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Description |
The Project will assist the Government to prepare an investment project to provide water to Kathmandu Valley from the Melamchi River and to investigate the feasibility of artificial recharge of groundwater in the Kathmandu Valley. It will consist of three parts: (i) investigation, detailed design and preparation of tender documents for the bulk distribution of water from the new water treatment plant to the urban centers; (2) provision of overall project management support to coordinate the activities being funded by all six agencies, review designs and construction of all project components, report on project progress, and account for project costs; and (3) implementation of a pilot project to test the feasibility of artificial recharge of groundwater in Bishnumathi and Manohara river sites. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The current water supply demand in Kathmandu Valley is around 140,000 cubic meter per day, but in the dry season, the actual supply from a combination of surface water and groundwater meets only half of this demand. The situation is compounded, as the population of Kathmandu is growing at 4.5 percent per annum. There are no water sources within Kathmandu Valley that can adequately fulfill the long-term water supply demand. The development of the Melamchi Water Supply Project will provide an extra 170,000 cubic meters per day of water and satisfy demand until 2012. |
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