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Central Asia
Sanitation Assessment and Recommendations for Urban Upgrading in Low-Income Peri-Urban Settlements in Bishkek and Osh
Assignment Location
Cities of Bishkek and Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Client/Funding
The World Bank
Many of the residents living in low-income settlements (Novostroykas) on the outskirts of Bishkek and Osh lack access to basic infrastructure and municipal services. They live in environmental conditions that adversely affect their health and livelihoods.
- Assessment of the environmental conditions, the coverage and quality of sanitation infrastructure and services in the Novostroykas of Bishkek and Osh
- Survey and analysis of existing wastewater treatment facilities
- Consultation with relevant government agencies, NGOs and community group
- Evaluation of the influence of various future scenarios
- Identify priority interventions and formulate appropriate improvement strategies
- Concretise recommendations in an intervention strategy based upon the use of appropriate technologies, mobilisation of local resources and cost recovery as critical components of a proposed future project to be implemented by the Government of Kyrgyzstan with financial support from the World Bank