Water Security Action and Investment Plan for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.

This Water Security Action and Investment Plan (WSAIP) for the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) seeks to provide a response to water security threats arising from increased urbanisation. It provides a common understanding of the current and anticipated water security threats, and a list of investment actions (projects) to mitigate those threats, enhance resilience and support inclusive socio-economic development. The WSAIP consists of six sections: 1. The Introduction summarises the purpose and objectives of the WSAIP and shades light on its development process; 2. the Status of Water Security introduces the concept of water security and summarises the current status of water security in GKMA; 3. the Economic Benefits of Improved Water Security analyses the merits of enhanced water security in GKMA; 4. Planning for a Water-Secure Future presents key components of the planning process; 5. Investment Options for a Water-Secure Future summarises the strategic intervention areas, scenarios and policy options, and presents strategic goals of the WSAIP; 6. Implementation summarises the execution arrangements of the WSAIP. This includes a pipeline of investment actions, proposed governance structure, financing, and monitoring and evaluation processes. There are also six strategic goals to support the realisation of a water-secure future in the short (2025), medium (2030) and long (2040) term. These are: To institutionalise water security and decision support tools in order to translate the concept of water security into practice (evidence-based integrated planning for water security); to reduce the amount of polluting substances entering Inner Murchison Bay in order to increase Dissolved Oxygen by 85% by 2040; to reduce the volume of solid waste entering the environment by increasing the current rate of solid waste collection and recycling by 50% by 2030; to dampen flood peak flows in flood hotspot areas by 40% by 2040 through sustained conservation and rehabilitation of natural ecosystems as well as investment in blue-green infrastructure; to increase water supply and sanitation coverage in poorly served areas by 50% by 2030; to strengthen the institutional framework to enable multi-sectoral inter-institutional collaboration to address water security risks at the hydrologic/environmental systems scale. The WSAIP adopts a project-based approach to investment planning using an evidence-based decision support framework. Thirteen investment projects listed in Table 2 have been selected to kickstart the investment process. The WSAIP also formulates recommendations and proposes next steps.