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The project development objective of the Pernambuco Sustainable Water Project for Brazil is to improve sustainable water supply and sanitation services for the population residing in the Capibaribe river basin and in the Metropolitan Region of Recife (MRR). There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is water sector management and institutional development. This component will contribute to the Government of Pernambuco (GoPE's) goal of long-term water security, through strengthening the sector's institutional and regulatory frameworks as well as the state's capacity for integrated sector planning, policy and management. The second component of the project is improving efficiency in the provision of eater supply and sanitation services. This component will be implemented by Pernambuco State Water Supply and Sanitation Company (COMPESA) to increase the company's operational and economic performance and improve its corporate governance and management. The third component of the project is water supply and sanitation service expansion. This component will support the GoPE and COMPESA in the implementation of activities aimed at: (i) increasing the volume of water supplied in the MRR and in the Capibaribe river basin, which will result in reduced population affected by intermittent supply, and (ii) expanding sewerage services in the main cities located upstream of the main water supply reservoirs in the Capibaribe river basin, reducing pollution loads and protecting water quality, and (iii) improving the state's capacity to leverage future investments, by reviewing and preparing plans and engineering designs for future priority water supply and sewerage systems to be implemented in the state.
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