VALPARAISO WTR II

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The project has three main objectives: (a) to improve sanitary conditions in the Greater Valparaiso Area, mainly with the quality of public beaches; (b) to improve water supply conditions in the Greater Valparaiso Area; and (c) to restructure Empresa de Obras Sanitarias de Valparaiso (ESVAL) so that it will be able to successfully carry out its investment and development program resulting from the above objectives. The proposed project covers the bulk of ESVAL's investment program for the period 1991-97, and deals mainly with the urgent water supply and sewage disposal needs. It includes four main components: (1) sewerage and pollution control, including construction of secondary collectors, pumping stations, and sewage treatment and disposal facilities; (2) water supply, including construction of production facilities, a transmission main, water treatment facilities, distribution pipes and storage tanks; (3) institutional improvements, including acquisition of O&M equipment and office equipment, a consumers' survey, the preparation of a development plan, technical cooperation and training; and (4) consulting services, including engineering and supervision, monitoring of the marine sewage disposal system before and after project completion, feasibility studies and designs for water supply and sewerage systems of the northern and the southern coast of the Fifth Region.