r - part - usaid

maintenance- Table 2.3,s av=3ri~as tke findings from tan sites
in *te Bay Rsgioz and one $3 the Central Rangehands, The
paragraphs below brfefly address the 'indings in rsl~tiars ro the
evaluation issses ?resented in Section 3.3.
(i) Adequacy of desfgrr.
In naet villages, the capacity of the puap, tanks and
distribution eystema are adecpatc to neet the daaand daring the
dry seasan, The ~ajor problem noted by the pump operators and
cananittee ~ltex&ers is the slw rate at uhfch troughs fill.. The
srnaZ1 dfasster of the pipe between the storage tank and the
troughs was idenSified as tke causa ef t3is problem.
Category
Rarl~gs and %umber af Villages
-----------------1-------*r.II--.II-.II-I
Good Pair Poor
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Pump system ;I]*
Maintenance 9 (21
Wap a~aralrf~n suppries
Storage tank - j .-
3istribution system: dszesric 6
DiscxibxEfan systcz: a2iaals 5
Contr~l and pretection 7
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* ~iguxes in pcrentheses are for rhe Central Rangelands. Civil
works axe found at 7 of 10 sites in the Bay Reqion and axe not
prerene rn tke CenzraL FtangePcnds.
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TWO other serious pxoblezs are tke lack of tank covers and
Lhe fnabilizy of shee agd goats t,s use the troughs, Covers are
needed to prevex dixt and &&ria fro= entering the tanks and to
slaw the rate of algae ~ rowth. The wall of rhe watering troughs
Ere too t3ick (a$c~t 2C csj for thea to be used by small
rzi2ants. A% several sites, residerts scoop water from the
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troughs a~d f ~ i r WOOZ~E bug~~ts GZ sails frm which the animals
dr.' --..k. - Villagers s-gqest tha+ a t%rd trough! adapted to the
needs of sheep and goats, 5e added to the distribution system.
These and severai ather design issues, were identified
during an sval~azior visit zade by LBII sraff that included an
a~thxopologist, 3r. Rozald S ~~WZYZ, E civil engineer, Mr. Petex