1) Cape Verde faces chronic water scarcity due to low rainfall and has implemented various water collection and desalination methods. 2) The document proposes establishing wastewater treatment plants in Praia using membrane bioreactor technology to treat and reuse water for irrigation, industry, and other purposes. 3) The treatment plants would help address water scarcity while providing environmental, economic, social and educational benefits to the community.

1. WATERWASTE TREATMENT
“a tool for development”
City of Praia, CapeVerde
FFD MOOC FINAL PROJECT
By,
FREDERIC MBASSA
December 9, 2015
“in service of the Community”

2. Country Assessment
Cape Verde
- Capital --> Praia
- Population --> 520,000 estimated
- Area --> 4,033m2
- GDP --> 2,110 billion total and per capita --> 4,019,868
- Water --> negligible
Cape Verde is integrated in the Sahel zone, where climatic conditions are the subtropical arid and semi-arid type.
The country was marked by the effects of droughts of the seventies and revealed their vulnerability to a largely
deficient and erratic rainfall in space and time.

3. Water is a scarce resource, both, in terms of quantity as for their quality, condition for economic development and social well-being of Cape Verde. The
country suffers from a chronic water scarcity (less than 1,000 m3 / inhabitant / year), with strong impacts on its economy, demography and environment. To
combat the shortage of water resources, dams were built, wells, springs, cisterns, holes, desalinization, dams and others. Nevertheless, water resource
mobilization efforts made so far by successive governments, water shortages, continuing to be one of the main problems of the country.
• According to the QUIBB 2007 (public inquiry by National Statistics Institution) data,
89.5% of the population Cape Verdean has access to drinking water, 46.9% of the
population supplies through the public water supply, 5.0% letting in neighbors house,
30 7% through fountain, 6.8% by auto tanks, 10, 5% has no access to non-potable
water and 50.1% has domiciliary water connection.
• The water supply in the municipality of beach is one of the main problems of the
country. Eighty-five percent (85%) of the population has access to drinking water,
45.4% are fueling the network public water supply, according to INE data (QUIBB
2007), 45, 2% through fountain 3 7% for the neighbors, and 4.0% by auto tanks. About
1.6% of the population has access to non-potable water, and 47.3% of the population
have domiciliary connection.

4. IMPORTANCE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Knowing the above facts it’s paramount to make the reuse of water for irrigation of green areas, because the water has been a major
constraint. However, it is necessary to work for a better water management, through environmental education programs.
Thus arises the need to create multiple wastewater treatment plants all allocated to the Municipal Center for Environmental
Education, that exists in Praia, which will assist in the expansion of green areas, and serve as a tool for environmental education in
this field. The plant will treat effluent from the rains, institutional buildings, houses, hotels, small trades, through modern
Bioreactor Membrane technology (MBR), for example, a fairly advanced technology and cheap and allows locally water treatment .
Still had enabled its use in various needs, safeguarding the health publishes, agriculture, irrigation of gardens and green spaces,
streets and car wash, tourist and industrial applications among others.
 Could minimize the problems associated with water scarcity, not only regenerating but reusing wastewater, lending greater
quality to it, that is to say, less danger to public health and with a lower cost in comparison with existing technologies.
 It will be a key contribution in training, as it will allow recycling of technicians in this area, training for future decision in the
Municipal Center for Environmental Education and clearly contribute to the awareness of envelopes citizens the benefits of reuse
of waste water.

5. THE MAIN TARGETS
Sanitation and Public Awareness
Public Services
Infrastructure Gain
Universities/Education
Little Commerce
Tourism
Financial Institutions
I believe that the gains from the implementation of mini Wastewater Treatment Plants in Praia, will create a comprehensive
wealth throughout society, with fantastic repercussions on all linked parameters, for example in public health issues linked to
personal hygiene and common, as it involves several small trades, with environmental implications avoiding waste and re-use
in educational terms, taught everyone the importance of the scarce good that is water, as well as the level of construction
technologies and maintenance of the treatment plant and the benefit It would be for the various economic actors able to have
this good at a lower cost.
 Personal hygiene and workplace hygiene in marketing products and awareness that can prevent most of the diseases with the use of
treated water
 Awareness of environmental issues

6. Encourages research into the optimization of waste water, with key involvement of the Universities.
Public and private institutions will have access to a precious commodity at very low cost and better
quality.
Funding is provided in the State Budget, clearly shared on social and environmental context projects.
In terms of tourism is a huge win for agents and can be assured of quality water consumption.
Ability to meet the demand for water for irrigation of green areas, public cleaning and construction.
Implementing at the responsibility of specialized construction companies, boosting the sector, both
industrial as in infrastructure, financial, trade and investment in more knowledge.

7. “financial returns linked to social
returns”
Jay Collins

8. National Context
There are several laws and institutions that support this desire to use water more rationally and we have all the available evidence. We lack the next step of risk and involve everyone in a
public-private partnership, so that the execution is the best possible way and with gains at all levels.
Always with eyes on the deep reform in the water sector, energy and sanitation with the dual aim:
I) reduce state intervention in the ownership and management of companies and public energy services, drinking water and wastewater.
II) to promote private sector participation in the operation process and management of basic services populations.
MAIN INSTITUTIONS
 Economic regulation agency for water and sanitation sector operators, (ARE)
 ELECTRA SARL- (utility generation company and distribution of electricity and water, collection and treatment of waste water) of drinking water supply and sanitation services in major
cities, tourist centers (Praia, Sal and Boa Vista). At the same time, the remaining municipalities were created autonomous water and sanitation services in order to adopt a model of public
management of these services with broad autonomy in order to permit the realization of an entrepreneurial type of management.
 The Status of municipalities (Law No. 134 / V / 95 of 3 July), assigns responsibilities to municipalities in terms of sanitation and hygiene: establishment and management of municipal water
supply systems, evacuation and reuse of waste water, storm water drainage and network treatment and control of water quality.
 The Water Code (Law No. 41 / II / 84 of 18 June, updated through Legislative Decree No. 5/99 of 13 December) - lays the foundation of the legal regime of ownership, protection,
conservation, development, management and use water resources in the country and applies to all existing water resources in the soil, subsurface and atmosphere of the country.
 According to the Water Code, are administrative bodies of water resources, the National Council of Water (CNAG), the National Agency of Water and Sanitation (ANAS), the Economic
Regulation Agency of the Water and Sanitation Sector Operators ( ARE) and the National Environment Directorate (DGA).
 The National Council Water, is the body that has the sovereign authority to manage water resources, and O ministerial body chaired by Environment Minister, Rural Development and
Marine Resources (MADRRM), and includes representatives of the ministries responsible for the energy sector, health, infrastructure, finance, and the minister responsible local authorities.
Thus, the country's environmental policy framework the government proposes to define an integrated management program of water resources in order to ensure a balance between the use of
water, the basis for the livelihoods of a population growing and the protection and conservation of water, ensuring their sustainability.

9. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (regional)
There’s a strong commitement of the African Countries on climate change, namely, in the “ Sustainable management of land
and water” component.
The objective is to increase land areas farmed sustainably and outfitted with reliable water management systems. For
instance, there’s the initiative:
TerrAfrica : this initiative has mobilized billions US$ to support the national sustainable land and water management
programs with help from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
By presenting a very well funded projects, we can access to the funds and implement what we believe can be best for
everyone.
In Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS),
Whitin the Project Coordinater Climate Change, there’s a specific Directorate for. “Environment and Water Resources,
that’s at the disposal of the Member States to present projects in such area, that can be used to achieve goals in improving life
conditions and estimulate the economy

10. FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL
The main goal is to show that with a simple investment on Waterwaste Treatment we can
tackle a lot of issues in our city (Praia) that has been impossible to solve by laying upon
the Government alone.
If we envolve the local community, the local commerce, local instituitions, based upon
national legislation and regional support, namely in assistance a financing part of the
project, thenadvvantaes for everyone could be remarkable, estimulating all the sectors of
the economy and social as well.
“the future is the horizon and the vision
And also the step we take tomorrow”
Dag Hammarskjold

11. PROJECT AND THE SDG’s
In terms of the SDG’s, the Project will directly affect:
 Good helth and well-being;
 Clean Water and Sanitation,
 Decent Work and Economic Growth;
 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure;
 Sustainables Cities and Communities;
 Responsible Consumption and Production;
 Climate Action;
 And Partnership for Goals
Indirectly it involves:
 Pverty issue;
 Hunger issue;
 Education;
 Energy;
From the 17 new Sustainablle Deelopment Goals it addresses 12!