Rwanda Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program
This program supports infrastructure investments as well as institutional capacity development. It involves multiple water supply and sanitation sub-projects or interventions to be implemented in the City of Kigali and in the satellite cities of Rubavu, Rusizi, Nyagatare, Muhanga, Huye, Musanze, and Karongi.
Period
6 years
Status
Ongoing
Source of funds
AfDB
Implementing organisation
WASAC
The program focuses on the urban water and sanitation subsector to promote development in the identified key satellite cities and in the city of Kigali. Its benefits include: (a) improved reliability and sustainability of the water supply and sanitation services; (b) overall improvement of the public health situation in the target cities and their surrounding areas, as a result of more reliable improved water supply and sanitation services, and (c) an enhanced operation & maintenance (O&M) capacity of Water & Sanitation Corporation Limited (WASAC).
The project will involve three major components: (i) Water Supply Infrastructure and Services Improvement component, (ii) sanitation infrastructure and services improvement, and (iii) Institutional Support. The water supply component will involve the construction of water production intakes, water treatment plants, storage facilities, transmission pipelines, and distribution systems for the city of Kigali and for the 6 satellites while the construction of landfills and feacal sludge treatment plants will cover 4 towns of Rusizi, Karongi, Rubavu and Musanze, and Centralized wastewater treatment system for the City of Kigali
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