Water Supply and Sanitation in Senegal
Construction of Mamelles Sea Water Desalination Plant, the First of its Kind in Senegal, Begins
Construction of Mamelles sea water desalination plant, Senegal’s first largescale seawater desalination plant, was recently inaugurated by President Macky Sall in Dakar with an aim to provide a safe and stable water supply to the people of the West African country through ensuring a highly sustainable water source.
The Senegalese president declared that the complex and unique project signifies a major milestone in the realization of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), a massive program that is expected to put “this impoverished country” on theroad to emergence by 2035.