Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project - Phase I

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Project ID	WB: KZPA46045
Project Title	Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project - Phase I
Type	Lending - Borrower: Government of Kazakhstan
Focus Areas	Agriculture and Irrigation; Environment
Geographic Scope	Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Europe & CIS
Lead Organization(s)	World Bank
Project Partners
Financing	Total: $85.79m; Sources of Financing: World Bank loan
Timeframe	05 June 2001 - 31 Dec 2008 (7.5 years)
Status	Completed
Project website(s)
Contacts	Christophe Bösch World Bank Task Manager: Masood Ahmad Government: Mr. Amabek M. Ramazanov, Chairman Committee of Water Resources (CWR), Kazakhstan. 473000, Abay Street, Astana, 48, E-Mail: [email protected] Mr. Dosbolov, National Project Coordinator, CWR, 473000, Abay Street, Astana, 48, E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Serikbay Smailov, Chief Technical Consultants, 124, Bogenbay Batyr Street 480091, Almaty, Kazakhstan, E-Mail: [email protected]

Contents 1 Description 2 Expected Outcomes 3 Achievements: Results and Impact 4 Lessons for Replication 5 Projects Partner(s) 6 References 7 See also 8 External Resources 9 Attachments

Description

The project has two development objectives: (i) Prevent the groundwater contamination plume's further migration towards the residential areas, the city's sources of drinking water supply and eventually into the Irtysh River; and (ii) Strengthen institutional mechanisms for groundwater quality monitoring to enable control of ongoing groundwater pollution from local municipal and industrial sources.

Expected Outcomes

Achievements: Results and Impact

Lessons for Replication

Experience from ongoing project implementation in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian Countries suggests that: (i) rigorous economic and environmental criteria should be applied in project planning and design; (ii) project scope and design should take into account the difficulty of coordination among key government agencies; (iii) competent and efficient national management staff is necessary and to be recruited before project effectiveness for ensuring the viability and sustainability of the project; (iv) timely provision of adequate counterpart funding is essential; (v) there should be appropriate technical assistance, which if not recruited in time, can jeopardize effective implementation; (vi) there should be major emphasis on procurement, financial management and construction quality control; and (vii) the importance of involving of local institutions in project design and preparation. Therefore, special attention needs to be paid to strengthen of the implementation capacity of the CWR. The design of the proposed project has incorporated these lessons through (i) undertaking economic, environmental and social analyses; (ii) establishment of an Inter-ministerial Coordination Committee to resolve problems of interagency coordination and a Project Steering Committee to oversee project implementation; (iii) establishment of a PMU consisting of a group of National consultants with significant experience in implementation of World Bank projects, (iv) including a component on institutional strengthening of the CWR. Sufficient technical assistance would be provided for project implementation, procurement and construction supervision by an international firm. 9. Program of Targeted Intervention (PTI).

Projects Partner(s)

Implementing Agency: Committee for Water Resources (CWR)

References

See also

1. An Action Plan for Improving Weather and Climate Service Delivery in High-Risk, Low Income Countries
2. Bishkek and Osh Urban Infrastructure Project
3. Bukhara & Samarquand Water Supply Project
4. Community Agriculture & Watershed Management GEF Project
5. Community Agriculture & Watershed Management Project
6. Cross Border Impacts of Vahksh River Basin Development
7. Drainage, Irrigation & Wetlands Improvement Project - Phase 1
8. Dushanbe Water Supply Project
9. Ferghana Valley Water Resource Management
10. Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Phase-I
11. Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Project
12. Kazakhstan Water Sector Study TA (P090048)
13. Municipal Infrastructure Development Project
14. Nura River Clean-Up Project
15. Rural Enterprise Support Project II
16. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation 2
17. Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project
18. Second On-farm Irrigation Project
19. Small Towns Infrastructure & Capacity Building Project
20. Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project - Phase II
21. Syr Darya Water Supply Project
22. Tajikistan WSS Strategy
23. Ust Kamenogorsk-Environmental Remediation Project
24. Utilities Reform Study
25. Uzbekistan Bukhara and Samarkand Sewerage Project
26. Uzbekistan WSS Strategy
27. Water Sector Investment Planning Study
28. Water-Energy Nexus in Central Asia
29. Water/Energy Dialogue

External Resources

Attachments