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Groupe Huit

Water and sanitation

≈ 62 000 inhabitants (forecast ≈ 90 000 )

rivers intake

water treatment plants

new boreholes

elevated tanks

ground reservoirs

of pipes

Consulting & engineering

Design

Project Management

Scaling-UP WASH Infrastructure Project (SUNWIP) 

Lao PDR faces concerning nutrition issues, showing the highest Global Hunger Index (GHI) in South-East Asia in 2017. Poor hygiene &amp; sanitation and nutrition status are closely linked, waterborne diseases being one of the primary cause of malnutrition.
Thus strengthening water supply systems in health centres, communities, households and schools has been identified as a priority by the lao government. The UE supports the Lao PDF in overcoming this nutrition challenges by funding the SUNWIP project that focuses on rural infrastructure and education. Expected outcomes of the SUNWIP project is to:&nbsp; <ul><li>improve access to safe and clean water all-year-long to 100,000 beneficiaries located in 9 small towns and villages, through the construction, rehabilitation or extension of water supply systems&nbsp;</li><li> disseminate WASH practices through awareness raising to targeted communities, and provision of sanitation &amp; handwashing facilities to schools</li></ul> <jodit data-jodit-temp="1" contenteditable="false" draggable="true" data-jodit_iframe_wrapper="1" style="display: block; width: 756px; height: 417px;"><iframe width="756px" height="417px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/F0M3qCXqTeY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""> </iframe></jodit>

Design and construction supervision of WASH infrastructure

Capacity building

Sanitation and Hygiene for Towns (SHIFT) - Policy and Institutional Enhancement Consultancy (PIEC)

GreenTech

The Sri Lankan government has set an ambitious goal for wastewater management development. It anticipates that 3.4% (2% currently) of the Sri Lankan population will be connected to a collective sewerage system by 2020 - around 1.5 million more people than in 2012.
 In line with this investment program, the National Water Supply &amp; Drainage Board (NWSDB) has received some funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) for the construction of sewerage systems in the municipalities of Negombo, Galle and Kelaniya/Peliyagoda (SHIFT - (Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative for Towns).
 This ambitious investment program for the sanitation sector implies that the NWSDB needs to strongly enhance its management capacities to face challenges that will come up with the strategy implementation. Therefore, in order to support the NWSDB in this development and to ensure sustainability of current and future investments made, the program includes a substantial technical assistance and notably a policy and institutional enhancement component (PIEC).
 The PIEC project has the following main objectives: <ul><li>Provide recommendations for enhancing the policy and institutional framework for the sanitation sector</li><li>Enhance the water and sanitation sector financial viability </li><li>Stakeholders’ capacity building&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare NWSDB’s business plan and corporate policy</li></ul>

Capacity building of sewerage sector actors

Master plans

inhabitants

wastewater networks

investment

Preparation of 24 Regional Water and Wastewater Master Plans

Hydroprojekt

Arcadia

Seureca

The water supply and sewerage situation in Bulgaria is characterized by the following main issues: <ul><li>For water supply: high level of water loss (national average 59.5%) due to obsolete and under-maintained facilities, water resources quality fluctuations, lack of adequate reservoirs and storage</li><li>For sewerage: insufficiency of treatment facilities, industrial discharge not compliant, relatively low connection ratio to municipal sewerage systems, obsolescence of sewerage facilities causing wastewater infiltration and intrusion of parasite water into sewerage networks.
</li></ul> Some of these issues are inter-related with financial and institutional difficulties encountered by the water and wastewater operators. These issues led the Government of Bulgaria to prepare and endorse the Strategy for Water Supply and Sewerage Management and Development specially to meet the EU Directives, being a member state since 2007 and having to comply with the European Directive 98/83/EC on drinking water quality and the Directive 91/271/EC on urban wastewater treatment.
 Within this strategy, the main goal of the consulting services, developed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW), is the preparation of 24 regional Master Plans for water supply and sewerage systems, within a Short Term (2014 – 2020), Medium (15 years) and Long Term Investment Program (25 years) for 24 selected territories in the Central region of Bulgaria, through an assessment of the current water supply and sewerage systems, identification of investment needs and proposal of the best technical, economically viable and affordable options for their development.

Strategy for Water Supply and Sewerage Management and Development

Risk and Climate Change 

inhabitants 

interceptors

networks

Ho Chi Minh City Climate Resilient Urban Services

Keran Asia Services

Finnish Consulting Group 

Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) vulnerability to climate change exacerbates the need for a proper drainage and wastewater management in the city. Indeed, HCMC is one of the 10 cities in the world likely to face the early impacts of climate change. The projected sea-level rise of 100 cm by 2100 is alarming as 40 to 45% of the city’s central districts are within 100 cm above sea-level. By 2050, 12 out of 14 wastewater related facilities will be inundated in regular flood events. The city’s wastewater and drainage system needs to adopt measures against rising sea-level, uneven rainfall patterns and enhanced storm surges. The main project objective is to reduce the city vulnerability to flood, especially in the context of climate change and improve urban environment by collecting wastewater. The study focuses on two main catchment areas of HCMC with expected construction of following infrastructure: sluice gates, wastewater and drainage networks,&nbsp;water sensitive design park.

Resilience and adaptation to climate change

Managing water sustainably is vital for local communities and a crucial aspect of planning and development. This everyday challenge requires effective, cost-efficient and reliable drinking water and sanitation infrastructure. Groupe Huit expertise covers the entire water cycle (from drinking water to wastewater treatment) and provides services in: <ul><li>Infrastructure assessment </li><li>Master plan </li><li>Detailed design and works supervision </li><li>Technical assistance and capacity building</li><li>Energy efficiency and water reuse
</li></ul>A strong attention is paid to Nature-Based Solutions in order to reduce the impact of the proposed infrastructure and to ensure sustainable management by the limiting associated costs.
 Our studies integrate both investment and operating costs for a comprehensive understanding of water and sanitation infrastructure.
 Groupe Huit takes a pragmatic approach to promote access to these basic services while ensuring a long-term vision for the management of the facilities.

Group

Water and sanitation

Addressing the challenge of water and sanitation for all

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Projects

Scaling-UP WASH Infrastructure Project (SUNWIP)

Sanitation and Hygiene for Towns (SHIFT) - Policy and Institutional Enhancement Consultancy (PIEC)

Preparation of 24 Regional Water and Wastewater Master Plans

Ho Chi Minh City Climate Resilient Urban Services