Karnataka urban water supply modernization project (kuwsmp) cost effective and sustainable up-scaling of continuous (24×7) pressured water supply, its operation and management in hubbali – dharwad city of karnataka, india

The Scope of work under the Contract includes a comprehensive assessment of the existing system, cost effective design of works needed for upgrading the system to a continuous pressured water supply, procurement of works/goods/services as Construction Manager for the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, construction supervision, system operation, maintenance of the system and customer relations (including customer interface, billing and collection) of this continuously pressured water supply system to be performed in 3 stages over the contract period of 12 years.
The project development objective is to “Improve water service quality to a continuous supply (24×7) across the three project cities of Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga in the state of Karnataka, through the establishment of institutionally and financially sustainable service delivery arrangements at ULB level”. The Scope of work under the Contract includes a comprehensive assessment of the existing system, cost effective design of works needed for upgrading the system to a continuous pressured water supply, procurement of works/goods/services as Construction Manager for the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, construction supervision, system operation, maintenance of the system and customer relations of this continuously pressured water supply system to be performed in 3 stages over the contract period of 12 years. Ranhill Utilities Sdn.Bhd. (Malaysia) in Joint Venture (JV) with Z&A Consulting engineers and I L & F S Water Ltd. (India) will also act as the operators of the system for the contract period of 12 years.