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An Overview of Activities and Opportunities in AfDB Financed Water and Sanitation in Ghana Presentation to the Netherlands Business Forum The Hague, 16 February 2012 OUTLINE 1. The Purpose of the Presentation 2. Water Sector Challenges in Africa 3. AfDB Current Water and Sanitation Portfolio in Ghana 4. AfDB Planned Activities 2013-2018 2 Water Sector Challenges in Africa... Low utilization of water resources About 4% available water is used About 6% of cultivated area is irrigated Less than 6% of hydropower potential developed Growing water scarcity By 2025, 25 African countries will face water scarcity or stress High spatial and temporal variability of water resources Issues of climate variability and change worsen the situation and increases frequency of floods & drought Less than 200 m3/capita average storage capacity compared to about 6,000 m3/capita for North America. Low access to basic water supply and sanitation services 3 AfDB’s Response Institutional Framework Water Sector Initiatives Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) (2004) African Water Facility (AWF) (2003) Water Partnership Programme (WPP) (2002) NEPAD- WSSP 4 AfDB’s Response..… AfDB’s Water Portfolio in Ghana Ongoing Projects Accra Sewerage Improvement Project Planned Projects Water Supply and Sanitation Project (20132018)- estimated 30-50million UA 5 ACCRA SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT • Objectives: (1) To provide an improved and extended sewerage and sanitation system for disposing of waste water from the city of Accra, in an environmentally and socially acceptable manner, to meet the demand up to year 2020; (ii) To strengthen the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) so that it can operate and maintain the system on a sustainable basis. • Outputs/Outcomes: • Infrastructure Construction of sewage treatment plants to treat 12,358m3 of sewerage effluent per day, rehabilitation and of 63.1km Sewerage Network and 147 public toilets and 37 septage reception tanks • Institutional Strengthening, Staff training and institutional strengthening of Accra Metropolitan Assembly, supply of sewer maintenance equipment • Project expected to impact 2.97 million people in the urban and peri urban areas of Accra. • Project Cost: The total cost of the project, net of taxes and customs, is UA 51.74 million BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ON THE ACCRA SEWERAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT • Construction of Sewerage system • Consultancy Supervision • Institutional Support Consultancy BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 2013-2018 • Consultancy – – – – feasibility Studies and detailed designs Construction Supervision Audit services Institutional Support • Goods – Office supplies and equipment – Vehicles • Works – Water Supply Infrastructure – Sanitation Infrastructure