Water Scarcity Programme - Cook Islands
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This Project represents a significant scaling up and refocusing of activities initiated under the Strengthening Water Security in Vulnerable Island States project (also known as the 5-country “Atoll Water Security Project”) that operated from 2015 to 2019. The new Project provides support to the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the RMI, Tokelau and Tuvalu to assist specific water-scarce communities to acti
12/04/2022
UPDATE!!
Drought Early Warning System Installation – Aitutaki, April 2022.
What is DEWS?
- Monitor the water availability of households and community tanks
- Support communities to manage their water
Pilot goals:
- Tank level sensors and rain sensors are used to monitor the water availability in residential and community tanks over time
- Fill level data is sent via Long Range wireless technology (LoRaWAN) to the DEWS application
- The DEWS application displays community water level and usage information, records a community drought management plan and assists community water managers to implement water management initiatives
- Led by Infrastructure Cook Islands, Water Scarcity Programme & Supported Aitutaki Island Government
- Managed by Engineers without Borders
- Developed and delivered by IoT Water/ IoT Ventures
Funded by NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Target:
- Installation of 30 sensors on household tanks
- Installation of 15 sensors on Community tanks
- Document of baseline data through (Kobo) app
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