Upgrading municipal services in Ukraine: UMIP technical assistance

Urgently upgrade municipal services across the country.

In most Ukrainian cities, utility services are struggling to survive and maintain a constant service level, unable to invest in their modernisation or expansion due to lack of public subsidies. With practically no investment since the 1990s, water and district heating networks are now on the brink of collapse and need urgent investment to restore efficiency and address the challenges of climate change by reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, municipal waste management and public lighting services still use antiquated infrastructure and vehicles, and the municipal companies responsible for their management are unable to afford the necessary modern equipment and facilities.

To deal with this financially and operationally challenging situation, the UMIP (Ukraine Municipal Infrastructure Programme) is a multi-sector investment programme, funded by the EU Neighbourhood Investment Platform, that aims to support Ukraine’s municipal infrastructure in five sectors: district heating, energy efficiency in public buildings, municipal lighting, water supply, and solid waste management.

Egis has been appointed to support five ukrainian cities in procurement, contract management, and institutional capability building from 2020 to 2026.

Mariupol water supply and wastewater networks.

The city’s sewerage system is outdated, with wastewater reservoirs in poor condition due to physical wear and tear and corrosion. 43% of the wastewater drainage system’s 704 km of pipes are considered unfit for purpose due to their age.

The wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), commissioned in 1979, despite having more than three times the capacity of the wastewater it receives, is displaying its limitations, providing poor biological contamination. This results in detrimental effects on the environment, particularly the Azov Sea, into which the processed wastewater is discharged.

The project to modernise the water supply and wastewater system in Mariupol is a complex challenge. Its goals are to:

make substantial energy savings,
reduce water losses in networks,
improve wastewater treatment,
improve the technical efficiency of the utility, resulting in cost efficiencies.

Egis is assisting the Project Implementation Unit in tendering operations and procurement for the following investments:

Rehabilitation of the city’s one existing water pumping station with a capacity of 1,052 m³/h,
Rehabilitation of the three existing wastewater pumping stations, with an aggregate capacity of 5,927 m³/h,
Reconstruction of 52 km of water supply mains of a diameter of 500-1000 mm,
Rehabilitation of the biological wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with a capacity of 76,000 m³/day
Rehabilitation of the sewage force main, of a diameter of Ø1400 mm, stretching 2.9 km.

On completion, the project will improve water supply and sewerage services for Mariupol’s 411,000 inhabitants.

Upgrading municipal services in Ukraine: UMIP technical assistance.

Client

Timeline

Environmental benefit

Financing

Improved living standards and economic growth in Ukraine’s cities.

The challenge.

Urgently upgrade municipal services across the country.

Imagine.

Reliable urban service in 5 cities.

Create.

Mariupol water supply and wastewater networks.

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