In the country of Bangladesh, both urban and rural areas had inadequate water supply facilities due to lack of capital investment. In Chottogram City, the second largest city in the country, the water supply and sewerage system had a low penetration rate of about 50%, which affected the living environment of residents and was a disincentive for private investment. The Chotgram Water and Sewerage Authority (CWASA), which operates water and sewage services in Dhaka and Chotgram, was in a difficult financial situation, making even small capital investments difficult. On the other hand, the Bangladesh government, in its National Water Management Plan (2004), had set the goal of halving the proportion of the population without access to safe drinking water by 2010, and of increasing the water supply coverage rate in urban areas to 90% by 2025. In the National Water Management Plan (2004), the goals were to provide all citizens with access to safe water and wastewater services by 2010 and to increase water supply coverage to 90% in urban areas by 2025. Under these circumstances, the development of water supply was considered a high priority, especially in the city of Chotgram, which has a rapidly growing population and a large supply-demand gap for water supply. This cooperation contributed to the improvement of the living environment of local residents and the investment environment by increasing the water supply for civil and industrial use through the construction of water supply facilities in the city.
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