Roseau, Dominica: After making efforts to preserve the water resources in the Nature Isle of the Caribbean, Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO) has announced that they have been awarded 5,000 Euros from the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) for training and equipment to help manage water resources in Dominica.
The assistance was provided by GWP-C for preserving atural resources across the Caribbean so that DOWASCO could also become able to manage water resources in Dominica.
The GWP-C in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat put out a call for concept notes for the implementation of short-term, small-scale projects related to Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated Waste Water Management (IWWM) in the Caribbean.
DOWASCO submitted a concept note based on building capacity related to IWRM and the concept noted was approved.
The company was able to procure equipment to be used for stream gauging. The project will last five months and will also see nine members of staff trained.
Stream Gauging is important for a variety of reasons but DOWASCO’s focus is to use this equipment to assist with keeping track of our river flows and how they vary throughout the year.
This includes predicting drought and flood periods and collecting data to assist with placement of structures such as intakes.
