PY ASUNCION SEWERAGE

closed

The objectives of the Asuncion Sewerage Project are to: 1) help the Borrower improve the provision of urban water and sewerage services in the country by decentralizing activities, facilitating private sector participation, and strenthening the Corporation of Sanity Works' (CORPOSANA's) planning capacity; and 2) improve the health and quality of life of about 250,000 lower-income residents of Greater Asuncion by increasing coverage of sewerage services and mitigating the environmental impact of sewage disposal in the Paraguay River. The project consists of: a) an institutional development technical assistance program to develop proposals to decentralize sector activities and to establish a financial and regulatory agency for the sector; study the future role of CORPOSANA; strengthening CORPOSANA's corporate planning capacity; and establish mechanisms for private sector participation; and b) Asuncion sewerage expansion and a small basic infrastructure component in Encarnacion by provision of approximately 50,000 new house connections; installation of sewerage interceptors; construction of 3.2 km tunnel; construction of preliminary treatment facilities and sewage outfall; rehabilitation of three sewage outfalls in the existing sewerage system of Asuncion; establishment of supervision and monitoring system for sewage disposal into the Paraguay River; water supply, sewerage and related infrastructure works in Encarnacion; and consulting services for sewerage works supervision.