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At the end of the project, the World Bank maintained its support to the WSS sector in Gaza, and adapted to the economic and political changes as they developed. A US$6 million supplemental trust fund credit to the Water and Sanitation Services Project was provided in 2001. In 2003, US$12.5 million was provided to support the Emergency Water Project to address urgent water supply problems in the southern area of the West Bank. In 2004, US$7.8 million was provided to support the Northern Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment Project to reduce critical sewage treatment and disposal problems in northern Gaza.
In 2005, a US$20 million grant supporting the second Gaza Water and Sanitation Project was approved. The project supports the development of a sustainable institutional structure of the water and wastewater sector in the Gaza Strip. It supports the establishment of the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, which is owned by the local governments. At the same time it enhances the involvement of the private sector and strengthens the regulatory and institutional capacity of the Palestinian Water Authority. In addition, the project supports continued rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of the existing systems and facilities to improve WSS services.
Water and Sanitation Services Project
Country: West Bank, Gaza
Project ID: PO40505
Project Cost: US$25 million
Type: Special financing
Timeframe: 1996-2003
Status: Closed
Emergency Water Project
Country: West Bank, Gaza
Project ID: P065921
Project Cost: US$13.4 million
Type: Special financing (grant)
Timeframe: 2003-2006
Status: Active
Northern Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment
Country: West Bank, Gaza
Project ID: PO74595
Project Cost: US$7.8 million
Type: Special financing (grant)
Timeframe: 2004-2010
Status: Active
GazaWater and Sanitation Project (02)
Country: West Bank, Gaza
Project ID: PO65920
Project Cost: US$20 million
Type: Special financing (grant)
Timeframe: 2005-2009
Status: Active
Implementation Completion Report, Gaza-Water and Sanitation Services Project, World Bank, June 2003.
Technical Annex, Gaza Water and Sanitation Project (02), World Bank, May 2005.
Management Contracts in Water and Sanitation-Gaza’s Experience, Jamal Saghir, Elizabeth Sherwood and Andrew Macoun, Public Policy for the Private sector notes, Note No. 177, 1998.
Non-Revenue Water in Gaza, Power Point presentation by Suhail Jme’An and Khairy Al-Jamal, June 2004.
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