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that this figure might be lowered far Somalia.<br />
The primary sst of criteria based on lacar needs are:<br />
(a) Adequacy of available local water resources. Villages<br />
without a pemanent water source or sources not able to<br />
supply 15-20 liters per person, and between 20-30 liters<br />
per day per head of livsstock xomally kept in the area.<br />
Villages in which the quantity or quality of water do not<br />
meet the standards are considered eligible for a project<br />
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(b) Distance to the nearest water point. Villages more than 5<br />
kilometers from a reliable water source. Good quality<br />
grazing areas with no permanent water point within an area<br />
enclosed by a 30 kilometer radius.<br />
(c) Population density/social infrastructure. Villages with a<br />
population of more than 1000 residents ar, those with a<br />
state school or health post.<br />
(dl Transhumant communities farced to migrate from their normal<br />
**hometi areas for several months of the year because of the<br />
shortage of xates. The application of this criteria should<br />
take intc account the quality of the rangeland and<br />
agricultural potential of the soils.<br />
(el ~gronozic potential. Good quality agricultural and grazing<br />
areas that are under-utilized because they lack adequate<br />
water sources.<br />
These criteria should be subject to three additional ones<br />
before a decision is made to begin drilling. These criteria<br />
are;<br />
(a) The hydrologiczl suitability of the site, &a determined by<br />
the hydrogeologist.<br />
(b) The interest of the residents of villages in the target<br />
zone, and their willingaess to organize a management<br />
comaittee and contribute to the construction and<br />
maintenance of the well. This should be detezrnined though<br />
the cornunity <strong>part</strong>icipation progran outlined in Section<br />
2.5.7.<br />
(el Approval of the site by regional, district, and local level<br />
government officials, and by WDA and/or other development<br />
agencies, such as the Bay Region Agricultural Development<br />
project (BFGDP) and the National Range Agency (MRA) .<br />
These criteria need to be nsre thoroughly investigated and