
Budgetary support for the water supply and sanitation sector will increase during the coming year. According to the 2025 draft budget, public investments with internal financing for this sector are predicted at 11.3 billion ALL, or 0.5 billion ALL more than in 2024.
This figure constitutes about 10% of the total budget foreseen for investments. At the same time, there are also 2.2 billion ALL investments in the water supply and sewerage network, which includes the grants and loans received. According to the detailed list, almost half of this value is a grant.
Internally funded projects are mainly a continuation of previous years, taking into account that during 2024, funding for a significant number of interventions began. While some new projects have become part of the list, but for this year most of them have not been financed.
Expanding the access and quality of drinking water and sewerage services is one of the priorities of the infrastructure sector, according to the report that accompanies the 2025 draft budget. This, through a portfolio of public investments and the radical improvement of the management of joint-stock water and sewerage companies, standardized the principles of governance of the sector.
Also, according to the report, the average hours of drinking water supply is intended to increase to 20 hours/day in 2027 from 18 hours/day in 2025. While in coastal areas, it is intended to reach 22 hours/day in 2027 from 20 hours/day in 2025.