Nigeria - Urban Water Sector Reform and Port-Harcourt Water Supply and Sanitation Project — Nigeria

Overview

This project is part of the implementation of the detailed plan for the rehabilitation and extension of the Port-Harcourt water supply system, which was developed in June 2011. This is the result of the Nigerian authorities' desire to adopt a viable instrument which can be used to attract funding, administer, and improve coordination of actors within the sector. The project, estimated at UA 225.56 million, is expected to start in 2014 and run for a period of five years. The project's expected outcomes include: (i) A rehabilitated and expanded water supply system, and sanitation facilities constructed; (ii) Support provided to the Port-Harcourt Water Corporation, with tariffs, management systems, and pro-poor measures implemented, and operations outsourced to a private operator; (iii) Hygiene, sanitation and environmental health promotion undertaken, and a Sanitation and Waste Water Management plan developed with resources mobilised for its implementation.