China: Bayannaoer Water & Environment Comprehensive Management Project

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The objective of the Bayannaoer Water and Environment Comprehensive Management Project for China is to support the Bayannaoer municipal government to: (a) better utilize water resources to develop higher income activities for local residents without compromising the water use for irrigation, which would adversely affect the rural poor; and (b) improve the water environment of Wuliangsuhai Lake by reducing water pollution entering the lake. There are four components to the project, the first component being reclaimed water supply. The second component is the wastewater management. Construction of three waste water treatment plants in the Wulateqianqi, Ganqimaodu, and Wulatehouqi Industrial Estates, and secondary and tertiary treatment, and distribution networks for recycled water in Ganqimaodu and Wulateqianqi Industrial Estates. The third component is the constructed wetlands, non-point pollution control pilot, and canalization of Wuliangsuhai Lake. Finally, the fourth component is the technical assistance. This component includes: i) developing an adequate industrial clean production mechanism for pollution control in industrial processes; ii) assisting Bayannaoer Hetao Water Affairs Group Co., Ltd. (BWAG) in preparing its macro level strategic business development plan for BWAG; and iii) training BWAG staff operations and financial management, and operation and maintenance of facilities and the wetland built under the project.