Faizabad Water and Wastewater Project: Feasibility Study

Project ID: 67129

Project Title: Faizabad Water and Wastewater Project

Assignment decription: Feasibility Study

The overall objective of the Assignment is to prepare a FS for the City and Faizabad Water Company (the "Company"), which the Bank can use to appraise the Project and take an informed decision on the prospective financing.

In order to meet the objective above, the Consultant is expected to implement the following:
•Technical and financial feasibility assessment;
•Financial analysis of the Company and preparation of financial inputs/assumptions to be used in the financial model as per requirements of the Bank;
•Financial analysis of the budgets of the City for the last 3 years;
•Determination of an efficient implementation strategy for the PIP;
•Calculation of the Bank’s standard measuring indicators and SRI impact indicators;
•Environmental and Social Audit of the existing facilities and operations and environmental and social conditions relevant to the Project and Environmental and Social Assessment of potential environmental and social risks, impacts and benefits that is proportionate to the project’s nature, size and location.

To the extent possible, the FS should:
•take into account the potential impacts of climate change on the project in order to build in resilience to climate change related risks;
•assess the resource efficiency opportunities (including energy and water efficiency and waste minimisation potential and the impact on GHG emissions) on the project.

The FS will provide an overview of the Company’s procedures and technical, operational, environmental, social, and financial performance, and should form the basis for agreeing on the Company’s restructuring objectives in the loan document (e.g. reduction in water losses, improvements in tariff collections, standards of treatment, etc.).

Assignment Duration: The Assignment has an estimated overall duration of four months.