Brief on proposed urban component under Bangladesh Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project (GOB-IDA).

01.	Component	:	Water Supply, Sanitation, Drainage and Solid Waste Management for Small Size Pourashavas (Municipalities).
02.	Background	:	The Government of Bangladesh in emphasizing the importance of water supply and sanitation for protection of environment leading to improved health status and thus the sector is considered as the top priority one. The basic municipal services systems in newly created pourashavas which includes water supply, drainage, sanitation and solid waste management are not adequate to meet the public demand. So it is required to develop the piped water supply and other service systems in the pourashavas. The project is very relevant to the country’s sector development policy for water supply and sanitation sector. At present total number of pourashava are 308 out of this 58 are district level, 217 are upazila level and 33 are growth centre level pourashava. Now 129 pourashavas have brought under piped water supply system. The present piped water supply coverage in the urban centers is 30%. Work has been going on in new pourashavas. Arsenic contamination in groundwater is a serious problem and hindering the water supply system, which is mainly based on groundwater. Therefore alternate options for water supply are essential and are investigated in this project.
03.	Main Objectives and brief description of the component with justification	:	Objectives: a)     Overall goal: To improve the health and quality of life of the inhabitants of the small townships in Bangladesh, through providing improved infrastructure facilities in the sectors of water supply, sanitation, drainage and solid waste management.  b)     Project/program purpose:       (including the importance, necessity, and urgency of the project/program in the light of the current situation of the proposed sector) ·       To ensure safe drinking water (ground/surface) through piped water supply system and strengthen Pourashava water entity. ·       To step ahead for sustainable and environmental Sanitation. ·       To give relief from water logging, through development of the existing Drainage system. ·       For Hygiene promotion and improvement of Solid Waste Management system. ·       Establish a Management Information System (MIS) regarding tariff collection, Pourshava fund rising and for self sustaining of the system. ·       To develop the framework in case of involvement of PPP in the project at different levels (of water supply, drainage and waste management).
04.	Description:	:	Rural Piped Water Supply Scheme is one of the major components of Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (BRWSSP) which would be implemented in different upazilas of 33 districts through Bangladesh. Thirty (30) small size “C” category Pourashavas where piped water supply system is yet to be implemented and where inhabitants are facing severe scarcity of safe water have been considered to include under BRWSSP as “Urban Components”. These 30 Pourashavas have been chosen within the different upazilas of already selected 33 districts under BRWSSP so that zonal set up of DPHE personnel would be enough to implement the system under the guidance of BRWSSP. Infrastructure for water supply and sanitation facilities would be implemented in the core area of the selected Pourashavas where around 70% of the whole Pourashava people are believed to live in. It may be noted that feasibility leading to full project preparation of the said 30 Pourashavas are being prepared under the TA Project of DPHE titled as “Groundwater Management and TPP for survey, Investigation and feasibility study in Upazila and Growth Center Level pourashava having no piped Water Supply System”. Hopefully, feasibility of these selected Pourashavas would be completed within June 2013. It is expected that development partners will find the project feasible for financing, since water supply, sanitation and drainage bears the highest priority for the wellbeing of the people, as per government commitment and for achieving the targets of MDG (Millennium Development Goal). On an average, after project completion, each pourashava will cater the need for about 7000-21000 people (1400-4200 households).
05.	Relevance of the item with the short/ medium/long  term policies/plans/programs, etc.	:	National Policy For Safe Water Supply & Sanitation 1998 provides guidelines for urban water supply and sanitation. This policy describes detail instruction for the water supply and sanitation for the urban areas. Draft National Urban Policy- 2006, CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and Recycling has been emphasized in this policy. So, the proposed programme will be helpful to achieve national policies and coverage as well.
06.	Relevance with other development programmes of the concerned sector	:	This project is complimentary to different water supply and environmental sanitation programme and will be helpful to meet the government target of universal water supply and sanitation coverage.
07.	Expected socio-economic benefits/ outputs	:	Pollution of environment will be controlled and will reduce water/sanitation related diseases by improving water supply and sanitation facilities in areas. This will improve the overall health status of the people of the project areas. This will also improve the working capacity and thus help economic development of the country.
08.	i) Estimated cost	:	Water Supply:                                         15 m. USD
			Sanitation:                                                3 m USD
			Drainage:                                                  5 m USD
			Solid Waste Management:                       2 m USD
			Total :                                                     25 m USD
	ii) Nature of foreign assistance (loan/grant/others)	:	Grant.
	iii) Details of proposed Pourashva	:	Details in Appendix-A (attached)
09.	Likely source of foreign assistance	:	IDA
10.	Any other relevant information	:	Research & Development programme will be required for some areas to develop the appropriate water and sanitation technology accepted in terms of technical and social aspect.