(Business in Cameroon) – Camwater has commissioned a new water tower in Douala with a storage capacity of 1,000 cubic meters. The infrastructure, inaugurated on April 25 by Camwater’s General Manager Blaise Moussa, is expected to improve drinking water supply in key neighborhoods like Bonanjo, Bali, Bonapriso, and Koumassi.
This facility, fully funded by Camwater, comes with an electric control cabinet to manage pump operations and monitor the tower’s internal systems. It also includes a high-performance water pump, 40 meters of ductile iron pipes with a 200-millimeter diameter, and the necessary fittings. The entire distribution circuit was reconfigured to better handle water flow. The tower was brought into service after successful pumping tests and thorough cleaning.
This new infrastructure is meant to absorb additional water flow from the city’s large-scale network upgrade project. With this installation, Douala’s local storage capacity in this area doubles—from 500 cubic meters to 1,000 cubic meters—offering better distribution security and more backup in case of power outages.
Still, despite this progress, Douala’s overall storage capacity now reaches 304,000 cubic meters per day, far short of the estimated 500,000 cubic meters needed to meet daily demand.
To help close that gap, Camwater has begun upgrading the Japoma treatment plant. The rehabilitation, which costs CFA49 billion, is expected to add 68,000 cubic meters to the city’s daily water output, pushing total production to 371,400 cubic meters. The company hopes this will raise the water service coverage rate to 65% by 2026.
Looking further ahead, a long-awaited mega project plans to draw an additional 400,000 cubic meters per day from the Wouri River. Once completed, this would bring Douala’s total water production to 703,400 cubic meters per day—enough to meet the city’s rising demand.
