2005 - 2006 - Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook 2012

SENEGAL PART 2: COUNTRY ANALYSIS
Senegal
Economics (2003)
GDP per capita US$540
GDP per capita (PPP) US$1,620
GDP in agriculture 17%
GDP in Industry 21%
GDP in Services 62%
Urban water and sewerage services
Between 1996 and 2000, access to potable water increased from 67% to 72%. Overall, 51% of the
urban population received potable water supplies in 1992, with 85% having access to water by 1996.
Approximately 20% of water provided to the urban population received treatment in 1992. Nationally,
water provision was 28L per person per day in 2000. 33% of the population are seen as not having
adequate water availability. Senegal is currently planning to install a sewerage and stormwater
drainage system in every secondary city.
Population
2003 (million) 10.2
2015 (million) 13.0
Urbanisation in 2003 50%
Urbanisation by 2015 58%
In urban agglomerations, 2015 26%
Privatisation proposals
Water and electricity services in Senegal have suffered through the inability of the utilities to deal with
unauthorised connections and unpaid bills, particularly those of local authorities. These problems were
to blame for the financial problems faced by the country’s Regie Autonome de Distribution (RAD). In
order to ease the burden of enforcing payments, the Government of Senegal decided to divest its
water and electricity services in 1995.
Urban Data
Served by piped water 82%
Access to sewerage 83%
With sewage treatment 0%
SONES and Sénégalaise des Eaux
The SONES enterprise was broken up into an asset-owning company, which retained the former
utility's name (SONES) and which owns the water assets, and a private operating company,
Sénégalaise des Eaux (SDE). The Government awarded a ten year lease for operating Senegal’s
water services in 1996 to a SAUR led consortium. SAUR International and GTHE, a group of local
civil engineering firms hold 51% of SDE’s share capital, with Senegalese investors holding 35%, the
state 5% and the employees hold the remaining 9%.
Freshwater
Annual availability (1998) 26.4km 3
Per capita 2,933m 3
Annual withdrawal (1990) 1.5km 3
Domestic 5%
Industrial 3%
Agriculture 92%
SDE is bound to the State Government of Senegal through a performance contract that sets targets
for improvement of the service. These criteria relate to facility maintenance, water quality and
commercial management, which are monitored by SONES and the Office National de l'Eau Potable
(ONEP). The contract also specifies quality, timing, supply and payment arrangements.
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