Izsu Sewerage

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The proposed investment includes a loan to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality’s (IMM’s) Water and Sewerage Administration (“Izsu” or the “Company”), for the installation of a [90] km sewerage network which will include 5 pumping/transfer stations and a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with a treatment capacity of 10.000 m3/day to be built by Izsu in Yeni Foca, a coastal town in Turkey’s Izmir Province (the “Project”). The proposed loan is a follow on investment to Izsu Wastewater Project (#32078), whereby IFC supported the expansion of the Cigli Waste Water Treatment Plant (“WWTP”) serving the central districts of Izmir. Izsu Wastewater was committed in April 2013 and has been partially disbursed. Currently, the inhabitants of Yeni Foca (up to 40,000 people during summer months) have access to septic tanks that are periodically emptied. Wastewater is transferred to a location out of town and is discharged without treatment. With the project, septic tanks are expected to be replaced with municipal sewerage service and transported to the new waste water treatment facility, benefiting from improved sanitation services and reducing the environmental and health related risks.For the installation of the sewerage network, Izsu signed a contract with Usev Contracting and Bulas Contracting on October 22nd, 2014, following a competitive bidding process as per Turkish Public Procurement Law. Installation of the sewerage network is expected to take 30 months, with an expected completion date of April 2017. The tender for the new waste water treatment facility is expected to be announced within March 2015 and is expected to be operational in mid-2016.Storm water and sewerage will be collected separately. No industrial waste water will be connected to the sewerage system and hotels, gas stations, car washing sites and / or restaurant can be connected to the sewerage system only if the effluent waste water quality meets the water quality acceptance criteria of Yeni Foca WWTP. Yeni Foca WWTP is expected to have sufficient capacity until 2019 and will be expanded if needed in future. The storm water collection system and potential expansion of the WWTP is out of the scope of this project.IFC has 3 existing investments with the IMM related with traffic management and emergency response systems (category C, project number 31733), Izmir Tramway (category B, project number 34306) and with its water utility, Izsu, for the expansion of the Cigli wastewater treatment plant (category B, project number 32078). Another project, Izmir Railcars (category B, project number 35012), for the purchase of electrical light railcars, is pending approval. The Environmental and Social Review Summaries (ESRS) for project 32078, 34406 and 35012 can be reviewed from the following links.Izmir Tramway : ifcextapps.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/78e3b305216fcdba85257a8b0075079d/e9d771b7c963b5b485257c630052df2a?opendocumentIzsu : ifcextapps.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite.nsf/78e3b305216fcdba85257a8b0075079d/c9b4ff465688d2a685257b3900600dba?opendocumentIzmir Railcars: ifcextapps.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/78e3b305216fcdba85257a8b0075079d/c893bd15f1ed893f85257d86005bf7a2?opendocument