Baqa’a Camp Solid Waste and Water Project
Project Name: Feasibility Studies for Water Harvesting, Solid Waste Management and Assessment of Water Supply Network at Baqa’a Camp
Location: Baqa’a Camp - Jordan
Client: UNRWA
Name of Associated firm: GreenPlans
Description of Project: The water supply network in Baqa'a camp is outdated. Miyahuna usually supplies water one to three days a week, and households store the water they use during the week in cisterns usually located on rooftops. Water pressure in homes is low, forcing many households to install a pump to push water to the cisterns which takes time and increase the consumption of electricity bills to fill the cisterns. On the day in which the cisterns are filled, it is common to see water leaks in many pipes and joints. Water network inside the home, from the cistern to the kitchen or bathroom, is usually fed by gravity when the cistern is on the roof. However, many cisterns are old, too small and/or shared between multiple shelters. Accordingly, UNRWA requested a feasibility Studies for Water Harvesting, and Assessment of Water Supply Network at Baqa’a Camp.
Services Provided:
- An assessment report on the current water network including a water system mapping (might be updating any existing mapping or generation of a new one with the main elements, meaning not exhaustive obviously: main network connections, intermediary tanks if applicable, etc. and service quality)
- An assessment report on current water resources management include some complementary dimension of human rights‐based approach like accountability, equality and non‐discrimination, right to participation and sustainability.
- An efficiency report of water network is developed with determination of the loss percentage.
- Assess storage requirements
- Conduct a simplified economic analysis / cost effectiveness
- Recommendations on development of water harvesting inside houses and mechanisms for water conservation and efficient use
- Technical and social data collection by conducting questionnaire to randomly-selected 385 refugees summarized by report.
- Provide inputs to UNRWA, DPA and water utility to identify specific needs and to tailor suitable capacity building programs targeting particularly: Financial sustainability, System management, and Utility management.
- Summary of the water harvesting system in Jordan including supporting Documents.
- Rainfall collection efficiency based on long‐term rainfall average in Baqa’a camp.
- Based on the above, preparation of final report that includes the best proposed locations of water harvesting systems including the most feasible proposed type of collection system, and all relevant required works such as the final design and the cost as well.