PROVINCIAL WATERWORKS

CONSULTANTS ASSIST DISTRICTS & LWUA IN ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES & PROCEDURES, COORDINATING TRAINING BETWEEN LWUA & DISTRICTS, AND MONITORING CONSTURCTION/MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. LOAN COMPONENT ($15M) FINANCES 50% OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR 5 LOCAL WATER SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS WILL INCREASE DISTRIBUTION OF POTABLE WATER FROM PRESENT AVERAGE OF 30% OF TARGET POPULATION TO AN ESTIMATED 47%, DESPITE PROJECTED POPULATION INCREASE OF 50% IN TARGET AREAS BY 1982. THESE PROJECT, ALTHOUGH SIZABLE, SERVE AS PHYSICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE MODELS FOR LATER EFFORTS.