Water Development Commissioner Dr. Beshah Mogesse from the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, U.S. Ambassador Michael A. Raynor, and President of Afar Regional State Ato Awel Arba inaugurated a new state-of-the-art reverse osmosis water system that will provide the first-ever sustainable source of safe drinking water for more than 2,000 people living in the Serdo community of Afar Regional State. (US embassy in Addis Ababa)US embassy in Addis AbabaOctober 2, 2019Serdo, Afar Regional State, – The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), partnered with DuPont Water Solutions and the Afar Regional State government to unveil a state-of-the-art reverse osmosis water system in the community of Serdo. USAID’s Lowland Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activity, in collaboration with DuPont Water Solutions and the Afar Water and Irrigation Resource Development Bureau, installed a reverse osmosis water system featuring a standalone cooling tower—the first of its kind in Afar. Over the past five years, the United States has provided approximately $4 billion in development and humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News October 02, 2019 14:26 UTC