| Project Detail |
The project is to develop bulk water supply systems to provide reliable, sustainable and safe drinking water to the rural
communities in two districts of the state of Karnataka. The project comprises three components.
• Component 1 - Investment in infrastructure for multi-village bulk water supply systems: (1) construction of
bulk water supply structures including: intake structures, pumping stations, rising mains, water treatment plants,
clear water storage reservoirs and water transmission mains, clear water gravity feeder main network, and elevated
level surface reservoirs and/or village overhead tanks at habitations; (2) development of supervisory control and
data acquisition systems (SCADA) for water supply system management; (3) implementation support by Project
Management Consultants (PMCs), and (4) operation and maintenance (O&M) for the initial 5 years upon the
completion of the construction.
• Component 2 - Community development and institutional strengthening: (1) support to community
participation and engagement in the project and village water supply distribution O&M; (2) assessment of the
baseline water distribution and household connection situation in the project districts; (3) technical assistance in
developing institutional capacity for bulk water supply O&M and cost recovery, and piloting the study result in the
project districts; and (4) support in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the project activities, outputs and outcomes.
• Component 3 - State-wide sector development support: (1) technical assistance to develop a roadmap for the
rural water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector development, focusing on studying and identifying innovative
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models in WSS development and O&M; (2) piloting the result of the study from
the technical assistance in the project districts.
Objective The project objective is to provide reliable, sustainable and safe drinking water supply to the rural communities and
selected urban local bodies in Mandya and Vijayapura districts.
The major project results to be expected include:
• about 4,000,000 population to be provided with access to safely managed drinking water supply services;
• about 2,587 rural habitations and 14 urban local bodies to be served with sustainable and reliable water supply
sources; and
• time (hours) for water supply to be increased |
