Water Management in emergency areas.

Case study: Rehabilitation of Water Treatment Plants in Southern Iraq

CIRPS Un Ponte Per…(NGO)Andrea Micangeli

Simone Grego

Methodology of operations

DonorECHO 450000 EuroUNHCR 260000EuroMunicipalities 200000

DonorECHO 450000 EuroUNHCR 260000EuroMunicipalities 200000

CIRPSCIRPS NGONGO Local communitiesLocal communities

•Technician•Project Manager

•Technician•Project Manager

•Country Coordinator•Local coordinator (Iraqi)

•Country Coordinator•Local coordinator (Iraqi) •Workers (100)•Workers (100)

REHABILITATIONOF WTP

REHABILITATIONOF WTPLocal

Contractors

List of rehabilitated WTP

Plant Donor Capacity

(m3/h)

Amount (Euro)

Mejran ECHO 200 100000

Balad Slam ECHO 50 70000

Hamdan Jissar ECHO 100 70000

Mehailla Municipalities 600 140000

Jecor ECHO 50 70000

Swaib ECHO 200 90000

Tannouma UNHCR 1500 90000

Medaina UNHCR 200 90000

Intervention Logic Objectively VerifiableIndicators

Sources of Verification Risks and Assumptions

Principal Objective

To rehabilitate the water sector, quite close to emergency, in the governatorate of Basrah

before the situation get worse especially for the new presence of returned refugees.

- N° of rehabilitations on 123 Compact Units and 12 Water Treatment plants,

- Water borne diseases decrease among refugees

- Unicef Reports- Governatorate Reports

- Good coordination among NGOs, National and International Organizations

- Security in Bashra Area remains the same of the last months in 2003 or better

SpecificObjective

Returnees and the other beneficiaries in Al Medaina have access to water for domestic use and primary courses on safe water use.

encreased awaress on water issuesamong children

- 2 new installation in the locations (50 mc/h in Khumesah and 100 mc/h in Umm Al Shuweitch)

- 4500 children have the booklet

- Department of Water reports- Surveys in the villages

-Collaboration of the Department of Water of Basra

-The security in the villages remains the same of the last months in 2003 or better

Expected Results

-Installation of 2 CU in Al Medaina

-Distribution of booklet for children

-Turbidity of the water below 5 NTU

-Total residual chlorine value at the output of the plants in according with the request of the Department of Water of Basra

-Water quantity for each persons above the 20 litres/day

5000 booklet printed

-Test at the output of the plants on chlorine dosage and turbidity level with digital instruments

-Sample test with portable kit in the villages for E-Choli presence in the water

-The plants rehabilitated is maintained by operators of the Department of Water

-The Department of Water of Basra supply the chemicals and the fuel for the correct running of the plant

Logical framework: UNHCR

ApplicationWater Rehabilitation of 5 WTP in

Southern Iraq Project Number: ECHO/IRQ/210/200305010

CIRPS

Un Ponte Per…Basrah, 10 December 2003

Summary

• Technical Specification of CU in Basrah Governatorate

• Water Tankering

• Rehabilitation

Technical Specification of CUs in Basrah Governatorate

Alum mixer

Sedimentation chamber

Sand Filter

Chlorinator

Distribution

Generator

Target CUs

Water Tankeringpreparation...

Water Tankering...distribution

Water Tankeringdistribution

Hamdan JissarSedimentation tank’s valves

before...

Hamdan Jissar Sedimentation tank’s valves

...afterNew Basement

New Valves

Hamdan JissarHigh Lift Pumps

before...Electrical

cables floating in

water

Hamdan JissarHigh Lift Pumps

...after

New BasementAnd new pumps

Hamdan JissarSteel shade

before...

Damage by a nearby explosion

Hamdan JissarSteel shade

...after

A new cover for sedimentation

tanks, filters and pumps

MejranFence

before... Metallic fence

Sand filter

abandoned

MejranFence...after

A fence made by

bricksImproved security

Restored filter

Mejranand Balad Slam

Intake structure and pumpsbefore and after

MejranChlorinators, filters, control panels and

engineers...

Balad Slambefore and after

New basement

New steel

shade

New brick fence

Newroom for guards

Bald Slamhistory of a sand filter...

Just mud

Cleaned Filter

Fan for sandbla

sting

External sandbla

sting

Work is complet

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Aknowledgments

Un Ponte Per… Iraqi staff

Un Ponte Per… Italian staff

CIRPS staff

Eng. Mohammed Ali