Blog 8: The Bahamas

The Bahamas

Let’s Talk About Implementation:

Water Supply Expansion Effort: water loss reduction investments that will save over 10 billion gallons.

Water For All Strategy: ensures modern indoor sanitation and access to piped water to all residents of the Zone by 2025.

Monitoring:

            Metered Water: obtained through reverse osmosis which is offered by providers.

            Water Catchment Systems:

             

Cost:

            CDB project- $28.33 million

            Counterpart financing- $13.3 million

Climate Change:

            Saltwater Intrusion: contaminates water in the Bahamas due to high prevalence of saltwater intrusion.

Resources:

            The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC): (Government organization) entrusted with managing, maintaining, distributing and developing the water resources of The Bahamas that continually seeks to expand its water supply and sanitation services throughout The Bahamas.

            Water and Sewerage Corporation: $75 million project to expand the sewerage system to cover over two-thirds of Over the Hill households.

Inquiring Minds Would Like to Know:

Is this currently being addressed by the country? Yes.

Is this an issue for the country? Yes.

Is this a priority in the country? Yes.

Sources:

Government of The Bahamas. The Bahamas Voluntary National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals to the High Level Political Forum of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. [PDF file]. Retrieved from   https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/19874VNR_document_03.07.18_master_document.pdf.

Hutton, G., Varughese, M. Summary Report. The Costs of Meeting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. [ PDF file]. Retrieved fromhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/23681/K8632.pdf?sequence=4.