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.
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
- TND 240 m (revised June 2024), about US$77 m at TND 3.107 per US$ (World Bank official exchange rate, 2024 average)
- 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
- 2024-06
SONEDE records the project cost revised to 240 million dinars, about EUR 71.42 million
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.
- SONEDE, Securisation et renforcement des infrastructures de transfert des eaux du Nord pour les regions du Sahel et Sfax. sonede.com.tn.
- 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. Budget converted from 240 million dinars at TND 3.107 per US$, the World Bank official exchange rate (PA.NUS.FCRF) for 2024.