Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project

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The objective for Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project for Solomon Islands is to increase access and quality of water supply and quality of sanitation services in selected service areas of Solomon Water, and to improve the operational performance of Solomon Water. The project has four components. (1) Urban water supply component will improve access and quality of safe water supply services in Honiara and selected provincial capitals. The activities financed under this component include: (i) the construction, rehabilitation, upgrade and expansion of water production and treatment systems; (ii) the installation of additional water storage capacity within Solomon Water distribution network; (iii) the rehabilitation, upgrade and expansion of water supply transmission and distribution system; and (iv) carrying out non-revenue water reduction activities including leak detection and network repairs. (2) Urban sanitation component will improve quality and efficiency of sewerage and sanitation services in Honiara. The activities financed under this component include: (i) the design, construction, operation and maintenance ofa septage treatment facility; (ii) the improvement of the septage management institutional and regulatory framework; and (iii) the rehabilitation and upgrade of sewerage systems, including sewer mains, pumping stations and submarine outfalls. (3) Water conservation, sanitation, and hygiene awareness and education component will support significant transformations in the population’s water use and behavior that are key to project success, with a particular focus on informal settlement areas. It will support the formulation and implementation of water conservation, sanitation and hygiene awareness and education activities. Activities will include the design and implementation of awareness and education programs aiming to change behaviors linked to sanitation, hygiene, menstrual hygiene management, and solid waste management in a nutrition sensitive manner. (4) Institutional strengthening and project management component will improve SW’s financial, technical and operational sustainability so that by 2027 SW is expected to fully recover its annual operations and maintenance costs, asset depreciation costs, and debt servicing costs from user charges and SIG community service obligation payments. The activities financed under this component include: (a) the preparation and implementation of priority corporate and water sector policies; (b) strengthening of Solomon Water operational capacity; (c) the preparation of infrastructure designs and conduct of construction supervision; and (d) strengthening management capacity of the SW to administer, supervise and monitor Project implementation.