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A water balance audit as a mandatory part of nonrevenue water projects would lead to proper design. An integrated supervisory control and data acquisition system for the water supply would support smooth operation.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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Fully staffed roject implementation units (PIUs) and involving municipal engineers in project design and implementation supports local knowledge and creates ownership and commitment.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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The size of contract packages should be optimized based on market conditions to attract contractors. Incentives for quality and timely delivery may foster better contractor performance.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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A cutoff date should be decided for the selection, design, and procurement of project components to allow enough time for the proper implementation of these components.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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For robust safeguards compliance monitoring, formats with specific monitoring parameters should be included in contracts. Information, education, and communication campaigns are required throughout project implementation, to address people's concerns expediently.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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That small investments can have large impacts can be seen in the rehabilitation of old water treatment plants in Bhopal, Jabalpur, and Gwalior, and in the Area Improvement Facilities (AIF) and Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) components.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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Innovative practices such as e-tendering, the use of trenchless pipe-laying technologies, and the simplified certification of contractors' invoices aid timely project execution.

Project Number: 32254-023, 32254-013
Project Name: Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement in Madhya Pradesh Project
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The potential close-down and reconstruction of the Erlangmiao WWTP was totally unanticipated. ADB was not notified of this matter until the project completion review in December 2014. This indicates the lack of thorough and serious policy dialogue with the executing agency. If WMG notified ADB early of its urban plan updates related to the activities (e.g. Erlangmiao WWTP in this case) under the project, such low effective subproject could have been avoided through a scope change.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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The project cost overrun is another major lesson learnt. Regardless of common factors, such as Chinese yuan appreciation and raise of labor and material prices, inadequate project preparation and insufficient engineering design contributed directly to the project cost increase because they resulted in costs underestimate at appraisal and frequent contract variations during implementation.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Lesson
The lessons from delayed construction of the Huangpu Road WWTP showed necessity of securing domestic approval in advance, prior to the loan effectiveness. If flooding control permission had been approved earlier, construction of the plant could have been completed on schedule and thus the overall project output could have been delivered completely. The lessons learned from procuring the design, supply, and installation contract for the Huangpu Road WWTP were meaningful for improving procurement efficiency in similar projects and contracts.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Lesson
The project experienced significant delay in implementation and in delivering the project outputs. This was mainly caused by the construction delay of the Huangpu Road WWTP, which was completed in August 2015, 1.5 years after the loan closing.

Project Number: 37597-013
Project Name: Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management Project
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Care should be exercised in designing new projects, in particular, in making urban population growth estimates in Lao PDR.

Project Number: 34197-032, 34197-042
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Northern and Central Regions Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 33218-013
Project Name: Regional Development Project, Phase II— Environmental Infrastructure and Management
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Executing agencies' recruitment of consultants remains time-consuming and was the main reason for start-up delays. This problem is not specific to the project but is common in all ADB-financed projects in Viet Nam. Delays in recruiting consultants result in delay of such project activities as detailed design, resettlement planning, environmental management planning, and preparing bidding documents.

Project Number: 30286-013
Project Name: Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project
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No new lessons

Project Number: 40052-013
Project Name: Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project
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