Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development Project (ADB-54377-002)

Countries
  • Nauru
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Borrower
Government of Nauru - Department of Finance and Sustainable Development
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 38.50 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
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS May 13, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Mar 22, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the proposed NSRUDP will increase access, quality, and safety of urban services for about 2,180 households in Nauru.

The project will:

(i)improve resilience of the water supply across Nauru by building a reticulated water supply network connecting about 60% of the population (1,215 households in high density urban areas) and strengthening the quality, safety, and reliability of the non-reticulated water supply system for the low-density areas for the remaining 40% of the population;

(ii)build a water transfer system from existing desalination plants to the new reticulation network ;

(iii)develop an assessment, improvement, and maintenance scheme for private household rainwater storage systems throughout Nauru to promote resilience through water source diversification, and prepare a periodic maintenance plan for future;

(iv)build a new septage treatment plant with possible biosolids reuse;

(v)develop an on-site sanitation system assessment and maintenance scheme for on-site sanitation systems throughout Nauru and prepare a periodic maintenance plan for future;

(vi)decommission the existing national sanitation facility; and

(vii)build a composting and solid waste recycling center to promote resources recovery to support a more circular economy.

Outputs will include: (i) climate resilient, safe, sustainable, and efficient water supply system developed; (ii) climate resilient, safe, sustainable, and efficient septage treatment plant, collection, and transport system developed; (iii) composting and waste recycling systems for circular economy developed; (iv) enabling environment, institutional capacity, resilience, and financial sustainability of utilities strengthened to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience.

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Environment: B

Involuntary Resettlement: B

Indigenous Peoples: C

Investment Description
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Asian Development Fund: US$ 38.50 million


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Contact Information

Project Officer: Maria Tran

Designation: Senior Project Officer (Urban Development) - Asian Development Bank

Email: mtran@adb.org

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