A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, da yawa Ellicott® dredges suna aiki a Benin akan nau'ikan ayyuka daban-daban da suka haɗa da, rigakafin ambaliya, kula da kogi, da hakar yashi. Bukatar noman ruwa a yammacin Afirka na ci gaba da yin yawa yayin da al'ummomi da dama ke fuskantar illar rashin ci gaban gabar teku inda yashewa da ambaliya suka yi fice. Ambaliyar ruwa ta ci gaba da zama matsala musamman a Benin yayin da dubban gidaje suka lalace cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata.
A cikin 2019, Ellicott® Dredges ya ba da Dredge 370-42 ga ɗan kwangilar Dredging na Yammacin Afirka Saji da Taimako. Za a yi amfani da dredge ɗin don ayyuka da yawa waɗanda suka haɗa da maido da wuraren dausayi, rigakafin ambaliya, da gina bangon teku. Bankin Duniya ne ya dauki nauyin wannan aikin da aka fi sani da Shirin Zuba Jari na Yankin Gabas ta Yamma (WACA).
Rikicin mai lamba 370-42 (Hoton da aka nuna a hagu) da aka kawo wa Benin yana aiki akan kogin Mono don taimakawa rigakafin ambaliyar ruwa. Ɗaya daga cikin takamaiman manufar raɗaɗin ita ce sake daidaita ɓangaren kogin Mono daga hanyoyin da suka lalace cikin lokaci don hana ambaliya. Bugu da ƙari, an yi amfani da ɗigon ruwa don cire tarkace daga fadama. wanda ke wajen garin Bopa na kasar Benin wanda aka yi ta ambaliya sau da dama saboda ruwan sama mai yawa. Ambaliyar ta yi barazana ga yawancin yankunan da ke kusa. Bayan an kwashe kayan, sai a yi amfani da shi don gyaran ƙasa a cikin al'ummomin da ke kusa da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa. A cikin misali ɗaya, an kuma dasa bishiyoyi don sassauta tsarin zaizayar ƙasa.
Samfurin Ellicott® 370-50 (hoton da aka nuna a hannun dama) yana aiki a wajen Cotonou, Benin a kan wani wurin da ake hakowa yashi kusan mita 1,500 na yashi a rana. Ana amfani da yashi wajen gina hanyoyi a yankin. Don ƙaramin dredge, daidaitawar tsani 50 ft. yana sa 370 ya zama kayan aiki mafi inganci don zurfafa zurfafa zurfafa a kan koguna, tafkuna har ma da ƙananan tashoshin jiragen ruwa. Tare da Ellicott 370 dredges, da yawa 670 dreges suna aiki akan yashi da yawa a duk yankin don samar da yashi don gina hanya.
Akwai ƙarin labari mai daɗi ga yankin yammacin Afirka yayin da bankin duniya ya amince da dala miliyan 246 don tallafawa aikin WACA wanda zai amfani Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau wajen kula da zaizayar teku, ambaliyar ruwa, da gurbacewar yanayi, Bukatar noman ruwa a Afirka ya kasance. wanda ya shahara idan aka yi la'akari da tallafin da bankin duniya ya amince da shi a baya-bayan nan, kuma Ellicott zai ci gaba da tallafawa kasashen Afirka kan wadannan ayyuka.