ID-Urban Water Supply and Sanitation

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The objective of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Indonesia is to improve and expand water supply services in the project areas by strengthening local water utilities to become operationally efficient and financially sustainable. The project is comprised of water supply system improvements for the participating local water utilities (PDAMs) that are diversely located on the islands of Java (Kota Bogor), Kalimantan, (Kabupaten Kapuas), and Sumatra (Kabupaten Muara Enim). The Bank loan will finance capital investments (goods and works) based on 85 percent financing of civil work and equipment in Bogor and 100 percent of certain identified civil works and equipment packages in Kapusa and Muara Enim. Investments in Bogor comprise of constructing: (1) a new water treatment plant adjacent to the existing Dekeng Water Treatment Plant (WTP); and (2) two additional units of rapid sand filters with new filter back washing facilities for the existing Dekeng WTP. Investments in Kapuas funded 100 percent by the Bank loan comprise of constructing: (i) a new water reservoir; and (ii) new water distribution pipelines. Investments in Muara Enim funded 100 percent by the Bank Loan comprise of: (a) constructing river intakes and raw water transmission pipelines for three different existing WTP; (b) constructing new water treatment facilities. There is also a separate and parallel activity for sanitation technical assistance to be funded by other donors. It aims to initiate sanitation technical assistance program, focusing on mapping of sanitation, public information, capacity building, small pilot projects and feasibility studies to expand sanitation systems in the project areas.