World Bank Second Ulaanbaatar Service Improvement Project (USIP2)     Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2011. EASEN’s experts successfully completed the World Bank-financed Second Ulaanbaatar Service Improvement Project (USIP2). Under this contract, EASEN provided technical assistance (TA) in overall project management with a focus on construction supervision. The project improved the water supply to the urban poor in a sustainable manner.     The project consisted of the following components:   Improvement of water  supply  in  the  Ger  areas  of Bayankhoshuu, Chingeltei, Dambadarjaa, Dari-Ekh, Naran, and Uliastai Strengthen city wastewater treatment system and solid waste management in selected areas Support water conservation and leakage control Expand water quality monitoring and solid waste management practices Enhance energy efficiency by replacing selected obsolete high energy consuming electrical equipment with energy efficient equipment Institutional development and project management to support further improvements in selected operational and commercial aspects of USUG, as well as the overall project management of USIP2     The project included:   Construction of water supply pipelines, concrete reservoirs, pumping stations, new water kiosks, rehabilitation of several water kiosks supplied by water trucks, and provision of water tankers and vacuum-type waste tanker trucks to improve the water supply in selected Ger areas Rehabilitation of city water supply pipes and water supply well fields Upgrade of telemetry systems to improve the water supply services in the urban areas Reduction of the energy consumption of the overall water supply system by replacing old, inefficient equipment and electrical lines Improvements in integrated water supply management through training and capacity building   EASEN successfully improved the water supply as well as enhanced the energy efficiency, institutional development, and project management of the Ger areas in Ulaanbaatar,  Mongolia. EASEN's team of experts Undertook technical support to the project that included water supply, wastewater treatment, landfill, and solid waste management in the selected cities, and provided a series of training on procurement procedures and methods for bank and international grants financed projects.  EASEN also provided guidance on the implementation of the World Bank loan and several international grants (Japanese, Dutch, French, the World Bank etc), involving water pipeline connections and solid waste management for the Ger areas, landscaping, community infrastructures, low cost sanitations, micro-financing of the community led infrastructures, and public awareness campaign program for raising water and wastewater tariff, etc.     This project started at the end of 2004 and was completed in June 2011.

ADB Loan Tianjin Wastewater Treatment and Water Resources Protection Project     EASEN was contracted for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tianjin Wastewater Treatment and Water Resources Protection Project in Tianjin, China. This project was implemented between 2003 and 2005.     The main objectives of the project were as follows:   Improvement of the urban environment by reducing environmental contamination Improvement of wastewater management Improvement of the quality of raw water supply Improvement of the landfill and solid waste management system Strengthening the capacity of the raw water supply and wastewater operations to be more efficient and managed on commercial principles Introduction of comprehensive watershed management approaches Improvement of revenue collection through an improved tariff structure, with gradual increases to achieve full cost recovery   EASEN provided the following services:   Capital operation Financial management & institutional strengthening Utility tariff setting for water supply, wastewater, landfill and solid waste .