Zhejiang Qiantang River Basin Small Town Environment Project

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The project development objective of the Zhejiang Qiantang River Basin Small Town Environment Project for China is to assist Zhejiang province in improving access to sustainable urban environmental infrastructure in selected cities, districts and towns in the Qiantang River Basin. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is water supply and distribution. Construction and/or installation of water supply treatment plants and clear water distribution networks to enhance water supply in the sub-urban areas and adjacent towns in: Zhuji city of Shaoxing Municipality and Wucheng district of Jinhua municipality. The second component of the project is wastewater collection and treatment. Construction and/ or installation of wastewater collection networks and treatment facilities, stormwater collection networks, associated roads, and river embankment rehabilitation works. The third component to the project is solid waste management. Improvements in solid waste management in Jiande city of Hangzhou municipality through the construction of the Qingshankejiawu landfill in Meicheng town which will serve five towns and one community of Jiande city; the construction of a tertiary leachate treatment plant; the closure of three existing open dumps; and the provision of solid waste collection vehicles and equipment. The fourth component of the project is Institutional Strengthening and Training (IST). This component consists of: i) provision of technical assistance for project management and implementation including advisory and quality control services to the Provincial Project Management Office (PPMO), PMOs, and Project Implementation Unit (PIUs) in support of the project's infrastructure investments and on institutional and financial sustainability issues; ii) provision of technical assistance to support the development of strategic master plans and/ or other specific sector studies as the Bank may agree for sustainable environmental infrastructure service provision in small towns; and iii) provision of training and carrying out of study tours to build capacity of the PPMO, PMOs, and PIUs on technical, operational and institutional aspects of sustainable environmental infrastructure service provision in small towns.