Baghdad Water Supply and Sewerage Improvement Project
Water supply and sewerage rehabilitation, 380 km of water distribution network targeted, of which 134 km rehabilitated by 2023 serving 222,700 people; the R2 water reservoir; six wastewater contracts covering the Ghazaliya sewer trunk, the Rasafa 2 pumping stations and the Habibiya, Ghazaliya, Khadra and Doura sewerage stations in Iraq.
The record
- Country
- Iraq
- Location
- Baghdad
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Water supply and sewerage rehabilitation
- Capacity
- 380 km of water distribution network targeted, of which 134 km rehabilitated by 2023 serving 222,700 people; the R2 water reservoir; six wastewater contracts covering the Ghazaliya sewer trunk, the Rasafa 2 pumping stations and the Habibiya, Ghazaliya, Khadra and Doura sewerage stations
- Capital cost
- US$150 million
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Mayoralty of Baghdad
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Baghdad Water Authority and Baghdad Sewerage Authority
- Finance
- IBRD loan 87960, approved at US$210 million and reduced to US$150 million in 2023
- Award or start year
- 2018
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2018-01
IBRD loan of US$210 million approved by the World Bank board
- 2018-04
loan agreement signed
- 2018-07
loan became effective
- 2022-05
mid-term review
- 2023-05
restructuring cancelled US$60 million and extended the closing date
- 2024-12
commitments reached US$137.1 million and disbursements US$84.02 million
- 2026-05
revised closing date
Sources
5 references
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- World Bank, Baghdad Water Supply and Sewerage Improvement Project (P162094). projects.worldbank.org.
- Borrower the Republic of Iraq, implementing agency the Mayoralty of Baghdad, IBRD commitment US$210 million, board approval 31 January 2018, closing date 31 May 2026. World Bank, Restructuring Paper RES50166, May 2023. documents.worldbank.org.
- Loan signed 29 April 2018 and effective 16 July 2018; partial cancellation of US$60 million leaving a revised loan of US$150 million; 134 km of the targeted 380 km of network completed, benefiting an estimated 222,700 people.
- World Bank, Implementation Status and Results Report seq. 17, archived 6 March 2025. documents.worldbank.org.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Components are institutional strengthening at US$6.25 million, investment in drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure at US$142.25 million and project management at US$1.5 million; commitments US$137.1 million and disbursements US$84.02 million at December 2024; R2 reservoir physical progress 89 per cent.