Ulaanbaatar city, April 08, 2022 – Water Supply and Sewerage Authority of Ulaanbaatar city (USUG) is one of the key stakeholders of the Bulk Water Supply Project to be implemented under the second Millennium Challenge Compact in Mongolia. Every quarter, USUG organizes a conference among its engineers and technical specialists to discuss key technical issues for the utility operations and the 2022 1^st Quarter conference was held on April 08, 2022 at the USUG headquarters. Mr. Odkhuu Natsag, Head of USUG’s Engineering Policy Division opened the conference and emphasized that presentation about the Compact implementation progress during this conference is important as it helps USUG engineers to have a good understanding of the Compact and ensure necessary preparations in advance.

Afterwards, Mr. Batsukh Baljinnyam, Director of the Downstream Wells Activity of MCA-Mongolia and Ms. Unurjargal Lkhanaa, Director of the Water Sector Sustainability Activity of MCA-Mongolia, presented about the Compact implementation progress and planned activities for 2022 and the next four years.

At the end of the presentations, a video greeting from Kumar Ranganathan, Senior Director and Practice Lead in the Water and Sanitation Division of the Department of Compact Operations at MCC was shown, in which, Mr. Ranganathan highlighted the valuable contributions of USUG engineers in the Compact development and implementation.

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The Government of Mongolia and the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation signed the $350 million Mongolia Water Compact on July 27, 2018. The Compact is funding major infrastructure projects, including the construction of new wellfields and two large plants - an Advanced Water Purification Plant and Wastewater Recycling Plant which will be the first of their kind in Mongolia. In addition, the Compact will invest in policy measures to create a financially and environmentally sustainable future for the water sector of Ulaanbaatar. By 2026, the water system in Ulaanbaatar will have been expanded to deliver 80% more drinking water, allowing for the city’s future expansion.