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even with no major policy changes in the industry. it will
continue to change. The WDAvs role, from when it was originally
set up in 1971, therefore nee& redefining.
6.3. WDAgs Future Role
The following proposal is based upon the assumption that
nany of the present activities of the WDA will be transfarred to
the private sector over a tan year period. It is based upon
"Option Hw of the Policy Options Paper presented to the
Government of Somalia by the contractor in April 1385 (LBII,
1985). This proposes that H...WDA?s role is reoriented by
artailing drilling and civil works fucctions and by focusing
agency actirrity on exploration, private sector contracting,
public utility regulation, and emergency operationsw.
More specifically, this plan propases a gradual
t-eetructuring of tPe industry. This will begin with the
subcontracting of operation and maintenance functions to the
private sector. In a similar manner, cl~ll works construction
and drilling operations, for all but exploratory drilling, will
also be subcontracted. A methodology for transferring well
ownership from the WDA to local comn.unitkes will be implemented
when the operations are able to he cor,ducted by the private
sector. The WDA1s role will then became that of administrator,
to issue permits and register water supply ownership.
fn its role as regulator of water resources, the WDA will.
be responsible for establishing construction standards and for
lo~naging water resource development- The WDA will continue to
be responsible for exploratory drillixg, and for productiol
drilling in emergeccy situations.
In the initial stages, the Tv'DA will be responsible for the
szbcoatracting of maintenance, and of drilling, to the private
sector. Eventually, contracting is expected to be directly
between the iaplementing agency, the community, the ministry, or
the project, requiring the well, and the drilling contractor.
The WDA!s role in contracting at thir. time w ill be as regulator
of well Location and well construction. It w ill also need to
develop the urganisatfonaf capability to monitor these standards
to ensure that the regulations are being enforced.
WDRts atbeh mafor role will continue to be that of advisor
to the guvernmezt on all aspects of water resource development.
subject to a redefinition of WDA'r relationship to the WDC, its
hydrogeology section will be the national resource for this
expertise. Its planning, nonitoring and evaluation capabilities
will require considerable enhancement: detailec? plans for the
futare development af the Planning Gnit, upon which much of this
responsibility will rest, are given in Section 2.3 of this
report.