Coastal Cities Environment and Sanitation Project - under WB/GEF Partnership Investment Fund for Pollution Reduction in the LME of East Asia

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Coastal Cities Environment and Sanitation Project - under WB/GEF Partnership Investment Fund for Pollution Reduction in the LME of East Asia

GEF ID	2758
Region	Asia
Project Contacts	William Kingdom World Bank Team Leader
Project Documents	Project Documents project document, fact sheets, annexes...

General Information:
Project Type	Full Size Project
Project Status	Agency Concept

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Project Stage	PDF-B
GEF Allocation to project	0.35M US$
Total Cost of the project:	60.35M US$

Partners:
Countries:	Vietnam
Lead Implementing Agency	World Bank
Other Implementing Agency	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)

Project Description:

"Investments in wastewater treatment and pollution control in urban centers in Vietnam, including coastal cities such as Nha Trang (population 270,000), Quy Nonh (Pop 230,000) and Dong Hoi (Pop 95,000) which will be assisted by the project, have lagged far behind its rapid economic development, which is currently estimated at 7% p.a. To maintain this higher than average growth, much of which is related to tourism, good environmental conditions are paramount. All the larger cities in the country are already undertaking sanitation investments, although none are yet operational. The project cities represent the next tier of cities in Vietnam to tackle environmental sanitation issues, and have been selected based on their size and their specific needs – tourism features as a major economic activity in all the cities. The objectives of the associated Bank loans are a) to reduce the discharge of pollution into the rivers and coastal waters of the project cities arising from urban solid and liquid wastes and thereby initiate improvements in the qualities of those rivers/coastal waters and b) improve the financial sustainability, and capacity, of the service delivery entities. With GEF funding, the coastal cities would have the opportunity to “try and test” a pilot chemically enhanced primary waste water treatment plant CEPT, with facultative ponds. It is believed that this low life-time cost technology, not currently used in Vietnam, is cost effective and technically viable under local conditions. The GEF funding would support one CEPT plant to be constructed in Quy Nhon."

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