery and pumping stations; AFD loan of EUR 60 million revised to 240 million dinars, about EUR 71.42 million, at June 2024. SONEDE gives no start date, completion date or construction status.