With the signing of a contract with the state-owned Onas office, Suez has been entrusted with the operation of the public sanitation service for the governorates of Sfax, Gabes, Medenine and Tataouine. The contract, worth a total of 200 million euros, will be financed by the World Bank for the rehabilitation and extension of the infrastructures and by the Tunisian state for their operation and maintenance. The south of Tunisia, whose government began rationing drinking water at the end of March, well before the summer, due to a drought of unprecedented severity, is characterised by a particularly arid climate and is considered one of the poorest regions. The current infrastructure in the partnership area consists of 14 water treatment plants, 106 pumping stations and 1,900 km of sewerage network. In addition to the renovation of existing equipment, the contract provides for work to allow, among other things, “the reuse of wastewater in agriculture” and “

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