The Project

Introduction

The Karachi Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project (KWSSIP) has been developed after detailed discussion among all stakeholders in Karachi with World Bank, technical experts and consultants, and aims to bring the targeted institutional and governance reforms in Karachi Water and Sewerage Board along with a massive strategic investment program for the improvement of water & sewerage infrastructure in Karachi.

Project Development Objective

The Project Development Objective is to improve access to safe water and sanitation services in Karachi and to increase KWSB’s financial and operational performance.

Project Components

1. Reform in Karachi Water and Sewerage Board
2. Securing Sustainable Water Supply & Sewerage (Infrastructure Investments)
3. Project Management & Studies

Series of Projects

To achieve project development objective, the series of projects (SOP) aims to implement infrastructure, capacity building and enabling environment investments in four progressive, overlapping series of projects (SOPs) over a period of TWELVE years; alongside the implementation of SOP-1, preparatory studies for the SOP-2 are underway, and to be implemented after due process of approval.