Urban Water and Sanitation Programme (UWSP)

The project, funded by BMZ and executed through GIZ, aimed to improve Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) systems and solid waste management in selected medium-sized towns in Zimbabwe. A sharp economic decline (2000-2009) led to the collapse of public services, severely impacting water infrastructure. By June 2008, deteriorating WSS systems triggered a cholera outbreak, disproportionately affecting women and girls. The project sought to shift WSS management from decline to recovery by improving service delivery, increasing willingness to pay, and ensuring daily water supply, proper sewage management, and regular waste removal. It focused on three key areas: (1) ensuring universal, equitable, and affordable access to WSS services, (2) improving billing, revenue collection, and financial management, and (3) assisting towns in developing and updating WSS recovery plans. A fourth component provided advisory support to central government agencies. Dorsch Impact led implementation efforts.

Disziplinen

  • Municipal Infrastructure
  • Water Resources Management

Gesellschaften

Dorsch Impact GmbH

Auftraggeber

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dauer

Von 2013 bis 2015

Standort

Simbabwe

Projektleistungen

During this project services were provided for the operational and technical management with focus on the detailed assessments of the existing infrastructure, the determination of the major bottlenecks and the development and implementation of improvement strategies which included amongst others:

  • Wastewater (Collection and Treatment). 

  • Solid Waste (Management and Civil Works).

  • Non-Revenue Water Reduction.

  • Water (Treatment, Transmission, Distribution and Storage).

Unser Beitrag zu den UN-Nachhaltigkeitszielen

Wir haben uns verpflichtet, einen positiven Beitrag zu leisten und unterstützen die UN-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). Dieses Projekt trägt zu den folgenden SDGs bei:

Sauberes Wasser
Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Gesellschaften