The capital, according to Angop, needs an additional 1,200,000 cubic meters of water to meet its consumption needs. However, Luanda currently has a water treatment and distribution capacity of around 500 thousand cubic meters, identified João Baptista Borges, which he considered "far below the real need".
Speaking to the press, as part of his working day, the head of the Energy and Water portfolio said they are working and have been able to "fill", gradually, this "deficit that could be filled in the coming years".
"We are working and have gradually managed to fill this deficit that could be filled in the coming years, as the population of Luanda is growing and the availability of water unfortunately does not match it", he said, in statements to the press, cited by Angop.
On the occasion, the minister highlighted that his office's efforts have progressively expanded distribution capacity, "making it possible for existing systems or systems to be built to supply a population of around 10 million inhabitants".
According to a statement from the Ministry of Energy and Water, to which VerAngola had access, during his working day - where he was accompanied by the governor of the province of Luanda, Manuel Homem, by the Secretary of State for Energy, António Belsa da Costa, as well as such as staff from the Ministry of Energy and Water and members of the EPAL administration, among others -, the holder of the Energy and Water portfolio took an x-ray of the third phase of the Candelabro Water Treatment Plant, whose "infrastructure was built to increase water supply capacity and overcome shortages in some areas of the city of Luanda".
His itinerary also included a visit to the New Airport Water Distribution Center, "being a project that will have a nominal reserve capacity of 40,000 cubic meters, benefiting around 789,943 inhabitants", the statement said.
Among the infrastructures found is also the Bom Jesus Water Distribution Center, which is part of the 5 Quilonga Grande system and is "in the initial phase of construction, being in the order of 5.72 percent of physical execution", being which "will have a reserve capacity of 30,000 cubic meters."
According to the statement, finally, João Baptista Borges, together with the governor of Luanda, cut the ribbon to inaugurate the "KK 5000 branch, which includes a service room with five stations, an office and a vast wait".
According to a note from the Government of the Province of Luanda (GPL), the third phase of the Candelabro do Kifangondo Water Treatment Plant has "a pumping capacity of 210 thousand cubic meters of drinking water, to benefit around two million inhabitants" in the said province.
On another note, GPL talks about new integrated water supply systems. "These are the Quilonga and Bita projects, two important water supply infrastructures underway in the province of Luanda, to reinforce and double the capacity for water capture, treatment and distribution, which will also allow an additional 500 thousand home calls", reads the statement.
"The water supply systems under construction could have a capacity of 500 thousand cubic meters, for the Quilonga project, and 750 thousand cubic meters, for the Bita project, in order to benefit around seven million inhabitants", also states the GPL.
