COMPREHENSIVE GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT

THE WATER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (WDA) OF THE MINISTRY OF MINERALS & WATER RESOURCES (MMWR) WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROJ. AS A FIRST STEP,A GENERAL WATER RESOURCES SURVEY WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE WDA. EXISTING DATA & MATERIALS ON THE GEOPHYSICAL & HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE COLLATED & PLOTTED ON MAPS. IN ADDITION,PROJ PRIORITY AREAS WILL BE SELECTED & ALL WATERING POINTS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE SURVEYED. USAID WILL ASSIGN A HYDROLOGIST,A HYDROLOGY TECHNICIAN,AND A WATER QUALITY EXPERT,AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTARY HYDROLOGISTS AND GEOPHYSICAL TECHNICIANS TO THE WDA (22.2 PERSON-MOS OF ASSISTANCE). USAID WILL ALSO PROVIDE THREE GEOPHYSICAL TRUCKS WITH DOWN-HOLE VIDEO EQUIPMENT & FOUR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES & WILL ASSIST IN ESTABLISHING REGIONAL WATER QUALITY LABORATORIES. FOLLOWING THE SURVEYS,A WATER EXPLOITATION PROGRAM WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN PRIORITY AREAS,TO INCLUDE DRILLING,DUG WELLS,AND SURFACE WATER DEVELOPMENT. THREE MOBILE DRILLING TEAMS (CONSISTING OF A DRILLER,A HYDROLOGIST,AND A GEOPHYSICAL TECHNICIAN) WILL INSTALL WELLS & COLLECT DATA. THE PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE 66 LIVESTOCK WELLS & 75 TO 85 RURAL WELLS. TO STRENTHEN THE WDA,THE US ADVISORS WILL PROVIDE ON-JOB TRAINING TO WDA PERSONNEL & SEMINAR TRAINING TO WDA & OTHER RELATED AGENCY PERSONNEL. A MINIMUM OF 68 WDA STAFF MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE ON-JOB TRAINING. SEMINAR TRAINING WILL INCLUDE A SERIES OF 3-WEEK COURSES ON GROUNDWATER GEOLOGY,GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES,DATA COLLECTION, WELL CONSTRUCTION,WELL DESIGN,DATA ANALYSIS,WELL REHABILITATION, AND GROUNDWATER MAPPING. IN ADDITION,SIX PARTICIPANT TRAINIG COURSES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PREPARE HYDROLOGISTS FOR SENIOR ANALYTICAL OR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN THE WDA. Amendment of 5/26/84 increases funding, extends project 5 months to 2/86. Revisions include: (1) in the institutional support component - placing increased emphasis on counterpart training and on institutionalizing systems and procedures already developed; (2) eliminating the initial data collection component; (3) in the data collection and utilization component - establishing a Planning Department in the WDA and a cooperative data collection, processing, and report generation program between WDA and the Ministry of Minerals and Water Resources (MMWR) in collaboration with UNDP/FAO; and (4) in the exploitation component - eliminating dug wells and surface water development and developing one investigative and one pilot program with the private sector. (PD-AAY-226)