The World Bank Board of Directors has approved the Senegal Urban Water and Sanitation Project, worth a total of $70 million and benefiting 590,000 people.

The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to water and sanitation services in selected urban areas in a financially sustainable manner. This goal is to be achieved through the following three components:

1. Water Supply – $48.9 million

• Development of groundwater resources to increase water availability and quality;
• Rehabilitating water infrastructure in the urban center of Nguekhokh;
• Increasing access to safe water in selected urban centers;
• Carrying out technical studies for water supply systems for selected urban centers.

2. Sanitation – $16.8 million

• Provision of sanitation facilities in the urban center of Joal-Fadiouth;
• Increasing access to sewerage services in selected urban centers;
• Support to the Recipient in the areas of: (a) supervision; (b) communication, information and education;
• Carrying out detailed technical studies for the development of a sanitation system for the Dakar East Zone.

3. Institutional Strengthening and Project Management – $4.3 million

• Strengthening the Recipient’s capacity in groundwater monitoring and knowledge of groundwater resources;
• Support to the Recipient in the reforms of the water and sanitation sector;
• Support to the Recipient in the areas of Project coordination, supervision, financial management.

Procurement

The procurement plan applicable to this project can be found in the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), specifically from page 37 onwards, with more concrete good and services to be procured on page 39.

More information is also available on the Project Website of the World Bank.