Regional water supply and sewerage master plans worth €12.3 mln to be drafted

“Development of regional master plans for the water supply and sewerage sector will be launched. The projects are worth €12.3 mln that will be allocated by the World Bank,” Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Liliana Pavlova said when signing the contracts with the companies to implement them. The actual state of the water sector will be known after the plans are ready. Three consortia have been selected as contractors. They should draft a total of 51 regional plans for 28 districts and detached territories. Ezhis Infrastructure Bulgaria will work on the projects for Eastern Bulgaria in the regions of Burgas, Varna, Dobrich, Shumen, Targovishte, Sliven, Yambol and Stara Zagora, for which €12.3 mln have been earmarked. The analyst for the central parts of the country is a consortium headed by the French company Sureka with the French SCE and the Bulgarian Arcadia Engineering and Hydropower as partners. They will receive €5 mln. The master plans for the western region, including the Sofia Municipality will be developed by a consortium headed by Niras (Denmark) and the national companies Niras Bulgaria, Sofia Consulting Group and the Czech company DHI. The plans should be prepared within 18 months. The contractors will also analyse the cost and the quality of the services provided in detached territories.

Only half of the Bulgarian population has access to drinking water which meets the European standards, according to World Bank’s data. According to statistics, 10% of the country’s population live in areas with water rationing and only 45% of the wastewaters are being treated. “These figures show that urgent steps must be made,” said Markus Repnik, Resident Representative of the World Bank in Bulgaria.

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