Third Water Supply and Sanitation Project

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The overall development objective of the Third Water Supply and Sanitation Project is to alleviate the effects of poverty and improve health by increasing access to safe and affordable water and sanitation; to encourage private sector participation; and to ensure sustainability by improving water pricing and cost recovery and developing Guinea's water sector regulatory and planning capacity. Specific project objectives are (1) to improve Guinea's urban and rural water resource management; (2) to build institutional capacity by strengthening the National Service of Hydraulics (SONEG), and developing its activities in urban water distribution, increasing coverage in Conakry and metered connectins; and (3) to rehabilitate and extend Conakry's sewerage and to contribute to improvements in environmental quality, through constructing, rehabilitating, and extending the existing network; and by training private local contractors. The operation's three components are: (1) rehabilitating and expanding Conakry's water supply network, constructing two storage reservoirs, installing household connections, strengthening SONEG's regulatory and policy capacity, and assisting it with preparing an urban water strategy and negotiating a new management contract; (2) arranging a cost recovery study among other detailed studies and recruiting a private operator to run the sewage service, promoting proper techniques, training, and support to rehabilitate and construct on-site systems, rehabilitating and maintaining the existing Conakry sewerage system, constructing a sewage treatment facility, and rehabilitating a waste stabilization pond for sludge and sewage treatment; (3) organizing a Natural Water Resources Management Workshop as a basis for an integrated strategy, technical assistance to revise water legislation, strengthening human resources and institutional capacity, and promoting regional river basin cooperation.

FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government