Status:
Complete
Location:
Kigali - Rwanda
Region:
Africa
Total cost:
USD $5,900,800
Duration:
3 years 10 months
Start:
31 March 2013
End:
28 February 2017
Working Areas
Asset Management
Billing & Collection Efficiency
Customer Relations
Non-Revenue Water (NRW 1): Commercial Losses Management
Operation & Maintenance
Sanitation & Hygiene Services
Service in Low-Income Areas
Organizations Involved
Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority — Lead Mentee
VEI Dutch Water Operators — Lead Mentor
UNESCO--IHE Institute for Water Education
Supporting Org
Aquanet
Supporting Org
Minsitry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Funder
Sustainable Water Fund
Funder
Association of Private Operators of Water and Sanitation in Rwanda (FEPEAR)
Supporting Org
SDGs
6.2Access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all
Project description
The project will improve the utilization of the available urban and rural infrastructure by reducing NRW
Project main objectives
The project has the following five objectives:
1) Non-Revenue Water reduction in one third of Kigali from 40% to 20%.
2) Increased chemical and energy efficiency of water production.
3) Increased access to peri-urban water services for 50,000 people.
4) Improve the sustainable functionality of rural water and sanitation infrastructure.
5) Institutionalize sustainable self-reliant capacity development, through establishing an internal EWSA training center and the education of four Rwandan MSc graduates at UNESCO-IHE.