The World Bank has approved a loan of US$173 million to China to
improve urban environment in northeast China's Liaoning Province,
WB China sources said on Wednesday.
The project will assist eight medium-sized cities in Liaoning to
improve water supply as well as waste water and solid waste
disposal services.
According to the WB, the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
co-financed the project with a grant of US$5 million.
The WB loan will finance construction of wastewater collection
and treatment facilities, water distribution pipelines and solid
waste collection and transfer work, installation of water supply
meters and upgrading of water treatment plants.
The GEF grant will be used to provide technical assistance in
design and construction, public utility improvement programs, solid
waste master planning and water pollution control planning.
Enhanced waste water and solid waste services will also help
reduce pollution into East China's Bohai Sea and help improve water
quality, said Greg Browder, senior environmental engineer and
project task leader.
(Xinhua News Agency June 28, 2007)
