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Rainwater Harvesting in San Antonio de Lomerio, Bolivia
The municipality of San Antonio de Lomerio in Bolivia is located on the Brazilian Precambrian Shield, an extremely thick slab of solid granite. As a result, water scarcity is a regular problem.
Deep wells are technically and economically problematic, and the groundwater reserves are insignificant and the shallow wells in the country disappear even in the beginning of the dry periods.
In 2001, due to an extended drought, the region of San Antonio and the entire Chiquitania zone were declared emergency zones. The same happened in 2004 and 2005.
Rainwater Harvesting was the solution which naturally suited best the local geographical and geological conditions.
Local partner organisation:
- Green Cross Bolivia
International partner:
- International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance IRHA Geneva - Switzerland
- Green Cross International
- Peace Corps
Total cost:
USD 18'730
Funding:
- Canton of Geneva
- IRHA in-kind contribution
- San Antonio de Lomerio local government
Beginning/End of the project:
01.01.2006 - 31.01.2007
According to a report issued by the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water, over the last decade Bulgaria has seen a noticeable decrease in fresh water supplied by natural hydrological cycles.
For the period 1985 - 1995, run-off decreased by 40 %. This trend towards drought due to climate change, in combination with a lack of major reservoirs, the worn-out state of general water supply infrastructure and bad management have forced the government to formulate a programme for improving troubled drinking, domestic and irrigation water supplies.
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Rainwater management in an orphanage in Blagoevgrad
Funding:
Canton of Geneva - Switzerland
Local partner organisation:
Institue for Ecological Modernisation (IEM) , Bulgarie
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International partner:
International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)
Geneva - Switzerland
The inauguration of the new RWH installation was held on 17 th of September 2004.
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Rainwater Harvesting in Stara Zagora region Bulgaria
At the beginning of 2003 IRHA and its Bulgarian partner, Earth Forever, formulated three projects for Bulgaria:
- RWH in Bilingual High School "Romain Rolland" in Stara Zagora
- RWH in Sulitsa, Stara Zagora District and a Workshop in Sofia
- Eco-sanitation - Dry Toilets in Sulitsa, Stara Zagora District, Bulgaria and a 5 day Training Course
The IRHA thus planned to promote rainwater management for rural and urban areas and ecological sanitation for rural areas in Bulgaria. It included direct project implementation as well as awareness raising (the conference in Sofia) and training of users and local policy makers (training courses in Stara Zagora).
The introduction of these two components of the policy of Integrated Water Resource Management in Bulgaria should have a total cost less than € 110,000.
In 2004, the organization Women from Europe for a Common Future took the project in hand and, later, together with the Bulgarian partners the NGOs Earth for Ever and the Institute for Ecological Modernization, implemented it in Stara Zagora and Varna.
Unfortunately, the Rainwater Harvesting component, considered as "dangerous", was taken out from its programme. The IRHA didn't take part in the implementation process.
