W&S/PROSANEAR

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The Water Project for Municipalities and Low-Income Areas is the first stage of a long-term program to extend water, waste water and solid waste services to poverty areas of urban centers (PROSANEAR) and to expand water and sewerage systems in cities with municipally owned and operated water utilities. The Bank loan is a combined operation: sectoral for PROSANEAR, and a project loan for the municipality of Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo. The project consists of two main components: one for (a) low income areas which will improve health and environmental conditions by providing water and sanitation services to the extremely poor urban families; and (b) an expansion of the City of Campinas water supply to eliminate existing water rationing. The low income areas sector component consists of: (a) a group of subprojects benefitting approximately 200,000 and 700,000 low income urban population with water and sewerage services, respectively; (b) provision of complementary sanitation services; and a (c) technical assistance program for PROSANEAR and for increasing the evaluation and supervision capabilities of the Federal Savings Bank (CEF). The Campinas component consists of works to improve and expand the city's water supply system to meet demand through 2002 benefitting more than 860,000 people.