AL GHADIR WATER AND WASTEWATER

Promoter – Financial Intermediary

REPUBLIC OF LEBANON - COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION

Location

• Lebanon

Description

Expansion of the existing wastewater preliminary treatment plant, located in Southern Beirut, and its conversion into a primary treatment plant and construction and upgrade of sewer networks in the catchment area.

Objectives

The project will improve the poor quality of the coastal water and, through the provision of improved sanitation services, the quality of life for an estimated one million inhabitants (a quarter of the Lebanese population) and will reduce pollution and environmental stress in the Al Ghadir drainage area and the Mediterranean Sea.

Comments

This operation is covered by the EU Guarantee for EIB loans outside the EU.

Sector(s)

• Water, sewerage - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

Under ELM Guarantee

This operation is covered by the EU Guarantee for EIB loans outside the EU.

Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)

EUR 68 million

Total cost (Approximate amount)

EUR 146 million

Environmental aspects

The project will generally benefit the environment and public health by providing sanitation to a population of around one million inhabitants (a quarter of the Lebanese population), and by collecting and treating waste water before discharging it into the Mediterranean Sea. It will therefore reduce pollution of beaches and coastal waters within the Al Ghadir drainage area south of Beirut as well as of the Mediterranean Sea. An environmental and social impact assessment has been approved by the competent authority, the Ministry of Environment. The Bank will review during appraisal its compliance with the Bank's environmental and social safeguards and applicable national and international standards.

Procurement

The Bank will require the promoter to ensure that implementation of the project will be done in accordance with the Bank's Guide to Procurement.

Status

Signed - 28/02/2018