Municipal Water and Wastewater Project

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The Municipal Water and Wastewater Project will support a key Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) objective: financial and technical rehabilitation of Armenia's water and wastewater systems, by improving utility financial discipline with better cash generation and expenditure management, improving water and wastewater services, and rehabilitation of sector infrastructure, and, by increasing efficiency of water distribution and use. The project has three components. The first - Armenia Water and Sanitation Company (AWSC) Management Strengthening - includes financing of management contract, and general expenses for the Contract Monitoring Unit (CMU), and refinancing of the project preparation facility (PPF) advance. The second component - AWSC Investments - will assist AWSC at the national level, providing training for its staff, compensation for redundant employees, water meter installation and testing, condominium support, and payment of company operations and maintenance expenses. The third component - Investments in Branch Systems - will support priority reconstruction, and rehabilitation works in the branches managed by AWSC.