The Ministry of the Environment and the German Development Bank KfW have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend the Chisinau-Straseni-Calarasi centralized aqueduct, with the subsequent connection of 20 villages to it, IPN reports.

According to a communiqué of the Ministry of the Environment, the document lays down the tasks of the sides involved and the steps that must be taken to implement this project that was classed as a major one in the water supply and sewerage strategy for 2014-2018. The feasibility study for extending the aqueduct will be carried out in cooperation with foreign experts. Afterwards, there will be laid the water pipes to the settlements.

When the works to build the water main and to connect the local water supply systems to it are completed, an institutional body will be set up to manage the water supply systems in Chisinau, Straseni and Calarasi.