WASH / water infrastructure services

Canada first

• Goods and investment sectoral prohibitions were largely repealed in February 2026; targeted Schedule 1 listings and residual controls still bind. GAC Syria; SOR/2011-114
• Screen every implementing partner, contractor, and payment intermediary. Delistings in recovery-critical sectors do not clear ownership chains. GAC backgrounder
• Project finance and correspondent banking friction remain material even when Canadian legal room expands (operational analysis). See GAC guidance and Tools.

Demand & capability

Demand class (World Bank): Reconstruction best estimate US$216B (range $140–345B), of which US$82B infrastructure — infrastructure rebuild scope discussed alongside power, transport, telecom, and WASH — World Bank, 21 October 2025. Treat this as a demand category, not an itemized Canadian tender list. Assessment PDFs are not hosted on this site.

Approved IDA grant (institutional demand evidence): Syria Emergency Water Security and Resilient Services Project — US$150M IDA grant (Board 23 April 2026) for bulk water and climate-proof treatment in Idlib, Homs and Hama, plus Damascus wastewater rehabilitation — World Bank, 23 April 2026. This is Syrian-side public financing, not Canadian project clearance. Full IDA table: Figures — WB IDA.

Canadian capability signal (weak / not Syria-specific): Canada exported $20.2B environmental and clean technology products in 2024 — StatCan The Daily, 17 February 2026.

Canadian contribution mode: water and WASH infrastructure services, engineering, and equipment supply where listings and payment rails allow — secondary to power-system services in contribution ranking.