World Bank Approve USD225m for Tanzania Water Supply
World Bank Approve USD225m for
Tanzania Water Supply
The World Bank (WB) recently
approved USD225m loan to improve access to water supply and sanitation services
in Dar es Salaam.
The funding will also support the
strengthening of capacities for integrated water resources planning and
management in Tanzania. The loan will benefit up to 1.9m Tanzanian citizens,
including 700,000 residents of the country’s largest city, Dar es Salaam.
The WB note that in 2015/2016, the
city’s non-revenue water (NRW – water that is produced but is somehow lost in
the system) rate reached a high of 53%, against a water service coverage of
about 55%.
“In Dar es Salaam, many citizens, including
women and young girls, still spend considerable time collecting water, which
takes time away from education and the productive activities so necessary for
strengthening their livelihoods,” sayd Bella Bird, WB Country Director for
Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi and Somalia.
“This project aims to lessen their
burden while contributing to Dar es Salaam’s increased competitiveness and
productivity as a critical and vibrant commercial hub of the country,” she
added.
This project also addresses issues such as
inadequate coordination among institutions, weak data management and reporting
mechanisms, and operational inefficiency.
Tanzania Water Supply In September 2015, the
Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MOWI) reported that 7.9m people had gained
access to safe water through 584,473 household connections and 5,836 kiosks and
public taps; and 527,000 people were connected to the sewerage system.
MOWI also reported that 2.8m Dar es Salaam
residents also achieved access to safe water supply through 152,000 domestic
connections and 203 kiosks/public standpipes; while about 326,130 people were
connected to the sewerage network.
The WB has supported various
initiatives in Tanzania’s water sector including the Rural Water Supply and
Sanitation Project (2002–2008); and the Dar es Salaam Water Supply and
Sanitation Project (2003–2010).
The two projects provided the
foundation for the development of the Government of Tanzania’s Water Sector
Development Program (WSDP) in 2006, to which the World Bank provided financing
under Water Sector Support Project (2007–2015). The WB indicates that good progress
was achieved through the WSDP-1 with the development of vital legal and
institutional reforms for effective Integrated Water Resource Management.
These include the completion of
integrated water resources management and development plans for six basins
(Internal Drainage, Lake Nyasa, Ruvuma and Southern Coast Rivers, Lake
Tanganyika, Rufiji River, and Lake Rukwa), with plans currently underway for
the remaining three: Pangani, Lake Victoria and the Wami-Ruvu basin in which
Dar es Salaam is located.
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