Bangladesh Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project

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The development objective of Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Bangladesh is to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation services in selected municipalities, and strengthen the municipalities’ institutional capacities for delivering water and sanitation services. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Sector Support and Capacity Strengthening, comprises three subcomponents as follows: (i) Strengthening institutional capacity of municipalities to manage WSS through the provision of support to participating municipalities; (ii) Providing support for institutional and operational sustainability; and (iii) Strengthening DPHE for water and sanitation sector roles through the financing of consultancies that will assist DPHE. 2) The second component, Investment for Water Supply Infrastructure, has the following two subcomponents: (i) providing infrastructure investments for the installation of piped water supply systems in each participating municipality; and (ii) establishing an immediate response system to enable the participating municipalities to repair their WSS system and/or avoid deterioration to cope with disasters and climate-induced emergencies. 3) The third component, Improving Sanitation and Drainage, comprises the following subcomponents: (i) Improving sanitation and septage management; (ii) improving drainage, including financing investments in critical drainage infrastructure to manage grey-water and storm water flooding in those participating municipalities that show progress in implementation of water supply schemes. 4) The fourth component, Project Implementation and Management Support, aims to support key project management activities to enable the DPHE in coordinating and implementing project activities at the national and local levels, complying with the Association’s fiduciary procedures and safeguards. 5) The fifth component, - Contingent Emergency Response, aims to l allow for rapid reallocation of loan proceeds from other project components during an emergency, under streamlined procurement and disbursement procedures.