• Reference: P-TZ-EA0-010
• Approval date: 15/09/2010
• Start date: 24/11/2011
• Appraisal Date: 25/04/2010
• Status: OngoingOnGo
• Implementing Agency: MINISTRY OF WATER
• Location:

Program Description The program includes: a) access to water supply and sanitation in all districts; b)increased water supply coverage and reduced distance between home and water points; c)reduced water borne and hygiene related diseases; d) community mobilization with gender equality; and f) appropriate water supply technologies whose maintenance can be done locally.

The National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program components are as follows: a). Construction of Rural Water Supply Sanitation facilities; b). District Management Support; and c). Institutional Strengthening Development.

Construction of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities The program component includes the rehabilitation of existing schemes and constructing of new ones to increase the percentage of rural population served to 69% by 2010, 79% by 2015 and 90% by 2025, and to increase the percentage of rural population with access to sustained sanitation to 90% by 2010. The following activities are included under this component:

(i) construction of shallow wells, boreholes with hand pumps, piped systems using pumped water from boreholes or gravity fed water from springs, and latrines in villages;

(ii) employment of local NGOs and firms as Facilitation Services Providers (FSPs) and consultant engineers as Technical Services Providers (TSPs) for design and construction supervision; and

(iii) expansion of existing supply chain of private retail outlets for wholesaling, installation of pumps and provision of spare parts and after-sales services for hand pumps and mechanized pumps.

District Management Support This component includes

(i) the establishment and strengthening of District Water Supply Teams within local government to enable them prepare district RWSS plans and appraise RWSS subprojects proposed by communities, construction and rehabilitation of offices; logistical support-vehicles, computers and office equipment; short term recruitment of skilled personnel or technical assistance; MIS; training;

(ii) establishment of a district RWSS funding mechanism to finance new and rehabilitated RWSS facilities - accounting software and, TA and training;

(iii) promotion of hygiene education, sanitation and HIV/AIDS mitigation and prevention.

Institutional Strengthening Development This component provides support for improved monitoring and coordination of RWSS activities by the GOT. It provides support to RWSS related Ministries to enable them to play the role of policy setting, mentoring of local governments, setting of standards, monitoring, reporting and auditing of the program. This is achieved through general capacity building as well as facilitation of stakeholder consultations during Program implementation. The component includes

(i) stakeholder consultation

(ii) technical assistance for Program management

(iii) General capacity building and gender awareness raising campaigns

(iv)support to the private sector

(iv) rehabilitation of RWSS District offices

(v) logistical support for RWSS District and Regional secretariats (computers and accessories, office equipment, vehicles, communication and networking equipment, installation of MIS);

(vi) financing of operating expenses (vehicles, office running and supplies, field supervision costs, etc) (vii) Technical and financial audits. This component will support developing the Gender Water and Sanitation Strategy in coordination with the Gender Focal Person of the MOWI. Furthermore the MOWI will be supported in developing gender mainstreaming guidelines, gender sensitisation and training in the water sector module, as well as develop gender sensitive M&E strategies and indicators. The Gender Focal Person at the MOWI will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring the effective implementation of the proposed gender specific activities.

The objectives of the program are to:

a) Improved access of rural communities to water and sanitation services operated and maintained by capable women and men and improved health and hygiene practices;

b) Improved district level capacity to implement demand based RWSS projects; and

c) Improved capacity of Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MOWI) to provide and administer policy and act as facilitator of overall water sector development and investment, and improved capacity of the private sector / NGOs to provide goods and services to the RWSS sector.

The recently completed Phase 1 of the Water Sector Development Program was unable to meet all the requirements set forth by the Government. This current intervention is complementary of the activities that commenced during Phase l and further complments the investment (ongoing) from the Governmenmt and other Development Partners.

Program Benefits

1. The importance of the sector to the economy and poverty alleviation is demonstrated by the prioritization of the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sector in the Tanzania National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP). The program in addition to contributing to the MDG of halving the number of people with out access to safe water by 2015, fits within NSGRP targets of providing 90 % of rural population with access to water and sanitation by 2025.

2. Tanzania has a rural population of 24 million. About 12.7 (53%) of these people have access to safe drinking water. The National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) will target the remaining 11.3 million in addition the projected growth in the rural population in order to reach the MDG targets by 2015. The Program will therefore help improve the health of the Tanzanian people through reduced water borne diseases and economic savings that arise from water fetching activities especially for rural women. In drought stricken parts of the country, the Masai Communities who rely on cattle will see an improved social and economic and financial well being as a result of easier access to water for both their families and their livestock.

3. The Program will result in a well trained and skilled workforce in the Sector Ministry as well as well informed and capacitated Water User Communities so that long term sustainability may be achieved in investments in the sector.

MARANDU Sabas Thomas - OWAS2

Finance source	Amount
ADF	UAC 59,000,000
RWSSI	UAC 6,000,000
Government	UAC 20,000,000
Co-financier	UAC 115,000,000
Total	UAC 200,000,000