Zimbabwe - Bulawayo water and sewerage services improvement project

Project Summary

Approval Date	09 Dec 2015
Signature Date	28 Jan 2016
Planned Completion Date	31 Dec 2020
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Water Supply & Sanitation
DAC Sector Code	14010
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	08 Jul 2020

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Contact Details

Name	ALEOBUA Boniface Osimua Yakubu
Email	b.aleobua@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

Fragile States 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
	en	General Conditions 2009
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
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

Indicator	Target Year	Target Value
Number of PRVs replaced	2015	15
Number of feasibility/design study completed	2015	4
Boreholes and wells drilled/rehabilitated and equipped	2015	25
Drinking water transmission and distribution pipes constructed	2015	141,5
People with new or improved access to water and sanitation	2015	471798
People with new or improved access to water and sanitation - of which women	2015	235899
Sewerage network	2015	18
Latrines constructed or rehabilitated	2015	46
Jobs supported (People trained)	2015	2553
Jobs supported (People trained) - of which women	2015	1107
NGO and human association trained in the maintenance of water facilities	2015	10