Water Highways Project (GTE, PREFERLO, Raw Water Inter-Basin Transfer and Land Development Projects)

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Water and Sanitation

Water Highways Program

Axis 3: Sustainable Spatial Planning and Development

SO.3.1. Ensure sustainable territorial planning and orderly urbanization

Funding (public et prive) :

4 758,000,000,000 FCFA

Project leader

Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation

Ministry of Water and Sanitation

Project description

The project involves major water-transfer systems enabling the mobilisation of quality water from
favourable zones to deficit areas. The transfers leverage the potential of the Senegal River, the
Gambia River, and certain groundwater resources. The project covers:

the GTE from Lake Guiers to the Dakar–Mbour–Thiès triangle (DMT);
the transfer from Lake Guiers to the Ferlo;
the three-branch inter-basin transfers from the Gambia River (Sambangalou dam) and Koulountou up to Thiès; and
groundwater transfers from Malem Hodar.

Intervention zones

🇸🇳 10 région(s) d'intervention

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Funding (public et prive)

4 758,000,000,000 FCFA

General Objective

Improve access to and the quality of water distributed in urban and rural areas

Specific Objectives

Improve drinking water supply for the Dakar–Mbour–Thiès triangle and the city of Touba
Improve irrigation in the Niayes agricultural zone
Reduce waterborne disease prevalence
Secure drinking water supply for millions of people
Develop irrigated agriculture
Create direct and indirect jobs

Expected results

Drinking water supply in the DMT triangle and Touba is improved
Irrigation in the Niayes area is strengthened
Prevalence of waterborne diseases is reduced
Drinking water supply is secured for millions
Irrigated agriculture is developed
Thousands of jobs are created
Access to and the quality of water distributed in urban and rural areas are improved

Key milestones

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029