Type of service provided :

The activities included in this project involved:

• Conducting a desk review and collecting data;
• Carrying out water quality testing through two campaigns to acquire samples for physio-chemical analysis (turbidity, BOD5, COD), metal analysis and Organophosphorus Pesticides Analysis (OPPs);
• Developing MODFLOW and WEAP related models for baseline water balances including climate change projections to 2035;
• Defining policy-relevant targets for the measuring the programme action plan. The measures assessed include: Water saving fixtures / Domestic greywater reuse / On-site rainwater harvesting / Increasing irrigation efficiency (both field application and conveyance efficiency) / Precision agriculture / Natural water retention measures (e.g. detention and retention ponds);
• Facilitating 2 on-site workshops to ensure stakeholder engagement in the catchments;
• Holding a final workshop to present and discuss the results.

Type of service provide :

• Mandate 1: providing technical assistance to the project manager: (i) general project management; (ii) MoEW capacity-building on sector monitoring and RWE supervision; (iii) RWE capacity-building (performance framework, structuring of contracts with operators, etc.); (iv) maturation of CIP projects; and (v) coordination between national sector stakeholders;
• Mandate 2: managing the Study and Technical Assistance Fund (STAF) to appoint and supervise short-term experts for specific studies or services (preparing Water Code by-laws, conducting pricing studies, determining project feasibility, defining capacity-building plans, updating planning tools, etc.);
• Mandate 3: supporting AFD with conducting: (i) coordination activities with development partners and national stakeholders; and (ii) sector communication activities (organizing workshops and events, setting up a national sector observatory, strengthening communication tools for users and the public, etc.).