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Ethiopia field visitApril, December 2012

Project: “From single to multiple use of rain water

harvesting scheme(s) in

Eastern Ethiopia”

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Dire Dawa Administrative Council Meta woreda

Project partners:

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Dutch waterboards abroad

2007 Manifestation “Het Akkoord van Schokland” WASH-Akkoord.

By signing this agreement, the waterboards, together with other key players in the Dutch water sector, linked to commit themselves to the achievement of Millennium

Development Goal 7c.

This objective involves halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water and / or proper

sanitation.

The WASH agreement has a strong impetus to the international commitment of the water boards.

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• To assist region for optimization of sand dams and protection of water resources against pollution

• Strengthen good policy and management for local public water resources

• Capacity building for strategic planning, data management and PME

• Scaling up of previous sand dams project to multiple use of water resources

• Research opportunities for development of local water-related economy

Project targets:

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• Capacitating DDAC and Meta woreda staff in training on technical skills (refreshment course) on Delagua water quality testkits and surveillance/ sanitary inspection;

• Capacitating DDAC and Meta Woreda by means of a meeting and start-up discussion with two local experts on the subjects of strategic planning and data management.

Targets Hollandse Delta dec ‘12 mission

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Henk Loijenga (NWB)Suzanne Vennix (Hunze & Aa’s)Hermen Klomp (Velt & Vecht)Harold de Ruiter (WSHD)Tegenu Zerfu (UNESCO-IHE, V&V, MetaMeta)

Project team:

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Delagua water quality testkits

Refreshment course in Blossom Hotel in Dire Dawa

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Delagua water quality testkits

5 basic tests

• Turbidity• Free chlorine• Total chlorine• pH• Coliform bacteria

(total and thermotolerant)

• Additional consumables for Fluoride and Aluminium (Multiparameter Photometer)

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Total Coliform bacteria “disinfection indicator” Escherichia coli “most suitable indicator of feacal contamination” (WHO, 2011)

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Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding

Meta Woreda

Dire Dawa Admin. Council

East Hararghe Zone

ECC/SDCOH

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Meeting two local experts

Meeting and start-up discussion with two experts on the subjects of:

- strategic planning - data management

Experts on strategic planning (Ashenafi, left) and data management (Daniël, right)

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Follow-up

• Quarterly reports on progress• Research on local economy and small

business development

Thank you for your

attention