The National Society for the Operating and Distribution of Water (SONEDE) anticipates the daily distribution of around 2.2 million cubic meters of water this summer, announced Mohamed Hedi Ahmeddi, central director of SONEDE on Tuesday. He stressed that 60 % of drinking water comes from superficial resources.
Invited on national radio waves, Mohamed Hedi Ahmadi said there is no problem with drinking water supply in regions that depend on surface water, thanks to the significant precipitation recently recorded. However, the situation remains worrying in the cities depending on the groundwater.
The SONEDE manager said the company launched a 57 -well drilling program. Twenty of these wells are already under operation, and the others are at advanced stages of realization, in particular in the layout of conduct and connection of equipment. This program aims to strengthen water resources in several governorates and regions suffering from a drinking water deficit, such as Sidi Bouzid, Zaghouan, the mining basin, Tataouine, Kef, Tabarka and Siliana.
Ahmadi insisted that the Sonede and all the stakeholders work hard to ensure a comfortable summer for citizens in terms of availability of drinking water.
Major projects to strengthen groundwater resources
The central director also mentioned major projects in Siliana and El Fahs, and in particular in KEF. The city of Kef currently benefits from a large project of 40 million dinars, launched four months ago, aimed at transporting water to the city from the well of Bir Ennakhla. Currently, four deep wells in Bir Ennakhla provide approximately 80 liters per second, and work focuses on the terms of transporting these volumes to the city of Kef.
In addition, the El Haoudh well project in Tajerouine has reached a 90 % progress rate and should be equipped within a month. Before Eid, two wells were put into service in El Haoudh with a capacity of 20 liters per second, which has slightly improved the supply of water to Kef. In Siliana Ville, the work of the deep sandy well, which is a replacement well, is at their last stages and will improve water resources.
