SEWERAGE II

closed

The proposed project would support the Government's overall policy of extending sewerage facilities to match the national program of water supply expansion. It would consist of: (i) a second stage of sewerage for greater Tunis which would provide additional treatment capacity and facilities to improve the existing sewerage and stormwater systems to serve greater Tunis; (ii) a component for Sfax which would complement existing treatment capacity and extend and improve the sewer/stormwater system; and (iii) technical assistance to strenghthen the project planning and control capability of ONAS. The main benefits of the proposed project would be pollution control of the Lake of Tunis, increased access of urban dwellers in the target group in Tunis and Sfax to sewerage facilities with a decrease in health hazards attributable to poor methods of waste disposal, and institutional improvements for ONAS, the Sewage Authority.