Burundi Water Supply and Sanitation Access Project

About this project

The Burundi Water Supply and Sanitation Access Project aims to increase access to climate-resilient water supply and sanitation services and to strengthen the capacity of water operators. The project aims to provide safely managed drinking water services to previously unserved populations and to improve the quality of services from basic to safely managed drinking water services in Bujumbura through expanding production capacity , distribution systems and household connections. For rural areas, the project aims to improve access to at least basic water supply and sanitation services in selected communes prioritized by the government. Moreover, the project will improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in selected schools and health centers within the rural communes. Aligned with the regional Multi-phase Programmatic Approach (MPA) on Accelerating Access to WASH services in the Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE) region - the AFE WASH Access MPA, the proposed components are the following:Component 1: Strengthening National WASH Platform, Governance and Reforms. Subcomponent 1.1.National WASH Programming and Platform is aligned with pillar 1 of the AFE WASH Access MPA and finances technical assistance, training and equipment to develop and implement sector-wide monitoring platforms for WASH access, medium term investment plans, joint sector reviews and future investment preparation studies, such as for Gitega. Subcomponent 1.2 Advancing Governance and Re…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Burundi

Sectors

Multi-hazard response preparednessWater supply - large systemsWater supply and sanitation - large systems

Places

Gitega

Funded by

International Development Association

Implemented by

Ministry of Mineral Resources, Energy, Industry, Trade and Tourism

Accountable

Republic of Burundi

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-P507207.

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