Improving Water Communal Services
The goal of this component is to improve and develop the existing
wastewater treatment system develop a strategy for meeting the MDG
goals for water and sanitation and WISP goals for improving access to
water communal and utility services, specifically for the Zarafshan river
basin through the period of 2010-2015. The strategy will recommend
non-revenue options and investment options that contribute to the fol-
lowing MDG and WISP goals:
(d) Meeting MDG Goals for water and sanitation for the population
living within the Zarafshan river basin by doubling the number of
people with access to safe drinking water and sanitation from 2000
to 2015.
(e) Meeting WISP goals by increasing the percentage of rural house-
holds of the Zarafshan river basin with water supply from 79% in
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2007 to 90% in 2015 and urban households with water supply from
82.6% in 2007 to 87.1% in 2015.
(f) Meeting WISP goals by increasing the percentage of the popula-
tion of the Zarafshan river basin with sewage treatment from 60.2%
in 2007 to 70% in 2015, and for urban areas from 9.2% in 2007 to
13% in 2015. And increase the number of apartments and houses
with sewage systems from 31.5% in 2007 to 46% in 2015.
(g) Meeting WIS goals for the improvement of control systems and
promotion of efficient water use by increasing the percentage of house-
holds with meters for measuring cold water consumption from 70%
in 2007 to 100% in 2015, and with meters for measuring hot water
from 60% in 2007 to 100% in 2015.
Currently the coverage of the Bukhara province population with cen-
tralised water supply is 51.6%, sewage coverage in the cities of Bukhara
province is 34.5% (including the city of Bukhara, 48.7%). Coverage
of the entire population of Bukhara province with centralised sewerage
is 8.5%. The coverage of the population in Samarkand province with
centralised water supply is 77%. Coverage of cities in the Samarkand
province with centralised sewerage is 55.9% (including 64% in the city
of Samarkand). Coverage of the entire population of Samarkand prov-
ince with centralized sewerage is 9.7%.
This component includes four major tasks:
1.1 Improving drinking water supply for the basin population
1.2 Wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse within the basin
1.3 Demonstration pilot verifying critical assumptions of either strategy
1.4 Integrated Strategy for Water Supply and Sanitation
The objective of Task 2.1 is to devise a strategy for ensuring adequate
water supplies for populations in a basin with increasing water scarcity,
which will be a challenge until 2015. Therefore, attention to improving
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and maintaining the quality of existing groundwater supplies, reducing
water loss through the water distribution system and promoting user wa-
ter conservation will be essential. The strategy should comprehensively
examine options for investment in drinking water delivery systems to
improve access to water, control water losses and improve drinking water
quality, measures for protecting groundwater resources, and implemen-
tation approaches for service cost recovery that will ensure the financial
health of utilities and which promote water conservation measures.
The objective of Task 2.2 is to devise a strategy for wastewater that
evaluates measures for improving domestic waste treatment services
which are currently either inadequate or non-existent in some areas.
The strategy might consider innovative options for recycling and reuse
of treated waste water. Wastewater treatment to certain levels can sup-
port water uses for industry and energy in areas where water may not be
available. For example, recycling treated wastewater to levels acceptable
for use in thermal power plant cooling tower use might be desirable for
ensuring stable water supply to the Navoy Thermal Power Plant.
To prepare the strategy for water supply and sanitation, one working
group each for drinking water and wastewater will convene at the basin
level. These groups will oversee development, including baseline assess-
ment, data collection, implementation options analysis (policy, institu-
tional, or technology options), cost and benefit assessment, investment
options and financing options. The results will be used to support de-
velopment of the strategies. Once the strategies are developed, they will
be presented to a broader audience for input prior to the development of
the final strategy.
Within Task 2.3, a demonstration will be conducted that will be nec-
essary to verify a key strategic recommendation that will evolve from
either Task 2.1 or Task 2.2.
Within Task 2.4, an integrated strategy combining the results of the
above three tasks will be prepared which will then be incorporated into
the IWRM plan to be completed in component 3.
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