Location
Fiji / Global islands
Project record
Fiji Kinoya wastewater treatment and Laucala Bay outfall programme
Water Authority of Fiji has opened CW02 for an estimated US$104.85 million operate-design-build-operate upgrade of Kinoya wastewater treatment plant, including five years of operations and maintenance. ADB's environmental assessment fixes the current marine boundary: the 36 MLD Stage 1 plant will disinfect treated effluent before reusing the existing 2.4 km Laucala Bay ocean outfall, with no new offshore pipeline identified in the reviewed package.
Segment
Marine utilities
Status
CW02 international prequalification open; Water Authority of Fiji lists a 28 August 2026 closing date / Confirmed
Evidence reviewed
15 July 2026
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Project anatomy
Scope, counterparties, and execution logic
- Client / authority
- Water Authority of Fiji
- Delivery parties
- CW02 design-build-operate contractor not appointed; international prequalification remains open, Miya S.A.R.L. (separate Greater Suva non-revenue-water performance contract)
- Contract route
- ADB-financed international open competitive bidding with prequalification for CW02, a design-build-operate contract including five years of operations and maintenance; the February 2026 plan applies prior review, a 70:30 merit-point evaluation, and an estimated US$104.85 million package value
- Execution window
- Water Authority of Fiji lists CW02 prequalification closing at 3:00 PM Fiji time on 28 August 2026. The February 2026 procurement plan scheduled the international process from Q2 2026; the final loan agreement closes on 30 June 2033. Current public records do not provide award, detailed-design, construction, commissioning, or operating-start dates.
- Works package
- Operate-design-build-operate upgrade of Kinoya wastewater treatment plant to a 36 MLD / 180,000 population-equivalent Stage 1, including inlet pumping, screening and grit removal, primary and secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, sludge and co-digestion systems, disinfection, commissioning, and five years of operations and maintenance
- Marine interfaces
- Disinfected treated effluent returns to Laucala Bay through the existing approximately 2.4 km HDPE ocean outfall. The reviewed ESIA and procurement plan do not identify a new offshore pipeline, diffuser, dredging, or marine-construction package.
- Commercial read
- CW02 creates a defined US$104.85 million international DBO opportunity concentrated in treatment-process design, civil and mechanical works, controls, commissioning, effluent compliance, sludge systems, operator capability, and five-year performance. The existing outfall remains an operating and monitoring interface, not an evidenced new marine works award.
- Next milestone
- Confirm the CW02 prequalification result and issue of bidding documents, then identify the selected DBO contractor, contract value, programme, final hydraulic tie-in, existing-outfall condition requirements, discharge-consent obligations, and commissioning acceptance tests.
Material change register
What changed, when, and what it proves
Only source-bound events that alter phase, scope, counterparties, delivery, completion, commissioning, or acceptance are listed. A change can advance the record without proving the next gate.
WAF current tender list confirms CW02 open with a 28 August closing date
The live utility list advances Kinoya from approval into active international prequalification for an operate-design-build-operate package. An open process does not prove shortlist, award, notice to proceed, construction, or accepted performance.
Read controlling sourceProcurement plan defines a US$104.85 million DBO with five years of operations
The plan fixes CW02 as an international, prequalified, prior-review design-build-operate competition with a 70:30 merit-point evaluation. It defines a major treatment and operating package but does not add a new offshore outfall or marine pipeline.
Read controlling sourceSeparate Greater Suva water-loss contract awarded to Miya
ADB records a US$25.03 million performance-based non-revenue-water contract to Miya S.A.R.L. This is a programme delivery milestone but is separate from CW02 and does not identify a Kinoya DBO contractor or any marine works award.
Read controlling sourceADB financing became effective
Effectiveness moved the programme beyond signature into an active financing period. Procurement completion, field mobilisation, plant construction and environmental performance require later evidence.
Read controlling sourceFinal US$135 million loan agreement signed
The signed agreement fixes the controlling loan amount and a 30 June 2033 closing date. Together with the separate US$10 million grant it supersedes the older approval-news split, but financing signature is not a construction or operating milestone.
Read controlling sourceADB approved the Healthy Oceans and Water Security programme
Approval established the sovereign programme and its intended water-security and Laucala Bay outcomes. It did not define CW02 award, detailed design, construction start, effluent compliance, or measured ecosystem recovery.
Read controlling sourceEnvironmental assessment defines plant-side upgrade and reuse of the existing outfall
The assessment establishes 36 MLD Stage 1 treatment, disinfection, and discharge through the existing approximately 2.4 km Laucala Bay outfall. It also cautions that wider bay pollution has multiple sources, limiting any claim that plant completion alone proves ecosystem recovery.
Read controlling sourceDelivery watch
Evidence needed next
Confirm the CW02 prequalification result and issue of bidding documents, then identify the selected DBO contractor, contract value, programme, final hydraulic tie-in, existing-outfall condition requirements, discharge-consent obligations, and commissioning acceptance tests.
Decision watchpoints
- CW02 prequalification outcome, shortlist, bidding documents, award, and notice to proceed
- 36 MLD Stage 1 process design, hydraulic tie-in, disinfection, sludge and co-digestion scope
- Condition and operating envelope of the existing 2.4 km Laucala Bay ocean outfall
- Commissioning evidence against BOD, suspended-solids, faecal-coliform, ammonia, nitrogen, and phosphorus limits
- Bay-wide monitoring that distinguishes Kinoya discharge effects from other point and non-point pollution sources
Project availability status
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The final signed financing and procurement records supersede the approval-news financing split: the September 2025 loan agreement records a US$135 million ADB loan, the programme also carries a US$10 million grant, and the February 2026 plan records US$145 million of ADB financing within US$171 million total project financing. The ESIA defines Kinoya Stage 1 at 36 MLD / 180,000 population equivalent and says disinfected effluent will use the existing approximately 2.4 km Laucala Bay outfall. Its outcome target is for 80% of outfall monitoring results to meet national standards for BOD, TSS, faecal coliform, ammonia, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus. The same assessment cautions that Kinoya may be only a minor nutrient source relative to other bay inputs, so plant compliance remains separate from bay-wide recovery.
Phase: prequalification. Evidence reviewed: 15 July 2026.
Project sources 7
- Fiji Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project Asian Development Bank, Publication date not stated; evidence reviewed 15 July 2026
- Report and recommendation for Fiji Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project Asian Development Bank, 11 September 2025
- Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project environmental and social assessment Asian Development Bank / Water Authority of Fiji, 2 June 2025
- Fiji Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project procurement plan Asian Development Bank, 26 February 2026
- Fiji Healthy Oceans and Water Security Improvement Project loan agreement Asian Development Bank / Republic of Fiji, 23 September 2025
- ADB approves support for ocean health and water security in Fiji Asian Development Bank, 12 September 2025
- Water Authority of Fiji current tender list: CW02 Kinoya wastewater treatment plant Water Authority of Fiji, Current list reviewed 15 July 2026