Born of the reform of the drinking water and urban waterworks sector undertaken by the Government of Cameroon in 2005, the firm Camerounaise des Eaux was incorporated in December 2007 under Cameroonian law, with mission to provide drinking water services in urban and suburban centres. CDE started its activities on the 2nd of May 2007 for a period of ten years, with mission to provide drinking water services to some 106 urban and suburban centres covered by the lease.
CDE operates within the framework of a public-private partnership between countries of the South alongside major national actors like the ministry in charge of water and energy and the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation. The Office National de l’Eau Potable (ONEP), Delta Holding, Ingema and Medz (two subsidiaries of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion) are its shareholders.
This purpose of this website is to get you acquainted with the mission of CDE whose areas of intervention focus on:
• implementing the action plan which aims at the sustainable development of the drinking water sector
• improving drinking water quality and the quality of services rendered our customers
• enhancing the service ratio
• maintaining the facilities in proper working condition
• improving the efficiency of facilities.
Welcome to the Camerounaise des Eaux web site.
About drinking water shortage
Presently, there is no shortage of drinking water in the city of Douala. Besides, drinking water production capacity will, in the course of the year 2010, see net improvement following the imminent commissioning of the Ayatto processing plant situated on the River Mungo.
The shortage of drinking water observed in Yaoundé is structural in nature. The Akomnyada water treatment plant that supplies the city has insufficient production capacity to cover the needs of the population of the capital. To compound this situation, a very harsh dry season seriously affected the flow of the River Nyong especially. The drop in the level of the stream has resulted in a 10% drop in production. This sudden shortfall and the upsurge in water consumption as a result of the unusual heat wave prompted the adoption of urgent palliative measures.
