📋 Tender Overview
Location: Türkiye
Project number: 55262
Business sector: Municipal and environmental infrastructure
Notice type: State
Environmental category: B
EBRD Finance Summary: EUR 100,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: EUR 100,000,000.00
Project Description
A sovereign loan of up to EUR 100 million to the Republic of Turkey ("Borrower") represented by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, to be on-granted to Gaziantep Water and Sewage Administration ("GASKI"), to finance the construction of Duzbag Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP) with a capacity of 700,000 m3/day and ancillary structures in the City of Gaziantep (the "Project"). The Project will be implemented by GASKI, an affiliated institution of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality ("GMM" or the "City").
Project Objectives
One of the primary challenges in Gaziantep is the insufficient water treatment capacity due to an unprecedented population growth in the last decade. The city's own growth, coupled with hosting a Syrian refugee population of c. 430,000 since 2011, put a significant strain on the city's water resources and infrastructure. The situation is further exacerbated by the influx of c. 150,000 victims from the two magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes which hit 11 provinces (including Gaziantep) in South-Eastern Türkiye on February 6, 2023.
By deploying a new 700,000 m3/d of water treatment capacity, the Project will ensure the provision of healthy and safe drinking water for the current and projected population in Gaziantep.
Transition Impact
ETI score: 70
The Project will primarily help to promote the Green transition quality by improving reliability and quality of critical drinking water services, which is under stress due to the sudden population increase after the earthquake. The Project will also reduce the climate impact of Gaziantep's highly energy-intensive water supply system, through a more efficient use of gravity with a new DWTP to be built at a higher altitude. In this way, the Project will result in lower CO2 emissions per m3 of water compared to the baseline. The commissioning of a new DWTP will also enable GASKI to decommission its existing DWTP, which poses operational, health and safety risks due its close proximity to houses. The Project will be a follow-on investment to Gaziantep Green City Action Plan (GCAP), by addressing the priority environmental challenge of water resources management. The Project is expected to quality 100 per cent GET.
The Project will also contribute the Competitive transition quality by supporting the development of a Financial and Operational Performance Improvement Programme (FOPIP), to support GASKI improve its operational efficiency, environmental, social, and financial management to strengthen its corporate position.
