Mongolia: MCC Downstream Wells Activity

Project number: MN2-2750BXCOMD-WTR SECTOR-0501 Funding account: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Expenses Channel: U.S. Government - Millennium Challenge Corporation Mongolia Water Compact - Water Sector Project - Downstream Wells Activity: Supports the development of the Biokombinat Wellfield and the Shuvuun Wellfield downstream of Ulaanbaatar. MCC Funding for this Activity funds the construction of (i) approximately 52 new wells in the two downstream wellfields, (ii) associated pumps, local collection pipelines, equalization tanks, and a transmission line to convey the water from the wellfields, (iii) an advanced water purification plant located at the western edge of the city to remove contaminants (designed to include multiple barriers to remove pathogens, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, and other contaminants that may be present in the groundwater), and (iv) storage facilities, pumping station, and conveyance pipeline to transport finished water from the purification plant into the existing municipal water network of Ulaanbaatar.