Zimbabwe - Bulawayo water and sewerage services improvement project

Project Summary

Approval Date	09 Dec 2015
Signature Date	28 Jan 2016
Planned Completion Date	15 Dec 2022
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code	14010
Environmental Category	2
Commitment	U.A 24,000,000
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP), which was launched in October 2016, has the mandate of improving municipal water supply and sanitation services. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe. This City aims to reduce the city’s Non-Revenue Water (NRW), upgrade and rehabilitate the water distribution system, improve the sewer drainage capacity, rehabilitate waste water treatment facilities as well as strengthen community participation and buy-in. The proposed project’s emphasis is on rehabilitating and enhancing the water supply system, strengthening institutional capacity, enhancing service delivery efficiency and contributing to environmental improvement through rehabilitation of sanitation infrastructure. It is being implemented over a period of four years (2016 – 2019) and is expected to provide safe water and ensure safe disposal of sewerage, improve the efficiency of water and sanitation physical assets and enhance operations and financial efficiency of service delivery.

Project Objectives

The objective of this project is to improve water supply and sewerage services in Bulawayo. It entails the rehabilitation and upgrading of water production treatment facilities, water distribution, sewer drainage networks and upgrading and rehabilitation of wastewater treatment and disposal facilities.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the project are the Government of Zimbabwe, City of Bulawayo (CoB) and its population estimated of about 655,675.

Participating Organization

Funding

Fragile States Facility

Implementing

GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE MINISTRY OF FINANCE & ECON DEVELOPMENT

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-ZW-E00-006
Last Update	01 Dec 2022

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Contact Details

Name	PHIRI Lazarus Botoman
Email	l.phiri@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Zimbabwe

Coordinates	Location Name
-20.08333 28.5	Bulawayo District
-20.07362 28.50409	Cowdray Park

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 24,000,000

Transition Support Facility

U.A 24,000,000

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
Appraisal report	en	ZIMBABWE - AR-Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project
Appraisal report	fr	ZIMBABWE-RE- Amélioration des services d alimentation en eau et assain ...
Environmental Study	en	Zimbabwe - Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project - ESMP Summary – 11 2015
Environmental Study	fr	Zimbabwe - Projet d’amélioration des services d’approvisionnement en eau et d’assainissement de Bulawayo – Résumé PGES – 11 2015
Contract	en	Information Notice – Zimbabwe - Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project - Consultancy Services for Design and Supervision Services - Contract Awards
Contract	en	Information Notice – Zimbabwe - Supply delivery of Pipes Fittings Water meters – BWSSIP – Contract Awards
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT OCT 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Specific Procurement Notice	en	SPN-ZIMBABWE- BULAWAYO WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BWSSIP
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2011 TO 2016 AS AT JANUARY 2017
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2012 TO 2017 AS AT MAY 2017-1-1
Contract	en	viewer
Invitation for Bids	en	viewer
Expression of interest	en	viewer
Expression of interest	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Number of PRVs replaced	Number	2015	15	2022	27
Number of feasibility/design study completed	Number	2015	4	2022	0
Percentage of residents accessing municipal water	%	2015	90	2022	95,9
Percentage of residents accessing municipal water - of which women	%	2015	54	2022	54
Percentage of residents isolated from water and sewerage services	%	2015	0	2022	8,5
Proportion of wastewater treated at Southern Area Waste Water Treatment (SAST)	%	2015	80	2022	80
Quality of sewage treatment at Southern Area Waste Water Treatment (SAST)	%	2015	100	2022	80
Proportion of residents in targeted area exposed to raw sewage	%	2015	20	2022	17
Revenue collection Efficiency	%	2015	95	2022	73
Proportion of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) – physical loss	%	2015	28	2022	26
Proportion of Non-Revenue Water (NRW) – apparent loss	%	2015	20	2022	24
Number of Pumps replaced	Number	2015	4	2022	6
Length of network replaced	Km	2015	141,5	2022	171,18
Number of Bulk meters replaced	Number	2015	32	2022	69
Number of Domestic meters replaced	Number	2015	17714	2022	18109
Total volume of clean water production capacity	ml/day	2015	125	2022	145
Number of stand pipes installed	Number	2015	21	2022	21
House connections	Number	2015	9000	2022	6599
Number of rehabilitated facilities commissioned	Number	2015	2	2022	1
Length of sewer lines replaced and rehabilitated	Km	2015	18	2022	21
Number of rehabilitated functional public toilets appropriate for physically challenged people and gender	Number	2015	44	2022	23
Number of municipal staff trained	Number	2015	1795	2022	2074
Number of municipal staff trained - of which women	Number	2015	539	2022	352
Number of trainers trained to conduct participatory activities in existing community structures	Number	2015	758	2022	311
Number of trainers trained to conduct participatory activities in existing community structures - of which women	Number	2015	568	2022	211
Number of organized groups/associations effectively participating in regular citizen engagement forums	Number	2015	10	2022	8