HC Deb 24 October 1988 vol 139 cc40-3W
90. Mr. Arbuthnot

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the water supply and sewerage projects being funded by him in developing countries; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Chris Patten

Under bilateral aid arrangements the Overseas Development Administration currently supports 88 water supply and sewerage projects in developing countries at a total cost of approximately £184 million.

Following is the information:

List of water and sewerage projects as at October 1988
£'000s £'000s
AFRICA
1. Liberia 556
Rural water supplies
2. Mozambique 80
Assistance to UDAAS in water

sector training
3. Morocco 78
Specialist courses
4. Lesotho 4,366
(a) Village water supply 1,475
(b) Rural sanitation 405
(c) Maseru sewerage 444
(d) Maseru urban sanitation 725
(e) Highland water scheme 979
(f) Hydro data processing 127
(g) Senior engineer (sewage) 112
(h) Senior water engineer 99
5. Botswana 241
(a) Senior water engineer 46
(b) Hydrogeologist 82
(c) Hydrogeologist 113
6. Swaziland 609
(a) Rural water III 550
(b) Ezulwini valley study 59
7. Zambia 804
(a) Senior lecturer, water

engineering university of

Zambia

 204
(b) Provincial water engineers 600
8. Malawi 385
(a) Lilongwe water board 195
(b) Manpower assistance Blantyre

water board

 190

£'000s £'000s
9. Zaire 68
(a) Installation of Handpumps 25
(b) Water Leakage Study 43
10. Zimbabwe 848
(a) Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme 280
(b) Feasibility Study for Mayfair

and Claw Dams

 73
(c) Two Engineers for MEWRD 240
(d) Self Help Sanitation and Water

Supply Projects

 141
(e) Mechanical Engineer for

MEWRD

 114
11. Ethiopia 1,250
Welo Well Rehabilitation
12. Somalia 717
(a) Well Rehabilitation 510
(b) Water Hydrometry 207
13. Kenya 449
(a) Tiwi Aquifer 340
(b) Manpower development and Training in Sanitation 109
14. Tanzania 410
(a) Dar-es-Salaam Sewerage 60
(b) Mbeya Hospital Sewerage 350
15. Egypt 59,000
Great Cairo Waste water Scheme
16. Ghana 3,294
Kumasi Water Supply Rehabilitation
17. Mauritius 806
(a) Central Water Authority Leak

Detection Institutional Review

 403
(b) Leak Detection Study 403
18. Sudan 66
Blue Nile Health Project
19. Seychelles 122
Mahe Water Supply Project
TOTAL 74,149.
AMERICA
1. Brazil 90
(a) River pollution project
2. Peru 90
Potopac—Village water supply
3. Mexico 20
Leakage control problems following

earthquake
4. Anguilla 100
Water engineer water and electricity

department
5. British Virgin Islands 344
Road town sewer
6. Grenada 561
(a) Western main road pipes 168
(b) Grand Roy water supply 193
(c) Hydrologist and water distribution expert 100
(d) Local water supply and

sanitation initiatives

 100
7. Montserrat 570
(a) Water supply reticulation 385

£'000s £'000s
(b) Drain improvements 185
8. St. Kitts and Nevis 380
(a) Charlestown water mains 70
(b) Nevis water development phase II 310
9. St. Lucia 466
(a) Castries urban drainage 275
(b) Integrated water development phase

III

 191
10. Turks and Caicos Islands 222
Water supply distribution
TOTAL 2,843
ASIA
1. Philippines 4,510
Mini Hydro and Electrification

Project
2. China 1,205
(a) Urban Waste Disposal Studies for Tianjin 103
(b) Water Management Study Shanghai 300
(c) Chongqing Water Quality Monitoring Study 117
(d) Water Management Training Beijing 75
(e) Marine Disposal of Wastewater and Sludge Tianjin 10
(f) Tianjin Water Optimisation Consultancy 200
(g) Qing He Pollution Control Project, Beijing 250
(h) Hydrogeological Modelling Consultancy Beijing 100
(l) Industrial Effluent and Water use in Textile and Paper Industry Beijing 50
3. Nepal 4,944
Eastern Region Water Supply

Project
4. Pakistan 22,100
(a) Lahore Water Sewerage Project 16,400
(b) Karachi Water and Sewerage Project 5,700
5. India 5,003
(a) Assistance to the Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution 410
(b) Environmental Improvements of Waterways in Madras 800
(c) Assistance to Ganga Pollution Control Plan 543
(d) Christian Aid Tube Well Projects 250
(e) Contribution to UNICEF Water and Sanitation Programme for India 3,000
6. Thailand 4,682
(a) Mekong Basin Water Balance Study Phase III 74
(b) Sukhothai Groundwater Project 1,330
(c) Storm Water Project 568
(d) Formation of a Dam Panel 210
(e) Mini-Hydro Project 2,500
7. Malaysia 62,619
(a) Rural Water Supply Project 59,000
(b) Liwagu Hydro-Power Study (Phases 1 and 2) 250
(c) Ulu Jelai Hydro-Power Study 1,020

£'000s £'000s
(d) Sungei Ahning Dam 2,349
TOTAL 105,129
EUROPE
1. Turkey 802
(a) Water Quality Studies Project 304
(b) Chekezkoy Industrial Waste Water 498
2. Cyprus 807
1987 Southern Conveyor
TOTAL 1,609
OCEANIA
1. Solomon Is Vanuatu 200
Water Leakage Control Project
2. Fiji 450
Groundwater Resource and Development

Unit
TOTAL 650
TOTAL—All developing countries 184,314