MetEC to Deliver Mobile Toilets to Addis Abeba
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Addis Abeba Water & Sewerage Authority Is Acquiring 116 Three Square Metre Mobile Toilets in a Contract Awarded to the Metal & Engineering Corporation
The MetEC's Ethiopia Plastic Industry was awarded the contract in June 2014 to deliver the toilets within four months. They will include two rooms, for men and women; two hand washing facilities; a 750 litre water tank at the top and a septic tank, which will be buried underground. The AAWSA used 11 million Br, acquired from the government and the World Bank (WB), to finance the order.
The toilets are made from fibre glass and aluminium, and are part of a larger plan for over 1,000 toilets of different varieties, if the AAWSA is able to secure the finance.
Although the mobile toilets are a first for the Authority, a number of NGOs have already established or are establishing their own toilets across the city.
The Addis Abeba City Land Banking & Transfer Agency has selected 135 plots in eight districts for the installation of the toilets, excluding the Arada and Kirkos districts, both of which are currently under redevelopment, according to Solomon Meressa, public sanitation services head at the AAWSA.
Currently, the city, home to four million residents, has 63 public toilets under the control of the Authority, 27 of which are communal, according to Fikre Tekeste, sewerage disposal services head at the AAWSA. The city also has 51,500 domestic and 2,164 non-domestic sewerage connections.
Among the eight districts, Akaki Kality will get the most, with 49 mobile toilets, followed by Lideta with 36. Kolfe Keranio, with just three toilets, is to be the least supplied District. The toilets will be installed in public spaces, including markets, taxi and bus stations and areas with high pedestrian traffic, says Solomon.
The toilets will be managed by the associations of disadvantaged people, such as the elderly, handicapped, sex workers and people with HIV, according to Fikre. Users will be charged 25 cents to urinate and 50 cents for complete use - although associations running the existing 63 toilets had requested higher fees of 50 cents and 75 cents.
There are 26 associations, with 644 members, running these 63 toilets, 16 of which were built last year, seven as replacements for toilets demolished because of construction projects. The construction of 15 new toilets is currently underway.
For the current fiscal year, the city administration has allocated 41.5 million Br in budget to the AAWSA, with a plan of boosting the total number of toilets beyond the 1,000 targeted in the Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP). Its plans includes an additional 830 mobile, 20 public and 70 communal toilets. The Authority has arranged for 204 additional plots from nine to 750sqm in all 10 districts, according to Fikre.
"Compared to our plan, the budget allocated for the current fiscal year is not enough," said Solomon. "So, we might ask the administration for additional budget during the first half of the current fiscal year."
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