Freshwater Resources
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
Freshwater resources are precious in the FSM. Despite being blessed with abundant rainfall, water supply is still inadequate in terms of both quality and quantity. The high volcanic islands of the FSM such as Pohnpei and Kosrae receive high annual rainfall and freshwater supplies are collected from surface water runoff. The challenge is more acute in the coral atolls of the nation, which represents the outer island communities, and the rural communities of the main islands. These areas have...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
In 1994, the Marshall Islands Government approved the Environmental Protection Authority water supplies regulation.
Freshwater resources are limited and fragile, with piped water usually supplied to households on Majuro on only two days of the week. Ebeye is the only other island with piped water supply. In all outer islands and most households on Majuro and Ebeye, drinking water is collected from rain catchments. With no rain, Majuro has approximately only 38 days of water supply....
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Kiribati has a National Water Policy on the protection of groundwater resources and maintenance of the distribution network.
A ground water lens exists on the atolls and provides the main source of potable water for the great majority of the people on the outer islands. Within any atoll the quality of ground water lenses with respect to salinity depends on precipitation and the width of the land. Available ground water within the atolls is limited and insufficient to meet the need of the...
Beth
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29 Jul 2011
Barbados has a Draft Policy Framework for Water Resources Development and Management, a National Water Conservation Plan and an Emergency Drought Management Plan. There are also specific management policies addressing the linkage of freshwater with the agriculture sector.
Barbados is one of the world’s fifteen most water-scarce countries. The total annual water resources of Barbados are estimated at 59 million cubic meters in an average year, and approximately 45 million in a drought....
Beth
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28 Jul 2011
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WASC) Act of 1976 provides the basic legal framework for the management and regulation of the country's ground water resources. To ensure adequate freshwater resources for economic development and guarantee water quality, the Bahamas has been working on new legislation with respect to national land use planning and waste management. Water supply franchises associated with the development of a water supply system have been built for areas with inadequate...
