Post-Cyclone Matthew Needs Assessment: Water and Sanitation Sector
- Inventoried damage and losses of about 2,936,162,000 gourdes for the sector, concentrated in the Grand Sud.
- Estimates recovery needs at 3,921,056,515.29 gourdes, of which 63 percent is for repair and rehabilitation.
- Records more than 30 percent open defecation alongside limited capacity to treat emptied sludge, which is what makes the waterborne disease risk concrete.
- Notes that the sub-sector's main employment is the emptying of sludge and wastewater, largely informal, so a sanitation recovery plan is also a livelihoods plan.
- Treats the damage as inseparable from the area's environmental problems rather than as a discrete infrastructure loss.
The water and sanitation volume of the post-Matthew needs assessment, organized around the risk of waterborne disease spreading after the cyclone rather than around infrastructure alone.
Damage and losses inventoried for the sector come to about 2,936,162,000 gourdes, concentrated in the Grand Sud, and the volume treats them as inseparable from the area's environmental problems. Recovery needs are estimated at 3,921,056,515.29 gourdes, of which 63 percent is for repair and rehabilitation.
The sanitation baseline is what makes the disease risk concrete: more than 30 percent open defecation, alongside limited capacity to treat emptied sludge. The volume also notes what the sub-sector employs people to do, principally the emptying of sludge and wastewater, which is largely carried out informally, so a recovery plan for sanitation is also a plan about those livelihoods.
How to cite
National Directorate for Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA), 2016, Post-Cyclone Matthew Needs Assessment: Water and Sanitation Sector, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/pdna-matthew-2016-secteur-eau-assainissement