Sectoral Regional Program Water Supply and Sewerage for the Development Region of Gagauzia Tau (2018 – 2025)
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MODERNIZATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA INTERVENTION AREA 2: REGIONAL PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING SECTORAL REGIONAL PROGRAM WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT REGION OF GAGAUZIA TAU (2018 – 2025) 2018 Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered office: Bonn and Eschborn, Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40 53113 Bonn, Germany T +49 228 44 60-0 F +49 228 44 60-17 66 Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5 65760 Eschborn, Germany T +49 61 96 79-0 F +49 61 96 79-11 15 E [email protected] I www.giz.de Authors: Ghenadie Ivascenco, Vitalie Midari, Gheorghe Ciobanu, Adriana Pienaru Developed by: Consortium GFA – Consulting Group – BCI Business Consulting Institute.-MM Mott Macdonald Developed within: The project ‘Modernization of Local Public Services in the Republic of Moldova’, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and with support of Romanian Government, the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Swiss Agency For Development and Cooperation (SDC). Key partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova Centre, North, South and Gagauzia TAU Regional Development Agencies The opinions expressed in this paper belong to the authors and do not necessarily reflect the point of view of GIZ, BMZ, the Romanian Government, SDC and Sida. Chisinau - Comrat, 2018 2 CONTENTS: ACRONYMS: 5 GLOSSARY OF TERMS: 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 1 INTRODUCTION 10 2 ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION 11 2.1 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK 11 2.2 INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 17 2.3 SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHYC CONDITIONS 19 2.4 WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE 24 2.5 SOCIAL AND GENDER ASPECTS 32 2.6 LEVEL OF FINANCING 34 2.7 DEMOGRAPHIC FORECAST AND WATER DEMAND 36 2.8 LESSONS LEARNED 40 2.9 CONCLUSIONS (SWOT ANALYSIS) 44 3 VISION AND OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT 2025 45 3.1 VISION 45 3.2 PRIORITIES 45 3.3 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 48 3.4 FINANCING OF THE SECTOR: NEEDS AND FORECASTS 52 3.5 OPPORTUNITIES AND REGIONALIZATION 54 4 ACTION PLAN: 56 5 ANNEXES: 61 5.1 ANNEX: PROFILE OF THE SECTOR IN COMRAT RAYON 62 5.2 ANNEX: PROFILE OF THE SECTOR IN CEADIR-LUNGA RAYON 65 5.3 ANNEX: PROFILE OF THE SECTOR IN VULCANESTI RAYON 68 5.4 ANNEX: WATER DEMAND FORECAST 70 5.5 ANNEX: FORECAST OF THE AMOUNT OF PROCESSED WASTEWATER 71 5.6 ANNEX: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR IN TERRITORIAL PROFILE (PER SETTLEMENTS) 72 5.7 ANNEX: MATRIX OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES IN TERRITORIAL PROFILE 74 3 5.8 ANNEX: BASIS OF THE INVESTMENT COST ESTIMATES 77 5.9 ANNEX: REPORT ON PRIORITIZATION OF POSSIBLE PROJECT CONCEPTS 79 4 ACRONYMS: WS - Water supply WSS - Water supply and sewerage ADA - Austrian Development Agency RDA - Regional Development Agency NERA - National Energy Regulatory Agency EIB - European Investment Bank EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development CLAM - Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova MTBF - Medium-Term Budgetary Framework NEF - National Environmental Fund NRDF - National Regional Development Fund GIZ - German Agency for International Cooperation MARDE - Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment MDL - National currency, Moldovan Leu MDG - Millennium Development Goals UNO - United Nations Organization ROp - Regional Operator WSSP - Water Supply and Sanitation Plan GDP - Gross Domestic Product UNDP/ARDS - The 'Agriculture and Rural Development Support in Gagauzia and Taraclia’ project implemented by the United Nations Development Program with the EU funding PPP - Public Private Partnership SRP - Sectoral Regional Program CDR - Centre Development Region NDR - North Development Region SDR - South Development Region CRS - Construction Rules and Standards SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation WWTP - Wastewater treatment plant FS - Feasibility study OS - Opportunity study EU - European Union 5 GLOSSARY OF TERMS: Aquifer - Underground rock layer or layers or other types of geological layers with porosity and permeability enough to allow either a significant flow of groundwaters or catchment of significant quantities of groundwaters; Penstock - Constructive system whereby transport of water from the catchment point to the tank is provided in full safety; Agglomeration - Area where the population and/or businesses are located in a number enough to make it possible to collect urban wastewater and to direct it to a treatment plant or to a final outlet; Water supply - All of the activities and works carried out for the purpose of catchment, treatment, transportation, storage and distribution of drinking water to consumers; Drinking water - Water intended for human consumption, which meets the requirements of the Government Decision No. 934 of 15.08.2007, as follows: ✓ Any type of natural or post-treated water used for drinking, food preparation or other domestic purposes, regardless of origin and whether it is supplied through a distribution network, from a source or a tank, or is distributed in bottles or in other containers; ✓ All types of water used as a source in the food industry for manufacture, processing, preservation of, or trade in, products or substances intended for human consumption; ✓ Water from local sources, such as wells, springs, etc., used for drinking, food preparation or other household purposes. The Ministry of Health may make exceptions to the values of quality parameters, but without endangering the health of consumers. Surface waters - Standing waters and running waters from the surface of the soil; Groundwaters - Waters beneath the surface of the soil in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the soil or the subsoil; Wastewater - Waters originating from domestic, social and economic activities containing pollutants or residues altering their initial physical, chemical and bacteriological features; Industrial wastewater - All wastewater from premises used for business or industrial purposes other than municipal wastewater or discharge waters (wastewater from the industrial production process); Municipal wastewater - Sewage originating from households, public institutions and services, arising from human metabolism, household and hygiene and sanitation activities, and which are discharged into the sewerage system; Urban wastewater - Municipal wastewater or mixed municipal wastewater with industrial wastewater and/or discharge water; Water connection - A part of the public water supply network providing connection between the water distribution network and the internal network of an enclosure or a building; Sewerage and wastewater - All of the activities and works carried out for the purpose of collection, transportation, treatment and and rainwater treatment discharge of wastewater and rainwater into a natural intake; Consumer A natural or legal person benefiting from public water supply and sewerage services on the basis of a - contract with the operator; Appropriate treatment - Purification of wastewater through any process and/or system which, after discharging wastewater, allows the receptors to meet the relevant quality objectives set out in the technical standards and in water management permits and authorizations (in accordance with the requirements of Government Decision No. 950 11/25/2013); Primary treatment - Purification of wastewater through a physical and/or chemical process involving decantation of suspended matters or through other processes where CBO5 of influent wastewater is reduced by at least 20% and the suspended matter by at least 50%; Secondary treatment - Purification of wastewater through a biological process with secondary decantation or through another process that allows compliance with the conditions laid down in the regulations in force (in accordance with the requirements of Government Decision No. 950 of 25.11.2013); 6 Operator - A legal person that has, directs, operates and maintains a public water supply and sewerage system and supplies to consumers the public water supply and sewerage service on a contract basis; Water Supply and Sanitation - Investment planning document for the long-term development of the water supply and sanitation Plans (WSSP) infrastructure, developed for a particular region, rayon or settlement (municipality, city/town, village, commune) so that it fits perfectly with the available systems and facilities and with constraints related to local water sources and the provisions of the legislation in force; Water resources - Surface waters, groundwaters and atmospheric precipitations on the territory of the Republic of Moldova; Sewerage network - A construction of collecting channels, adjacent constructions, etc., which provides collection and transport of sewage to the treatment plant; Public water distribution - A part of the public water supply system consisting of the pipeline network, fittings and adjacent network constructions that provide water distribution to two or more consumers; Public water supply system - A set of process facilities, functional equipment and specific structures through which the public water supply service is performed. The public water supply system includes the following components: catchments, penstocks, treatment plants, pumping stations with or without hydrophore, storage tanks, public water transport networks, public water distribution networks; Public sewerage system - A set of process facilities, functional equipment and specific structures