WTR SUPPLY

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The project to be implemented during 1990 - 1995 has two key objectives : a) to promote reliability, quantity and quality of water supply in the rapidly urbanizing city of Castries ( capital ) and the Northwest part of the island; and b) to strengthen the institutional and financial performance of WASA. The project will comprise the following four components : 1) Roseau Dam water supply scheme which includes a reservoir on the upper reaches of the Roseau River, raw water pumping, transmission and treatment; 2) purchase of operation and maintenance equipment ( computer hardware, software, leak detection equipment, water meters etc ); 3) technical assistance and training which includes consulting services and manpower training programs; and 4) project management and administration which will include the staffing of the Project Management Unit and provision of consulting services to the PMU.