The Water Sector Support Project is to strengthen sector institutions for integrated water resources management and improve access to water supply and sanitation services. There are 4 components to the project:

a) strengthening institutional capacity for improving the management of water resources. It will provide:

(i) logistical and technical assistance for strengthening of the 9 basin institutions and their management systems,

(ii) support for the planning and preparation of integrated (river and lake) basin development and management plans,

(iii) support for the implementation of selected priority water resources (single and multi-purpose) investment projects identified by the Government of Tanzania;

b) providing support to all local governments in the scaling up of the provision of rural water and sanitation services in pursuit of the MDGs;

c) giving support to Dar es Salaam, all regional and district capitals, and gazetted small town utilities in the scaling up of provision of urban water and sanitation services in pursuit of the MDGs; and

d) providing:

(i) support for putting into operation the new role of the Ministry of Water,

(ii) assistance for strengthening sub-sector planning and operational capacities,

(iii) support to sector coordination and policy re-alignment, and

(iv) support for sector capacity building