MCC Institutional Strengthening Activity

Zambia - Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage Project - Institutional Strengthening Activity: This activity will support infrastructure managed by the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC), the utility primarily responsible for managing the city's water and sanitation infrastructure, as well as the Lusaka City Council (LCC), the local government entity responsible for managing Lusaka's drainage infrastructure.

A major portion of the investment is focused on the rehabilitation of Lusaka's core water supply network, including components designed specifically to reduce nonrevenue water.

This activity also includes interventions designed to expand the city's water supply network, rehabilitate and enlarge select sewer networks, improve select drainage infrastructure, and provide support for engineering and resettlement professional services.

Each of the water supply and sanitation components was selected based on investment master plans and feasibility studies. These chart a three-phase, $3 billion plan that will allow Lusaka to meet the needs of its population through 2035.

The drainage component was selected based on the results of priorities identified in a separate comprehensive urban development plan funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).