Table of contents
1. Background
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2. Project progress
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3. Challenges / Obstacles encountered
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4. Financial progress
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5. Project pictures
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ANNEX 1
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Project Name:
Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant
and Main Pressure Line in Khan Younis
Project Number:
PAL50-00047396
UNDP PMO:
Basil Nasser
Contribution of the Government of
Japan:
US$ 14,830,000
Report Date:
31 March 2006
Reporting Period:
1 October 2005 – 31 March 2006
Project starting Date:
October 2005
1. Background
This is the first bi-annual progress report for the project “Construction of Sewage Treatment
Plant and Main Pressure Line in Khan Younis”, funded by the Government of Japan. The
report covers the period between October 1, 2005 and March 31, 2006.
The project consists of the following components:
a) Construction of the main pressure line, supply and Install of 24 inch diameter and 4,750
meter length steel pressure line from pump station No. 8 to the Waste Water Treatment
Plant (WWTP).
b) Construction of the WWTP.
The project aims at improving the environmental health conditions in the area of Khan Younis
through the provision of a comprehensive sewage network that will include the construction of
a treatment plant and sewage lines. The project will support the development of detailed
designs for the treatment plant and the complementary parts of the sewage network, and the
construction works of both the treatment plant and part of the sewage lines. The second aim of
the project is to create through the adoption of labor intensive methods techniques where
applicable in the implementation of the project activities the maximum number feasible for
short term and long term employment opportunities.
The area covered by the proposed project is the Governorate of Khan Younis in the southern
part of the Gaza Strip (Annex 1: project location map). The city of Khan Younis where the
majority of the population is residing currently has 175,000 residents, with approximately
60,000 refugees living in the area refugee camps. The southern part of the Gaza Strip was
economically weak even before the current Intifada and unemployment was high in the area.
The project activities are planned to be implemented within 24 months from the date of
signing the agreement between UNDP/PAPP and Khan Younis Municipality. The period of
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the project implementation includes the review and finalization of designs and project
documents, the bidding process, bids evaluation and awarding to the consultant, design phase,
pre-qualification of contractors for the construction works, bidding process, bid evaluation
and awarding contracts to the contractors, and finally the implementation phase that is
expected to last for 20 months.
The Municipality of Khan Younis facilitates the implementation of the project through the
provision of all the required legal and procedural requirements, solving land acquisition
disputes, in addition to maximize the residents support and participation in the project
implementation, beside being part of the evaluation review of bids, providing technical
support when needed, etc. The Palestinian Water Authority ( PWA) acts as a coordinating
body of the project, providing its technical assistance to the project implementation and assist
in the tendering process of the Project.
The primary beneficiaries of the project are the 150,000 residents of Khan Youins and in a
future stage the residents of the villages located in Khan Younis Governorate.
Other beneficiaries include:
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Owners of property in the flood prone areas who will no longer suffer flood
caused drainage.
The families of the unemployed workers who will have their living sustained
due to the income, although minimal, to be generated by their household heads.
The Khan Younis municipality and Palestinian Authority as the project
contribute to preventing a total collapse of the institutional, social and economic
fabric in the Gaza Strip in general and Khan Younis town in particular.
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2. Project progress
2.1 Construction of the main pressure line
The construction of the main pressure is implemented directly by the UNDP in cooperation
with the Municipality of Khanyounis and PWA. Designs and tender documents were reviewed
and approved by UNDP/PAPP staff. A contract was signed with the selected contractor, El
Khaesi Contracting and General Trade Co. on December 20, 2005, and the site was handed
over to the contractor on December 22, 2005.
The following activities have been completed:
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Installation of 510. LM of steel pressure pipes of diameter 24 inches.
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Installation of 367.2 LM of concrete pipes of diameter 1000 mm.
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Installation of 5 concrete manholes of dimension 1.5 m X 1.5 m.
The project duration is 5 months, until now %40 of the works are completed. The borders
closure resulted in materials shortage, that affected the completion date of the project.
Consequently, the project is expected to encounter some delay for unpredictable period,
depending on the availability of the materials. The remaining works need around 3 months to
be completed.
Targeted achievement for the next reporting period:
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Installation of around 500. LM of steel pressure pipes of diameter 24 inches.
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Installation of 773 LM of concrete pipes of diameter 1000 mm.
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Installation of 8 concrete manholes of dimension 1.5 m X 1.5 m.
2.2 Construction of the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).
The conceptual design final report was completed in May 2005 by a Finish consulting firm
that has been assigned by the concerned Palestinian institutions to carry out the tasks of
design preparation. The Finish consulting firm is currently working on the preliminary design
that is expected to be completed in mid of April.
3. Obstacles Encountered:
The closure of the border crossings with Israel since 20/09/2005 has resulted in a shortage in
some building materials, particularly pipes and concrete, causing delay in project
implementation.
4. Financial progress:
Description
Budget Cost in
US$
Treatment Plant Construction
Supply and Install of 24 inch
diameter and 4,750 meter
length Pressure Line from
pump station No. 8 to WWTP
(see Annex II: the Maps)
Construction of the main
pressure line
Project
months
Engineer
for
1,000,000
60,000
Civil Site Engineers 2 for 20
months
60,000
Electromechanical Mechanical
1 for 20 months
30,000
Contingencies
Balance of
unspent
committed
funds US $
12,550,000
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Sub-total
Committed/
Spent to
date
In US $
546,170
453,830
13,700,000
31,481
Subtotal
Administrative
and
Operational Support at 8% flat
rate
13,731,481
1,098,519
Total Estimated Budget (US
$)
14,380,000
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5. Pictures
Construction of the main pressure line
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