The Chisinau City Hall intends to fully ensure the residents’ access to water supply and sewerage by 2015, through the Soft Loan Project that is to be launched in partnership with the Governments of Austria and Moldova, IPN reports.

Mayor of Chisinau municipality Dorin Chirtoaca said that a loan of about €8 million will be taken out for rehabilitating and extending the water supply and sewerage system. The interest rate on the loan is 1%. “Our objective is to connect all the residents of Chisinau to the water supply and sewerage system,” said the mayor.

Some 80-90% of the inhabitants of Chisinau are now connected to the water supply and sewerage system.