Water

ADB Approves Bridge Fund for WOPs 21 Jul 2011 ADB has recently approved bridge financing from the Water Financing Partnership Facility to support the continuation of the WOPs Program, particularly twinning activities in selected countries in the region. These twinning arrangements are: Tonga Water Board (Tonga) and Manukau Water (New Zealand) Eda Ranu in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and City West Water (Australia) PNG Water Board (Papua New Guinea) and Hunter Valley Water (Australia) Zheng Zhou Water Supply Corporation (China, People’s Republic of) and City West Water (Australia) Nampapa Nakhone Luang (Lao PDR) and Phnom Pehn Water Supply Authority (Cambodia) Davao City Water District (Philippines) and Vitens Evides International (Netherlands) Two utilities in the People’s Republic of China, the Baotou Water Supply and the Chongqing Sanxia Water Utility Company are awaiting potential mentor utilities. Multiple recipient twinning partnerships will also be established in Cambodia with Phnom Pehn Water Supply Authority PPWSA as mentor Lao PDR with the Provincial Waterworks Authority of Thailand as mentor ADB in partnership with regional and national associations such as Southeast Asia Water Utilities Network (SEAWUN), Pacific Water and Wastes Association (PWWA), and China Urban Water Association (CUWA) have been jointly promoting and supporting twinning partnerships and other capacity building initiatives for water operators in the Asia-Pacific region. Bridge financing has also been approved for continuing the operations of the WOPs Secretariat.