The Water Supply Investment and Heritage Fund (FIPAG) has already secured 250 million US dollars for the Urban Water Supply Investment Programme, budgeted at 1.8 billion dollars, since its launch in 2022. The information was confirmed by the new director-general of FIPAG, Sérgio Cavadias, at the inauguration ceremony held on 6 September, in Maputo, revealed the Agência de Informação de Moçambique (AIM).
According to Cavadias, FIPAG is in negotiations to secure a further 300 million dollars with co-operation partners. ‘So far, around 1.2 billion dollars have been invested in urban water supply systems,’ he said.
‘We’ve already managed to secure 250 million dollars,’ he added, emphasising that part of the challenges imposed by the government can be overcome thanks to these projects.
Among the new director-general’s main challenges is to focus on technical solutions that guarantee the sustainability of the systems and improve the quality of water supply services, with a focus on user satisfaction. Cavadias also stressed the need to improve billing and collection rates, which are essential for the environmental education of the sector’s four decentralised companies.
‘We are currently implementing feasibility studies and master plans that will provide technical recommendations so that we can move forward with alternative and safe sources for what will be the expansion of water supply services,’ he explained.
The wide-ranging investment programme in urban water supply systems is an initiative aimed at moving the water sector forward in terms of supply indicators, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which call, among other things, for universal access to water by 2030.
