Nauru technical report rainwater harvesting: asset condition survey of domestic infrastructure 13th February to 23 rd February 2007

Abstract

The mission was undertaken as an integral part of the Key Result Area 2 (Water) contribution to the SOPAC EU EDF8/9 Project "Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States" with the objective of field surveying the current asset condition status of domestic and community rainwater harvesting infrastructure. Although a little over eight field survey days were achieved on-island, daily progress was compromised by various difficulties, particularly the limited availability of diesel fuel on-island which impacted both ease of transportation and availability of electricity and water. Despite these constraints, two field survey teams visited a total of 308 properties within the districts of Buada, Yaren, Meneng, Anibare and ljuw, initiating a comprehensive database which can either be fully completed within the remaining island districts at a future date, or used with some confidence as a statistically representative sample for forward interpolation of "whole-of- island" conditions.