Gelsenwasser to run water services in Kosovo

GERMANY’S LARGEST PRIVATE WATER COMPANY, Gelsenwasser, is to provide water services to the 200,000 inhabitants of Gjakova in Kosovo, working closely with the United Nations interim administration mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Gelsenwasser will start running the town’s water utility in January 2002 for a preliminary period of two years.

Gelsenwasser will start running the town’s water utility in January 2002 for a preliminary period of two years.

The group was awarded the contract last month by the World Bank, which is contributing $4.6 million to the project.

Gelsenwasser staff were in Kosovo last May to assist UNMIK in organising the water sector. The company will be investing ...

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