The EIB and French Government will support a major renovation of the Mariupol water supply and wastewater treatment system

European Investment Bank (EIB), the Government of France and the City Council of Mariupol have signed a Declaration of Intent about the development of municipal water supply infrastructure in Mariupol.

The Declaration specifies the scope of works and responsibilities of the parties in implementing the number of simultaneous projects, aimed at significant improvement of the water supply system in the city.

The overall objective of the EUR 35 m loan from EIB is a complex modernization of water supply and sewerage systems of the city in achieving substantial savings of energy, reducing water losses in networks and improve wastewater treatment operations. It is planned that the asset modernisation will substantially improve the overall technical and financial operation of the utility and implementation of the least-cost energy efficient measures will reduce the electric energy consumption during the peak- and off-peak operating hours.

The scope of Project will include: rehabilitation of the 2 existing water pumping stations (WPS); building 3 new modern WPS; reconstruction of water supply mains; rehabilitation of the biological wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); construction of a new wastewater pumping station (WWPS) No. 9 construction of wastewater collector. Environmental impact is expected to be achieved through the reduction of discharging untreated wastewater.

Simultaneously, the city will benefit from a EUR 64 m loan from the French Government, that will be aimed at building a new drinking water plant. The project will also encompass developing a General plan of improving water supply in the city till 2040 that will help the city to plan future investment into water management system, to minimize the impact on environment and, finally, to ensure integration of the new plant into the existing water supply system.

Total number of consumers receiving the centralized water supply and sewerage services in the city and who will directly benefit from the project is 411,000 people.

Original source: EIB
Published on 29 October 2019