Mersin Water and Sewerage Administration (MESKI)

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 The proposed investment is an IFC A loan of up to EUR45mn equivalent in Turkish Lira (TRY) and a senior loan as implementing entity of Clean Technology Fund (CTF) of up to EUR 5 million with a 15-year tenor to Mersin Water & Sewage Administration (“MESKI” or the “Company”), backstopped by a guarantee from Metropolitan Municipality of Mersin (MMM or the City). The proceeds of the Loan will be used to finance (i) the expansion and technology upgrade of four existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), (ii) the construction of two greenfield WWTPs, and (iii) the installation of four deep-sea discharge pipelines (collectively, the Project). MESKI will finance associated facilities (AFs) such as required sewage networks. The project's total cost is estimated at EUR100mn, which will be funded 50/50 by IFC and EBRD. MESKI, with these investments, aims to ensure sustained access and quality of services to its rapidly growing customers and support the city’s long-term wastewater infrastructure resilience with the environmental benefits of preventing marine pollution.The ten individual subprojects under the project are: i) expansion of Silifke Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) from 21,000 to 39175 m3/day, ii) expansion of Tarsus WWTP from 61,272 to 111,296 m3/day, (iii) expansion of Karaduvar WWTP from 189,523 to 227,000 m3/day, (iv) construction of new Yenice (in Tarsus) WWTP and ca 850 m long overhead transmission line (OHTL) to connect the WWTP to the national electricity grid, (v) construction of Yesilovacik WWTP (in Silifke), (vi) expansion of  Atakent-Atayurt Common WWTP from 5,800 to 21,287 m3/day, (vii) and construction of Atakent-Atayurt deep-sea pipeline (land pipeline- 652 m, sea pipeline 1,464 m), (viii) construction of Cesmeli deep sea pipeline (land – 527,5 m, sea- 1,630 m), (ix) construction of Kizkalesi deep sea pipeline (land- 917 m, sea- 691 m), (x) construction of Bozyazi deep sea pipeline (land- 581 m, sea-2 00 m). Sewage pipelines of 12 km and 160 km located in Yesilovacik and Atakent/Atayurt, which are associated facilities (AFs) as per IFC Performance Standard (PS), will carry wastewater to Yesilovacik and Atakent/Atayurt common WWTPs respectively. While design work was completed, the tender process for the subprojects has not yet been started. MESKI is responsible for the overall operations of the subprojects and AFs. The two greenfield WWTPs (Yenice and Yesilovacik) will be located on 1 ha and 3.6 ha, which will start construction in the third quarter of 2024. These WWTPs will prevent wastewater collected in cesspits from being transported to them by the company’s suction trucks.