📋 Tender Overview
Location: Türkiye
Project number: 54894
Business sector: Municipal and environmental infrastructure
Notice type: State
Environmental category: IESE
EBRD Finance Summary: EUR 35,000,000.00
Total Project Cost: EUR 70,000,000.00
Project Description
A senior unsecured loan of up to EUR 35.0 million to Mersin Water and Sewage Administration ("MESKI" or the "Client") to finance the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of 6 (six) wastewater treatment plants ("WWTPs") and deep-sea discharge pipelines for 3 existing WWTPs (the "Project"). With this investment, the capacity of the WWTPs will be increased from c. 280,000 m3/d, to c. 400,000 m3/d.
Project Objectives
The Project will support the wastewater treatment capacity of the city of Mersin that is strained due to the sudden population increase caused by the migration received from the areas heavily impacted by the devastating earthquakes which hit 11 provinces in South-Eastern Turkiye on February 6 2023.
Transition Impact
ETI score: 64
The Project will primarily help to promote the Inclusive transition quality by not only addressing the wastewater treatment capacity problem in large parts of the city, but also by paving the way for establishing modern and widespread wastewater collection and treatment systems in some underdeveloped parts of the city which are lacking a sewage network. In such regions, collection of wastewater is made through septic tanks and with an intensive sewage truck operation, which reduce the quality of life of inhabitants.
The Project will also contribute the Green transition quality by improving the wastewater treatment capacity in the city of Mersin, thus bringing significant environmental benefits, including prevention of environmental and marine pollution. The GET component of the Project will be confirmed pursuant to the outcome of the technical due diligence. The Project will also support the Client to reach its goal of reusing 43 million m3 of treated wastewater per annum. This will alleviate the pressure on the energy intensive water distribution network composed of pumps and underground wells and help the existing water resources to replenish.
