Safe Water for All: A New Partnership for Growth and GOB’s National Environmental

Policy 2018 consumes

Safe Water for All: A New Partnership for Growth Project Objectives
This project’s development objective is to create inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
increased income through improved and new jobs in water treatment and distribution (SDGs 1 and
8), and to increase access to safe and affordable drinking water for people in Bangladesh (SDG6) -
supporting with economic recovery from Covid-19. The business objective is for Hydro and Grundfos
to enter & scale the Bangladesh safe water market and create a commercially viable business
partnership model (SDG9) for cleaning industrial effluent (SDG12), reducing harmful impacts of
effluent on people (SD3), providing safe drinking water (SDG6), and creating jobs (SDG8).

Align with Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive
employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and
foster innovation
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Align with National Strategy for Water Supply and Sanitation
Strategy 1: Expand access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation facilities
Strategy 7: Undertake specific approaches for hard-to-reach areas and vulnerable people
Strategy 8: Mainstream gender approaches
Strategy 9: Facilitate private sector participation
Strategy 10: Adopt integrated water resource management
Align with local government laws
The project objectives align with the local Government Laws at different level;
Union Parishad Act 2016
This Act has given Union Parishad some tasks of water management in its 2nd schedule.
Pourashava) Act 2009
 By the Act Pourshava has been given some of the authority in water management.
Article 11 of the 2nd schedule of the Act says about permission for personal source of
water in Pourashava area.
 Discharge of water is discussed in Article 12 and provision of government water body
is mentioned in Article 16.
City Corporation Act 2009
 City Corporation has been entrusted with some of the authority of managing water
 resources in the
areas under its jurisdiction.
Upazila Parishad Act 2016
 Upazila Parishad is entitled under 2nd schedule of the Act to manage water resource
to a small context.
District Council (Zila Parishad) Act 2000
 District Council has been authorized to manage water resources (water supply,
discharge of water,
conservation of water and water resources etc.) in the areas under its jurisdiction by this Act.
Align with Water Act 2013
Water Act 2013 is based on the National Water Policy, and designed for integrated
development, management, extraction, distribution, usage, protection and conservation of
water resources in Bangladesh.
• As per this Act, all forms of water (e.g., surface water, ground water, sea water, rain water
and atmospheric water) within the territory of Bangladesh belong to the government on
behalf of the people.
• The formation of the high-powered National Water Resources Council (henceforth termed
as the Council) with the prime minister as the head. An Executive Committee under the
Ministry of Water Resources will implement the decisions taken by the Council.
• The private landowners will be able to use the surface water inside their property for all
purposes in accordance with the Act.
• A worthwhile initiative is the requirement for permits/licenses for large scale water
withdrawal by individuals and organizations beyond domestic use.
• Without prior permission issued by the Executive Committee, no individuals or
organizations will be allowed to extract, distribute, use, develop, protect, and conserve water
resources, nor they will be allowed to build any structure that impede the natural flow of
rivers and creeks.
• The priority order for a water-stressed area as described in the Act is as follows: drinking
water > domestic usage> irrigation> fish culture> biodiversity > wildlife> in stream flow>
industry> salinity control> power generation> recreation> miscellaneous.
Align with Climate change strategy and action plan
The project’s objectives are aligned with the climate change strategy and action plan.
GOB’s National Environmental Policy 2018 Objectives (Relevant to the Project)
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Project Output 1: 21 water treatment plants (WTPs) (with appropriate Hydro and Grundfos
technology solutions) and 445 water distribution entrepreneurs
Related Environmental Policies:
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Output 2: 9 industrial effluent treatment plants (ETPs) (with appropriate Hydro and
Grundfos technology solutions)
Related Environmental Policies:
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Output 3: Servicing and supply chains for 30 Water Treatment Plants (WTPs and ETPs)
Related Environmental Policies:
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Output 4: Impact debt and equity mobilized through BRAC bank and other alternate
funding routes

Output 5: Advocacy, communications learning generation and dissemination

Related Environmental Policies:
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