Tanzania Plans for $3.3 Billion in Water Projects

By Alawi Masare 

Tanzania will extend piped water supplies throughout most of its cities and cut leakages by more than half in the second stage of a development program, the Daily News reported, citing Water Minister Jumanne Maghembe.

The government and donors will finance 5.6 trillion shilling ($3.3 billion) of water-infrastructure projects, Maghembe said, according to the Dar es Salaam-based newspaper.

Under the plan, access to clean water in urban centers will climb to 95 percent from 68 percent, while seepages will decline to 25 percent from 55 percent, the newspaper reported.

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