Improving access to drinking water
in Madagascar

Pre-operational urban study and programming for renovation of the Cabassou housing estate

Services

• Managing and Monitoring Technical Assistance Projects and Capacity Building
• Preliminary Studies for Urban Projects
• Impact Assessment
• Urban Development

Project Description

The project is part of the Madagascar Drinking Water Access Improvement Project (PAAEP), a US$220 million World Bank programme. It aims to develop a new water supply master plan for Greater Antananarivo, covering not only the Urban Community of Antananarivo (AUC) with its 6 districts, but also 35 surrounding communes grouped into three districts (Ambohidratrimo, Antananarivo Avaradrano, and Antananarivo Atsimondrano)

Provided services by Urbaconsulting

Project carried out in conjunction with our subsidiary Hydroconseil.
The aim is to provide JIRAMA and MEAH with a long-term investment planning tool to ensure the population has access to safe drinking water, taking into account both the city’s growth and the impacts of climate change.

• Feasibility studies and detailed design of planned infrastructure
• Design proposals and economic analysis of potential solutions
• Environmental and social impact studies for emergency infrastructure
• Hydraulic modeling and network measurement campaigns
• Estimation of water resources and future demand
• Household surveys to understand local water needs
• Analysis of water quality and catchment vulnerability

The project’s timeline

2023

• January-May : Initial state
• June : Household surveys
• July-October : Non-domestic consumption surveys, Consultation workshop with municipalities affected by the SDAEP
• November : Technical committee workshop on demographic scenarios and service assumptions

2024

• January : Technical committee workshop, Presentation: initial results and adjustments to service assumptions
• March : Submission of the provisional report and review by the technical committee / Presentation of provisional conclusions Project Management Unit/World Bank
• May : Presentation to key stakeholders for the SDAEP
• June : Hydraulic modelling

2025

• November 2024 -February : Distribution layout planning
• March-June : Update of the groundwater resources study
• June-October : Planning for resource mobilisation developments
• October : Economic and financial analysis of the proposed investment plan / Environmental analysis of the proposed investment plan
• December : Summary of activities and final presentations of the master plan

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