Rural Water and Sanitation Programme, Eastern Province

Description

Project funding was used to facilitate work on 560 drilled and dug wells in eight districts of Eastern Province, which included rehabilitating existing wells and constructing new wells equipped with hand pumps (output). The programme executing agency was the Department of Water Affairs (DWA), which is part of the Ministry of Energy and Water Development (MEWD). The water sources are operated by village water committees supervised and supported by the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Units (RWSSUs), which are run at district level and report to the relevant administrative bodies of the eight districts.