WATER SECTOR

Water is LIVES

Water supply and environmental sanitation projects aim to provide clean water sources that are closer to the end-users in order to save effort, money, and time wasted to obtain water, and upgrade health and social standards in the targeted areas.

Access to clean and safe drinking water remains crucial for the health of children and adults for their survival. The need for water continues in all parts of Sudan, where we find that the per capita water supply in some areas in a day is less than five liters (the standard in case of emergency is 15 liters per person per day). In response to the current situation in Sudan, Sadagaat Charity Organization has been working effectively to improve and solve the water issues with the purpose of enhancing the health status of the local community while paying more attention to the sustainability process through water committees in all areas where the watering projects were implemented. Water Sector Projects Goals: Providing a safe and clean water source for the citizens in regions in the different states of Sudan. Work to raise the level of health, social and economic awareness of the residents of the targeted areas through the availability of safe drinking water. Contributing to developing the targeted areas through the availability of safe drinking water. Embodying the principle of community participation in the development and management of drinking water sources. Accomplishing the goal of everyone fairly having access to safe and clean water. Rehabilitation and treatment of water resources, making the most of sustainable sources (The Nile). Contribute to the educational process and enhance the health of students in schools by providing and constructing water coolers in schools within the state of Khartoum. Seek to link some stations with the national network. Work to assist the residents within the planned areas in the connection of water networks and home connections, in order to obtain sufficient and clean water inside the houses. Work to extend the main water transmission lines and establish internal sub-networks.

Water Programs

  • Water Stations (WS)
  • Complementary and Improvement of Water Stations (CIWS)
  • Transmission Lines and Networks (TLN)
  • Household Connection (HHC)
  • Natural Coolers in Schools (NCS)

Water Well Schedule

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  • Sadagaat is well known now in the private, government, and humanitarian sectors
    • We get approached with a project through Sadagaat and they are aware of the criteria so most of the requests are complete

1. Most important: is the project within the strategic objectives of Sadagaat?

2. What’s the need?

3. Number of beneficiaries

4. Capability to reach proposed area of the project

5. The security situation in the area

  • Some areas are impacted by violence and clashes

6. Geophysics study: research of the water quality and levels

  • Some areas have geological issues, are dry

7. Projected costs

  • Water projects all fall in a range 4-5 million sudanese pounds generally that Sadagaat has allocated for, but some projects fall out of the range and require additional fundraising. This requires connections and outreach

  • Drilling: pumping report and designs and ensuring the water is secured quantity and quality
  • Power source: Solar system placement/Structure of the panels
  • Water tank: Elevated Tank
  • A3mal madaniya: Fencing, outlets for drinking water
  • Two parties: Sadagaat and contractor within a time frame that is specified 
    • Involvement of the beneficiaries, communication, ensuring that everything is good. Sadagaat is involved in each part of the project. 
  • Digging: The design dictates the materials that will be used-UPC costs less than SDM
  • Power source: in 2019, sadagaat received materials from China with a supplier that has developed a full system for Sadagaat
  • Water Tanks: GRB have been used since 2017, Korean originally, but produced in Sudan, does not rust, has a long life span around 50 years, much better than Steel tanks (last only 10 years generally)
  • If there aren’t heavy rains, then it doesn’t impact construction too much

Max: 2 months to complete a total project

  • CWN(Community Water Network) will help Sadagaat maintain connections within the community by the creation of a Well Manager that keeps track of health in the village, maintains the water resource and teaches basic hygiene and water cleaning methods to villagers.
    • CWN also posits the creation of a Water Data Analyst that helps Sadagaat build regional relationships with other nonprofits, government entities and universities in order to collectively compile water data
  • Security of Africa’s water-food energy nexus will ensure sustainable water development but there is plenty of work to do, which is evident in the 36% and 70% of the population who do not have access to improved water resources and sanitation, respectively. Currently, only 5% of Africa’s potential water resources are developed and 5% of its cultivated lands are irrigated. Furthermore, less than 10% of hydropower potential is utilized for electricity generation

The livelihood of Sudan depends on its excess use of its water resources. Unfortunately, Sudan faces ecological crises, such as water scarcity and desertification,

which are exacerbated by nomads due to changing landscapes or a lack of agricultural production.

-80% of the country works in agriculture

-Agriculture accounts for 97% of its water use

-2% percent of water is available for domestic use, compared to the US at 13%.

-3 out of 5 cases of Guinea Worm Disease come from Sudan

-In 2004, Darfur had 3753 reported cases of hepatitis E within a four month span.

-In 2006, there were 476 deaths caused by diarrhea within a five month span.

Sadagaat’s goals in its water initiative might be summed up as: delivering high quality water through the creation of wells that are both culturally and environmentally sustainable. 

At the current moment Sadagaat achieves its goals through creating partnerships with potential villages, raising funds through donations of expats from Europe and the United States, and then moving onto the next village/well after the completion. The current way villages are selected is through informal friendship networks.

As well, after the completion of wells, little evaluation is done on the health, wellness, and agricultural increases in the area. This means that Sadagaat has little knowledge of whether the water provided to the communities continues to be of a high-enough quality to drink

Sadagaat, instead of ending its formal relationships with the community after the completion of the wells, they should build on these ties.

Conclusion

Information regarding need, water quantity, sustainability, water quality and cost can be collectively used to help Sadagaat and other non-profits determine which water resource to build and where.

First, the possible water resources (shallow well, deep well, hafeer and water tank) are narrowed down for a given area, which takes into consideration precipitation, hydrogeology and topography. Then, the potential benefits and capital and operational costs for each suggested water resource are quantified.

 Finally, the different scenarios are compared to one another and the region with the water resource that provides the highest benefits-to-cost ratio will be prioritized.

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