Project finance

Project and export finance arrangements are put in place according to client requirements to fund vital long-term water and wastewater infrastructure works.

Biwater’s international presence and 40 years of experience in financing water and wastewater infrastructure projects globally facilitates access to a wide range of financiers including commercial banks, donor agencies, export credit agencies, development banks, bilateral and multi-lateral Institutions, which enable us to provide the optimal finance package, turning aspiration into reality.

As specialists in financing projects, we pride ourselves in arranging long-term, low-cost financial solutions for water infrastructure projects of any size or scope, with the expertise to fund all phases of a project:

Development and design phase
Construction phase
Operation and maintenance phase

To find out more about Biwater's project finance, please download the Financial Services brochure.

The funding packages we arrange for clients include:

Export Credit finance with long-term repayment periods up to 18 years (include buyer credit, supplier credit and line of credit)
Direct Lending Export Credit with long-term fixed rates of interest
Downpayment financing
Capital markets and infrastructure bonds
Project Finance
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Grant funding and concessional finance
Equity investment

The contract types that can result from such finance arrangements include:

Design, Finance, Build, Operate (DFBO)
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
Build, Own, Operate, Transfer (BOOT)
Build, Own, Operate (BOO)
Design, Bid, Build (DBB)
Design, Build, Operate (DBO)
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)
Operation and maintenance (O&M)
Concession
Water company ownership

Biwater has put together over 40 financing packages for projects across the world, these are examples of some of those projects:

Managua Wastewater Treatment Plant, Nicaragua

Omdurman Water Treatment Plant, Sudan

Tortola Water Infrastructure Project, Virgin Islands

Tamale Water Supply Scheme, Ghana

Laguna Alta Water Treatment Plant, Panama

Urban Water Supply Schemes, Dominican Republic

Malaysian Rural Water Supply Scheme, Malaysia

Puerto Vallarta Planta Norte Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mexico

Our in-house project finance experts facilitate project finance arrangements to deliver appropriate financial solutions that support water infrastructure projects of any size or scope.

Project finance

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