TBILISI WATER SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 2 pages, pdf
Description:
The Tbilisi Water and Sanitation Utility (Tbiltskalcanali) owned by Tbilisi city council is experiencing a large financial deficit that has led to insufficient maintenance and operation of the existing systems and has not allowed the necessary asset rehabilitation and replacement. Since 2004 subsidies to Tbiltskalcanali have increased for the rehabilitation and reform of the city water and sanitation system. This has in itself been controversial but is set to continue in the proposed EBRD “Tbilisi Water Supply Improvement Project” in 2007 that aims to improve the water supply through hydraulic modelling of the water and wastewater network; urgent repairs to the water network; introduction of metering for residential blocks and the water distribution network; installation of wastewater flow measurements; modernisation of the chemical laboratory, and cleaning and inspection of the sewer network.