Water Supply, Sanitation and Health Project

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The project objectives are to provide safe drinking water along with improved hygiene education and sanitation facilities for the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Oblast in Uzbekistan, reducing water-borne diseases, particularly diarrheal diseases among children; and to strengthen institutional capacity of the regional water supply and sanitation utilities, and the regional health centers and sanitary epidemiology stations. The project has four main components: 1) The water supply and distribution component has four subcomponents, consisting of a) replacing and rehabilitating sections of the distribution systems, water treatment plants, and ground water sources, and building more trunk pipelines; b) developing the local water supply and distribution systems, including providing spare parts for desalinization units; c) water demand management and loss reduction, including metered water usage, consumer awareness, and leakage reduction; and d) equipment for operation and maintenance; 2) the sanitation, health, and hygiene component will a) build improved latrines and handwashing facilities, and provide equipment, transportation, and consultants and training; b) promote health and hygiene education in selected rural and urban communities; and c) improve water quality monitoring and sanitation and hygiene inspection of households and communal facilities, and improve the institutional capacity of related agencies; 3) the technical assistance component will institutionally strengthen water utilities and bulk providers, finance a water and sewerage tariff study, and refinance a feasibility study; and 4) the last component will fund project management, project design, and construction supervision.