Saidabad-3: Securing and sustainably managing Dhaka’s drinking water supply

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The Saidabad-3 project aims at doubling the current site’s production capacity by commissioning a new unit supplying 450,000 m3 per day, as well as installing a water intake and a pumping station on the Meghna River, 30 km from Dhaka, which will supply raw water to the three Saidabad units. A treated water pipeline will also be built and the primary distribution network strengthened, including in Dhaka’s poor neighbourhoods.As the Meghna River is one of the last options for supplying Dhaka with surface water (due to the pollution of the rivers around the capital), the project will go hand-in-hand with an environmental management plan to preserve the river’s water quality.This highly ambitious project is one of the largest water treatment infrastructures in the world funded by European cooperation. AFD is the lead financial partner, in partnership with KfW and EIB.