Inhabitants of Edineț district will benefit of better drinking water quality with the EU and Team Europe support

About 25,000 inhabitants of the Edineț district will have access to drinking water quality in their households. The new Water Treatment Plant will be built within the European programme EU4Moldova: Local Communities, a Team Europe initiative, which includes a joint effort of the European Union and the governments of Austria, Germany, and Poland.

In this context, Jānis Mažeiks, the Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, paid a site visit to the area where the new Water Treatment Plant in Edineț and the intake will be built. Along with representatives of relevant Moldovan institutions, the Ambassador Mažeiks visited the construction area to discuss about the status of the technical design of the project, and also about the major and long-term impact of this regional project and the budget constraints.

The construction will be carried out in compliance with all international and national relevant standards. Qualified international and local experts are involved in the design of the new Water Treatment Plant in Edineț. The project is implemented by the Austrian Development Agency.

The “EU4Moldova: Local Communities” programme is financed by the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland – Polish aid; and jointly implemented by the German Development Cooperation through GIZ, the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the Solidarity Fund PL (SFPL) in Moldova.