Rody Tolassy· PfE

Nuanced

In Guadeloupe, 80% of sanitation pipelines are more than 40 years old.

Omissions

• The MEP did not cite the source of this statistic, which comes from the Observatoire de l'Eau de la Guadeloupe's official reports.
• The exact figure cited in recent reports is 82% rather than 80%, though this falls within standard rounding conventions.
• The aging infrastructure issue affects both drinking water and sanitation networks in Guadeloupe, with chronic underinvestment cited as the primary cause.

Sources

• PrimaryObservatoire de l'Eau Guadeloupe - Chiffres Clés AEP-EU 2025 ReportOfficial water and sanitation statistics for Guadeloupe including infrastructure age data.
• PrimaryDEAL Guadeloupe - Office de l'Eau Chiffres clés 2021Key figures on water and sanitation infrastructure in Guadeloupe compiled by the Observatoire de l'Eau de la Guadeloupe.
• SecondaryBâtisseurs Outremer - Article on Guadeloupe sanitation infrastructureAccording to the report, nearly 82% of the sanitation network is more than forty years old, with materials sometimes sensitive to corrosion.