Improving access to drinking water and sanitation facilities for the inhabitants

Funding: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Beneficiaries: Approximately 30,000 people
Partners: People's Committees of Sohung - MoCM (Ministry of City Management)

This programme aims to upgrade the entire water supply infrastructure of a part of the city, from the distribution network to individual connection.

Water transmission line
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Water tank construction
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Pumping station
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Works to connect homes to the water network and meeting with residents (Sohung)
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Construction work of public latrines
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Construction works of school latrines
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Renovation works of public latrines and school bathrooms (Sohung)
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Works on a water transmission line
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Anti-epidemiological center of the district (Sohung)
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Water transmission line
Photos : Olivier Hariot / TGH

Thanks to the support of SIDA, which funded the construction of a new pumping station with a capacity of 200 m³/h and a 500 m³ storage station, 3 districts - about 12,000 people - could be connected to the network. This funding will also allow the rehabilitation of 41 latrines in schools and hospitals, and the construction of 25 new latrines in public places.

For its part, Oxfam HK funded the connection of another district to the network (about 3,000 additional beneficiaries), the construction of 13 public latrines, 50 school latrines, a bathroom, and the improvement of two existing bathrooms.
These actions are complemented by hygiene promotion sessions and awareness-raising media for the population, as well as training sessions in management of the water system and sanitary structures for the members of water supply and sanitation services of the city.

Finally, the anti-epidemiological Center ensuring health monitoring at county level will see its capacity for water analysis increased (drinking water and waste water), and will provide expertise for the sustainable management of the established infrastructures.

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NORTH KOREA

Improving access to drinking water and sanitation facilities
for the inhabitants of the city of Sohung

BENEFICIARIES

30,000
people

FROM 11/2012 TO 11/2014

24
months

BUDGET

448,000
euros

NORTH KOREA

Improving access to drinking water and sanitation facilities for the inhabitants of the city of Sohung