Loan 2573-PRC: Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has received a loan of $150.0 million from ADB's ordinary capital resources to help finance the cost of the Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Management (Sector) Project.

The Project supports the policies and plans of the PRC and Guiyang municipal government for introducing integrated water resources management in Guiyang Municipality. The Project will support an area and time slice of the Guiyang Integrated Water Resources Master Plan (2006-2020), a medium-term investment plan for Guiyang Municipality, whose achievement will contribute to sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic growth in Guiyang Municipality with corresponding reductions in poverty, especially in rural areas where the problem is endemic. The outcome of the Project will be that water supply and demand in Guiyang Municipality are balanced in a sustainable manner. The Project will contribute to this outcome through nonstructural and structural measures needed to address high-priority investments identified in the Master Plan.

The outputs include (i) improved water quality; (ii) increased supply of water for domestic, industrial, and irrigation purposes; (iii) improved water use efficiency; and (iv) improved institutional and technical capacity to manage water resources.

The proceeds from the ADB loan are intended to be used for the procurement of the following:

  1. procurement of civil works, equipment, materials, and goods and services for the construction and implementation of the following infrastructure development activities: waste supply systems, small-scale reservoirs, irrigation system rehabilitation, soil and water conservation, and small water storage tanks; and
  2. Twenty-four person-months of international and 171 person-months of national consulting services will be required during the first 4 years of project implementation, with expertise in project management, training, procurement, economic and financial analysis, water demand management, community participation, and social and environmental safeguards. The consultants will provide guidance and training for capacity development to ensure that (i) subproject implementing agencies are able to function as effective project management units; (ii) noncore ADB-funded subprojects can be appraised and approved in a timely manner based on the agreed eligibility criteria; (iii) implementation of water demand management activities will promote more efficient use of water among all categories of users; and (iv) social, resettlement, and environmental impacts are monitored and mitigated. Detailed design and engineering and construction supervision will be carried out using government counterpart funds by qualified local design institutes recruited by the local implementing agencies.

All goods and services to be financed from the ADB loan proceeds will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines and ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants.

Interested bidders from ADB's member countries who wish to obtain additional information may contact:

Mr. Zheng Yong
Deputy Director General
36 Shinan Road Nanming District, Guiyang City
Tel: 86-851-552 2212
Fax: 86-851-553 0965; 550-6823; 5503755
Email: yhb5504996@163.com, gyzhengyong@163.com

 

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