ENSAT is leading a project team of U.S. and Kazak specialists in the design of municipal water and sewer system upgrades for the City of Atyrau, in western Kazakstan. Under a project jointly funded by the U.S. TDA and the World Bank, ENSAT is developing plans and specifications to construct reliable water supply and sewage collection systems in two areas in Atyrau; a housing district with 20,000 inhabitants and a new business development site near the city's center. The scope of the project includes a river crossing using a horizontal directional drilling technique to minimize disturbance to important fisheries and to traffic on the Ural River, 3 new pumping stations, replacement of over 15 kilometers of water and sewage pipe, and connections to 65 apartment buildings.