Water Sector Governance and Infrastructure Support Project

About this project

The Project aims to provide safely managed water in participating municipalities, ensuring water reaches beneficiaries on premises, available when needed, and free from fecal and priority chemical contamination. The Project also aims to build capacity for service delivery at the local level, empowering municipalities to deliver on their water supply mandate. Given the lack of institutional capacity, the Project aims to help the participating local governments develop WASH institutions. The goal is to shift the current weak practices of the municipalities in planning, financing, and implementation of water infrastructure by equipping them to respond to their rapidly increasing infrastructure and service delivery requirements in a context of climate change. Component 1: Improving Sector Governance and Institutional Capacity, Project Management. This component focuses on improving water sector governance and building institutional capacity of water supply and sanitation related agencies at the three levels of governance in Nepal, i.e., Federal, Provincial and Local Municipality Level, including establishing dedicated municipality WASH units and municipal utilities.Component 2: Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure. This component is comprised of three subcomponents:(a) Urban and peri-urban water supply which includes: i. the construction and rehabilitation of water supply schemes in two urban municipalities (i.e., Birendranagar and Dipayal Salghadi in Karnali and Sudurpash…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Nepal

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparednessWater supply and sanitation - large systems

Places

Birendranagar, Dipayal, Karnali Province, Sudurpashchim Pradesh, Kailali, Surkhet, Janaki, Joshipur

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management

Accountable

Nepal

Passes funds through

International Development Association

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P176589.

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