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Ralf Knoche
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Design and implementation of rehabilitation measures for water supply
Period: 08/2006 – 02/2007
Employer: Technisches Hilfswerk (THW, German Federal Agency for Technical Relief) on behalf of German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt, Stab Humanitäre Hilfe), ECHO, UNICEF, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Description: The 2006 Israel-Lebanon war in July/August 2006 caused major damages to Lebanon’s infrastructure. The conflict was stopped by a ceasefire on 14th of August 2006.
One week later the German Government sent an official delegation, headed by German Foreign Office (AA). THW as part of this delegation carried out a fact-finding mission and subsequently launched projects for the rehabilitation of water supply systems in the South of Lebanon in close cooperation with Southern Lebanon Water Establishment (SLWE):
- Rehabilitation of more than 8,000 house connections, funded by AA
- Implementation of 30 chlorine dosing systems for 150,000
beneficiaries, funded by BMU
- Rehabilitation of elevated water tanks for central water supply system
for 14,000 beneficiaries, funded by ECHO
- Operation of water analysis laboratory including capacity
development for local staff, funded by UNICEF
Services provided: - Project identification
- Feasibility study
- Elaboration of design, technical specifications, bill of quantities and
contract documents
- Preparation of complete tender documents
- Execution of tender procedures
- Contracting supplies and implementation measures
- Management of funds