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The town of Keila fully covered by modern water and sewerage network

Today, on December 19, the Keila water management project will be completed with a festive ceremony. The total cost of this project, co-funded by the Cohesion Fund, was 4.3 million euros and as a result, all residents of the town of Keila have clean drinking water and a possibility to join a modern sewerage network.

According to Harry Liiv, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of the Environment,  the Keila water management project is the second project that has been completed under the measure Development of Water Management Infrastructure. “It is remarkable that after implementation of the project, Keila’s densely populated areas are completely covered by a public water supply and sewerage system and its drinking water and treated wastewater are fully in compliance with the requirements. The obligations taken by Estonia under the European Union’s Drinking Water and Urban Waste Water Directives have been fulfilled in this town,” Liiv added.

In the framework of this project, a total of 8.4 km of water pipes, 8.9 km of sewerage pipes and 2.1 km of rain water pipes were built and reconstructed.  Two 500 mŗ drinking water reservoirs were reconstructed, one multistage pump room was built and four reconstructed, one bore well pump room constructed, and two wastewater pump rooms built and eight reconstructed. In addition, a mud treatment system based on drum composting was built, to be used for producing high-quality compost soil from the residual mud of wastewater.

The Keila water management project started in 2008 and its total cost was 4.3 million euros. The project was funded by nearly 3 million euros (70.7% of the total sum)  from the EU Cohesion Fund, and the rest was funded by AS Keila Vesi and the town of Keila.