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05 Water supply and sanitation investment plan for Redcliff, Zimbabwe The consortium comprising of lead partner Vitens Evides International (VEI), Bosch Projects and SNV Zimbabwe, were appointed by Crown Agents of the United Kingdom in April 2016 to develop a Water supply and sanitation investment plan for the town of Redcliff. The document was completed by May 2017. The investment plan includes specific investment components, as follows: Redcliff is a town situated in Zimbabwe’s Highveld, midway along the main road between Harare and Bulawayo. Over many years, the town’s infrastructure services have been supplied by the local steel industry, ZISCO. With the scaling down of ZISCO operations, the town now lacks capacity to provide water and sanitation services. • Water demand management and water loss reduction The project is funded through the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (Zim Fund), which is administered by the African Development Bank on behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe and various international donor agencies. The Final Investment Plan was presented to the relevant stakeholders in Redcliff during August 2017. Existing wastewater treatment works at Redcliff • Water supply service improvement • Extension of water supply services • Sewerage service improvements • Extension of sewerage services, • Associated management and institutional aspects. Mohammed Vawda - [email protected] View of Redcliff and ZISCO steelworks Public-private partnerships in the water sector In 2014, the Department of Water and Sanitation identified that more than R600 billion was required to address water and wastewater infrastructure challenges in South Africa. However, the fiscus is only able to provide for half of this, resulting in a large capital funding gap. Public-private partnerships could potentially be utilised to bridge the funding gap. A public-private partnership (PPP) is a contract between a public-sector institution and a private party, where the private party performs a function that would normally be undertaken by the public sector. The private party, often provides skills and technology, but can also be required to provide capital for the development of infrastructure within a risk-sharing arr angement. Bosch Capital recently presented on the potential to utilise the PPP model for desalination projects in South Africa at a symposium in Cape Town. The group also hosted the KZN Roundtable discussion on the Kopano ya Metsi project focused on understanding the challenges that currently hinder private investment in the water sector in South Africa. Bosch Capital aims to work with relevant parties in South Africa, including development finance institutions, government and the private sector, to interrogate the viability of projects for implementation through PPPs. Our team has the requisite A typical example of a PPP Project for a Desalination Plant technical capability and funding networks to structure PPP projects. Rajiv Paladh - [email protected]