Picture caption: Photograph of a standpipe similar to the 82 ones which are going to be installed for this project. This standpipe was set up by AGIRE in Agbatito\u00e9 (Togo), for a project funded by the French association AQUASSISTANCE (photo credits: AGIRE SARL).<\/em><\/p>\n The Beninese National Agency for drinking water in rural areas (ANAEPMR)<\/strong> announced that it has awarded a supply and installation contract<\/strong> to the joint-venture composed of the companies FORAG SA<\/strong> (Cotonou, Benin, leader), AGIRE\u00a0SARL<\/strong> (Cotonou, Benin) and VERGNET HYDRO<\/strong>\u00a0for the construction of drinking water supply systems for more than 35,000 rural people<\/strong>. The joint-venture is to build 7 piped drinking water supply schemes in the Department of Borgou<\/strong>. \u00ab\u00a0We are starting a new chapter of VERGNET HYDRO\u2019s history in Benin<\/strong>. We have worked here since the 1980s and this country is one of the 3 first destinations of our manual pumps. Today, more than one Beninese out of two (5,6 million rural people) draws its drinking water from VERGNET HYDRO\u2019s manual pumps. This contract is our first piped water scheme project in the country \u00bb<\/em>, says enthusiastically Thierry BARBOTTE, Managing Director for VERGNET HYDRO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Benin\u2019s rural water supply sector is in transition<\/strong>. We hope that this project, amounting to 5 billion CFA francs (7.62 million euros)<\/strong>, will be the first of many other water supply system projects in Benin\u00a0for VERGNET HYDRO \u00bb<\/em>, adds Baptiste GADENNE, Area Sales Manager for VERGNET HYDRO<\/strong>. Within this project, FORAG SA implements and drills 37 boreholes, and rehabilitates 4 boreholes. AGIRE SARL SARL supplies a part of the pipes, installs the pipes and handles the civil engineering: 15 water towers, 82 standpipes and the water pipes. VERGNET HYDRO supplies and installs the electromechanical equipment (41 submerged pumps, 43 power generators, 7 chlorination systems, etc.), as well as a part of the water pipes.<\/p>\n VERGNET HYDRO\u2019s responsiveness and expertise are among the key factors for the project\u2019s success.<\/strong> \u00ab\u00a0The inaugurations of the 7 networks are planned for September 2019<\/strong>. As the boreholes features (depths, flow rates, etc.) are currently unknown, the actual design of the schemes and sending of the equipment will be done gradually over the course of the project \u00bb<\/em>, specifies Jo\u00ebl MENAGER, Project Officer for VERGNET HYDRO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 7 piped schemes to be constructed are part of Benin\u2019s largest water supply systems project ever, with a total of 24 systems to be constructed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 41 boreholes, 15 water towers, 82 standpipes… Picture caption: Photograph of a standpipe similar to the 82 ones which are going to be installed for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,108,187,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benin-en","category-drinking-water","category-reservoirs-en","category-water-supply-systems"],"yoast_head":"\nEquipment designed over the course of project implementation <\/strong><\/h3>\n