Water and Sanitation Millennium Project

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The objective of the Water and Sanitation Millennium Project for Senegal is to increase access to sustainable water and sanitation services in selected rural and urban areas. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is rural water supply. The main objective of this component is to ensure and improve sustainable and satisfactory access to drinking water of the population of the Senegal River Basin (regions of Saint-Louis and Matam and the district of Bakel). The second component of the project is urban water supply. The main objective of this component is to increase the connection rate to water services in urban areas. The third component of the project is rural sanitation. The main objective of the component is to increase the access rate to adequate on-site sanitation of the rural populations in the regions of Saint-Louis and Matam and the district of Bakel. The fourth component of the project is urban sanitation. The main objective of the component is to increase access to sewerage and condominial networks in peri-urban areas of Dakar by completing works contemplated under the Long Term Water Sector Project. The fifth component of the project is institutional strengthening and capacity building. The main objective of this component is to consolidate the achievements and pursue actions already engaged within the framework of the sectoral reforms to improve performances and ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of investments.