Description

The development objectives of the Additional Financing for the Water and Sanitation Services Improvement Project are to increase access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation services; and to improve water and wastewater services in the areas served by Athi Water Services Board (AWSB), Costal Water Services Board (CWSB), and Lake Victoria North Water Services Board (LVNWSB). The additional credit would help finance the costs associated with scaling up the project's activities to enhance the impact of this well-performing project. Specifically, the additional financing will finance additional investments to increase access to water supply and sanitation services in the areas served by AWSB, CWSB, and LVNWSB. The additional financing will result in the restructuring of the project which will include: a) revision of the project development objective to better align with the interventions supported by the project; b) a three year extension of the original closing date from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2015; c) addition of new activities; d) triggering of three new safeguard policies, and changing the environmental assessment category from B to A to reflect the potentially significant environmental and social impacts of one of the sub-projects, the northern collector tunnel; and e) updating the results targets to reflect the scaling up of interventions, and substituting some of the original indicators with new ones designed to better track the outcomes of the project.