National Office for Water and Sanitation of Djibouti
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Our major projects

Major investments to secure Djibouti's water future and modernise national infrastructure.

11
Pumping stations
32
Reservoirs

Ongoing & completed projects

In progress

PROSPERO — STRATEGIC SUPPORT PROJECT FOR ONEAD AND PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT

Flagship project

This project (Strategic Performance Programme at ONEAD – PROSPERO) aims to prepare ONEAD for scaling up by strengthening its organisational, commercial, technical and financial capacities.

Specific objectives: The project aims to support ONEAD in implementing public enterprise reforms and in negotiating its performance contract (contrat d’objectifs et de moyens) with the State, as well as to prepare the company for scaling up by strengthening its organisational, commercial, technical and financial capacities. It will be implemented with the support of an Operator Assistant (Assistant-Exploitant, AEX), engaged for a period of 5 to 7 years, whose remuneration is partly linked to achieving targets for improved service quality and improved financial results at ONEAD.

Status: The SEURECA/VEOLIA consortium was awarded the AEX contract and will support ONEAD in achieving the objectives of its strategic plan.
Funding: AFD/European Union grant: EUR 15 million
Mission start: 1 October 2024, for a period of 5 years
Mission end: 1 October 2029

2020-2029 AFD / European Union Nationwide
In progress

PERAD II Project: Project to Expand and Rehabilitate the Djibouti Sewer System - AN EXPANSION OF THE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY NETWORKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS 7, 7 BIS, CITÉ STADE, AND Q6 (PERRAD 1, 2, AND 3).

Flagship project

The PERRAD 1, 2 and 3 projects consist of:

  • extending the secondary and tertiary networks in Quartiers 5, 6, 7, 7 bis and Cité Stade;

  • doubling the treatment capacity of the Douda wastewater treatment plant;

  • strengthening ONEAD’s capacities;

  • additional financing for PERRAD 1 and 2 to deliver a greater length of network and a larger number of connections on public land in Quartiers 5, 6, 7, 7 bis and Cité Stade.

The project is financed by AFD and the EU through the signing of the PERRAD 3 and PERRAD 4 financing agreements.
The contractor in charge of the works, Vinci Grands Projets, has been selected, and works began on 1 November 2024 for a period of 3 years.
Target population: Quartiers 5, 6, 7, 7 bis and Stade, Djibouti City.

PERRAD – DOUDA WWTP PROJECT: The extension project involves building a wastewater treatment plant at Douda with a capacity of 40,000 population equivalent (PE). This WWTP will double the capacity of the existing plant. Works began on 14 May 2023 for a period of 20 months and are currently 99% complete.
Target population: Djibouti City.

2024-2028 AFD / EU Djibouti City
In progress

PEPER II: DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION THROUGH DESALINATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY—PHASE 2

Funding: EIB This PEPER 2 project will provide the desalination plant with the equipment needed to double its production capacity, bringing it to a flow rate of 45,000 m³ per day. In addition, the project will ensure a reliable supply of electricity to the plant through the construction of a 12 MW solar power plant. EIB Financing: Loan Outcome 1: The drinking water supply system for the city of Djibouti is secured and strengthened by doubling the capacity of the Doraleh desalination plant. Outcome 2: The Doraleh desalination plant is powered to its full capacity by a solar power generation system. Activities: Supply, construction, and installation of an electricity generation unit using a photovoltaic panel system connected to the desalination plant. Outcome 3: Construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Doraleh with a capacity of 30,000 PE. This plant will collect wastewater from the northern neighborhoods of Balbala and Doraleh. Progress: Bidding documents for the expansion of the plant and the photovoltaic park are currently being prepared. Target population: Balbala and Djibouti City
2025-2027 AFD / European Union Djibouti City
Operational

PROPOSED ETHIOPIA-DJIBOUTI CROSS-BORDER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

A cross-border water transmission system connected to Ethiopia supplies Djibouti with fresh water through the operation of 28 boreholes.
Infrastructure: 28 deep boreholes, 2 pumping stations at Kulen and Adigala, 8 water storage reservoirs with a total capacity of 84,250 m³, including 4 × 20,000 m³ for Djibouti City and Balbala, and 359 km of drinking water transmission pipelines.
Implementation period: 2015–2017

Balbala
Operational

FADES 2 PROJECT: REHABILITATION AND REINFORCEMENT OF THE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF DJIBOUTI (FADES)

Rehabilitation of 61 km of transmission pipelines and 1,930 new service connections
Implementation period: 2011–2014

Rehabilitation of 29 km of transmission pipeline
2,000 new service connections
2 water storage reservoirs with a capacity of 2,500 m³
Implementation period: 2015–2017

Djibouti City
Operational

Doraleh Desalination Plant

The Doraleh desalination plant treats seawater by reverse osmosis and directly produces fresh drinking water. Phase 1 enables the plant to produce 22,500 m³ of water per day, expandable to 45,000 m³ per day in Phase 2.

Key features: water quality compliant with WHO standards; increased production to improve supply to underserved areas; improved management of drinking water production and distribution in Djibouti City and Balbala.

800 m seawater intake pipeline; 500 m submarine brine outfall pipeline; laying of an 8.5 km DN 700 pipeline (reinforcement towards the Faradhad reservoir); construction of a reservoir of approximately 5,000 m³ at Faradhad; connection to the power grid.

Commissioned in 2020.

2020 EU / State / Eiffage Doraleh