The EBRD provided a loan to finance a programme of priority capital investments, to improve the municipal water services in the Central Tajik cities of Gissar, Shachrinav, Somoniyon, and Turzonzoda. The overall objectives of this Project are to: (i) rehabilitate the water supply system and, where applicable, allow selected wastewater improvements; (b) improve both billing and collection; and (c) improve financial and operational management.