Solomon Islands Water Authority, known as Solomon Water, initiated the plan to build the facility after heavy rains overwhelmed Honaira’s decrepit water treatment system in 2014. Heavy rains spread water-born diseases that killed over a dozen people, and struck thousands more with diarrheal disease. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) backed the initiative, but pressured Solomon Islands Water to choose Rean Watertech, according to people involved in the project. The company had failed to disclose that it was in the process of being sanctioned for the $20-million project.
Source: OCCRP, 2025-10-28; https://www.occrp.org/en/news/solomon-islands-water-ceo-quits-amid-govt-pressure-to-work-with-troubled-indian-firm