Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project (ADB-57294-001)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Fiji
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Sep 11, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Fiji - Ministry of Finance
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 135.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 10.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 171.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Media Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Mar 9, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Sep 11, 2025

Contribute Information
Can you contribute information about this project?
Contact the EWS Team

Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the project consists of (i) a proposed loan and (ii) a proposed grant, both to the Republic of Fiji for the Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project. The report also describes the proposed administration of technical assistance (TA) to be provided by the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific for Supporting the Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

Environment (category B). The ESIA confirms that negative impacts will largely be limited to those generated during construction, will be short term, and will be localized and site specific.

Involuntary resettlement (category B). For the Kinoya WWTP works, one household requires resettlement. It was assessed that the activities under the performance-based NRW contract (which will mainly involve meter replacement, pressure management, and leak repairs) will not have any involuntary resettlement impacts.

Indigenous Peoples (category C). The works will not adversely impact any distinct and vulnerable group of Indigenous Peoples as referred to in the Safeguard Policy Statement.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Asian Development Bank: $135.0 million (concessional loan) and $10.0 million (Asian Development Fund grant)
Government of Fiji: $26.0 million
Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific: $2.0 million (TA grant)

The loan will have an interest charge at the rate of 1.0% per year; a term of 40 years, including a grace period of 10 years; repayment of principal at 2.0% per year for the first 10 years after the grace period and 4.0% per year thereafter; and such other terms and conditions set forth in the draft loan, grant, and project agreements. 


Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Project Officer: Allison Woodruff
Designation: Principal Water Security Specialist - Asian Development Bank
Email: awoodruff@adb.org

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form

ADB has a two-stage appeals process for requesters who believe that ADB has denied their request for information in violation of its Access to Information Policy. You can learn more about filing an appeal at: https://www.adb.org/site/disclosure/appeals

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

The Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an Asian Development Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Accountability Mechanism, they may investigate to assess whether the Asian Development Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can learn more about the Accountability Mechanism and how to file a complaint at: http://www.adb.org/site/accountability-mechanism/main.

How it works

How it works