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