Design and implementation of a small scale integrated water resources project to assist and involve local organizations and communities in developing, implementing and maintaining sustainable systems to ‘re-hydrate the earth’ and therefore supply water, increase agricultural productivity and mitigate the impacts of floods and droughts.
By means of a pilot project the applicability of the concept of small scale sub-surface water retention techniques in Vietnam as already successfully applied in other countries (e.g. East-Africa, Southern Africa) will be examined including community participation. Water retention techniques that will be examined prior to implementation are:
- Stonewalls;
- Contour trenches;
- Sand storage dams in rivers;
- Combinations of the above mentioned techniques.
These water retaining structures will slow down surface runoff water and make it infiltrate and percolate into the earth (re-hydration). In this way water is stored sub-surface during the rainy season and collected for utilization during the dry season.
Services that will be provided within the assignment are as follows:
Project management, data collection, hydrological-, hydro-geological-, water balance- and geotechnical studies, design, socio-economic, agro-economic, environmental and resources assessments, assistance during project implementation, training and capacity building, monitoring and measuring, evaluation of the pilot project and identification of potential follow-up projects. |
