Type of service provided :

• • Comprehensive assessment of the water production and distribution network

  • Estimation of water resources and future demand

  • Household surveys to understand local water needs

  • Analysis of water quality and catchment vulnerability

  • Environmental and social impact studies for emergency infrastructure

  • Hydraulic modeling and network measurement campaigns

  • Design proposals and economic analysis of potential solutions

  • Feasibility studies and detailed design of planned infrastructure

Type of service provide :

• Determining and assessing the vulnerability of water resources, aquifer geometry and the relationship between different aquifer layers; conducting an isotopic study and hydrodynamic modelling;
• Creating a GISWEB, an online geographic information system for water resources;
• Organizing a training workshop for APAL and DGRE staff on modelling and GISWEB;
• Assessing the vulnerability of communities, estimating losses in arable land;
• Proposing an action plan to protect the water resource, and recharge aquifers using non-conventional water sources (treated wastewater);
• Proposing institutional and regulatory arrangements.

Type of service provided :

Developing a development scenario and preparing an investment plan.

• • Defining groundwater and surface water resources and developing hydrological modelling (GR1A, GR2M);;
  • Identifying water uses and calculating the water balance of surface water bodies;
  • Analyzing the environment and biodiversity; identifying environmental constraints and the vulnerability of the system to climate change;
  • Preparing an atlas on water resources, their uses and the environment;
  • Identifying projects and proposing development and management scenarios;
  • Proposing an investment plan up to 2025, as well as a monitoring & evaluation mechanism.

Type of service provided :

• • Conducting a rapid risk assessment, including a nationwide analysis of water resources, climate change and community vulnerability;
  • Carrying out a detailed risk assessment, including basic hydrological models of 4 sub-basins, and holding consultations at community and institutional levels;
  • Training local institutions on climate change, hydrology and adaptation measures;
  • Developing a catalogue of solutions with grey/green infrastructure and nature-based solutions;
  • Organising a multi-stakeholder workshop to present the study findings.

Type of service provided :

• • Undertaking an institutional capacity assessment to produce recommendations to improve and maintain the existing sanitation sector institutional framework;
  • Completing feasibility and detailed technical studies and preparing the tender documents for the initial ‘urgent’ phase of construction work (approximate cost: €5 million);
  • Conducting multidisciplinary studies to develop and implement the Antananarivo sanitation system master plan covering stormwater, wastewater, excreta management and solid waste. This master plan also includes cross-cutting themes such as urban planning,
  • Monitoring and supervising the first phase of construction work;
  • Completing feasibility and detailed technical studies and preparing the tender documents for the second stage of construction work (approximate cost: €15 million);
  • Drawing up Terms of Reference for monitoring and supervising the second phase of construction work.

Type of service provided :

Conducting an assessment of the flow that could be sustainably pumped from each of the pipelines’ abstraction points (Ampotaka and Amboasary) in preparation for designing the pipelines and protecting the water abstraction sites.

• Assessing the characteristics of the groundwater resources at the 2 study sites (exhaustive water point inventory, literature study, physico-chemical analysis campaign);
• Conducting a study to determine the best way to protect the banks upstream and downstream of the Ampotaka abstraction point;
• Carrying out geophysical studies to locate drilling points;
• Drilling 3 reconnaissance boreholes and conducting pumping tests;
• Producing a conceptual hydrogeological model and assessing the water balance.

Type of service provide :

• Conducting the technical, administrative and financial monitoring of all contracts related to the water & sanitation component, and supervising the service providers (delegated project manager, works contractors, NGOs in charge of community mobilization
• Assisting the EU with final handover and facilitating field activities in conjunction with users’ associations and water point management committees;
• Monitoring and evaluating project performance;
• Coordinating with the relevant ministries and other stakeholders involved in the project’s water & sanitation component, as well as working with beneficiary community-based organizations;
• Participating in sector coordination with NGOs, donors and international agencies (UNICEF, CICR, UNHCR, etc.) involved in WASH initiatives in the area around Lake Chad;
• Setting up a public health data collection system and assessing the project’s impact on the population’s health.

Type of service provided :

• Conducting a literature review and analysing hydrogeological, hydrological and meteorological data;
• Conducting a GIS analysis (including remote sensing) to characterise vulnerability areas;
• Reviewing hydrogeological (groundwater level measurement) and hydrological (river flows and water quality) monitoring systems;
• Assessing current and future climate risks on available groundwater and surface water resources (quality and quantity);
• Developing a strategy to the develop and enhance future monitoring systems;
• Producing a programme proposal to address the impacts of climate change.

Type of service provided :

The focus is on six of the most water-stressed districts in Madagascar (Betroka, Beliky, Amboasary, Ambovombe, Beloha, Tsihombe):
1. Assessment of :

• • water demand through focus groups, key informant interviews and socio-economic desk study;
  • water resources, both surface and groundwaternd commercial performance;
  • existing institutional arrangements and governance models;
  • water supply systems and providers;

2. Data collection and creation of a geo-referenced dataset
3. Drafting of strategic recommendations for USAID regarding the success or failure of infrastructure and services, the needs of rural water users, management models for drinking and agricultural water supply.

Type of service provided :

The services provided by the consortium covered :

• Carrying out a diagnosis and assessment of the technical and commercial performance of JIRAMA’s management and water networks in Tamatave;
• Drawing up a short, medium and long-term action plan to improve its technical and commercial performance;
• Support for JIRAMA in implementing a short-term action plan (targeted leak detection, improved knowledge of water assets, mapping of user meters, improved meter reading and information management practices, etc.);
• Implementation of a capacity-building and skills enhancement programme for JIRAMA aimed at developing local skills associated with leak detection and service performance;
• The development and implementation of a communication plan aimed at the general public (communication on social networks, in the local press and in specialist magazines);
• Drafting the tender documents for the actions deemed to be priorities.