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Viewing cable 07DHAKA1891, USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10: USAID/OFDA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07DHAKA1891 2007-12-04 11:50 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Dhaka
VZCZCXRO3073
OO RUEHCI
DE RUEHKA #1891/01 3381150
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 041150Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5722
INFO RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 9411
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 1049
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0343
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 2623
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 8205
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 8301
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1934
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0424
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0605
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0055
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUEKDIA/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DHAKA 001891 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SES-O 
DEPT FOR SCA/PB, SCA/EX 
DCHA/OFDA FOR ROBERT THAYER 
AID/W FOR AA MARK WARD AND ANE ANNE DIX 
DCHA/FFP FOR MATTHEW NIMS AND PAUL NOVICK 
ROME FOR FODAG 
BANGKOK FOR RDM/A TOM DOLAN, ROB BARTON 
KATHMANDU FOR USAID OFDA BILL BERGER AND SUE MCINTYRE 
TREASURY FOR ELIZABETH WEISS AND SUSAN CHUN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID PREL ASEC CASC AMGT SOCI ECON PINR EAGR SENV
BG 
 
SUBJECT:  USAID/OFDA Cyclone Sidr Situation Report #10:  USAID/OFDA 
Water Purification Units to Respond to Water Needs of 
Cyclone-Affected Populations 
 
 
1. Summary.  To reduce the effects of perennial flooding and 
cyclones in Bangladesh, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster 
Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has invested in preparedness and mitigation 
programs for a number of years, including the pre-positioning of 
water purification units to provide clean drinking water.  In 
response to Cyclone Sidr in southern Bangladesh, USAID/OFDA deployed 
additional units to address the emergency water needs of affected 
populations.  USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team 
(USAID/DART), along with USAID/Bangladesh and the U.S. Embassy in 
Dhaka, are monitoring the location and functionality of the 14 
USAID/OFDA water purification units currently in country.  End 
summary. 
 
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PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION:  USAID/OFDA PRE-POSITIONED WATER 
PURIFICATION UNITS IN CYCLONE-PRONE BANGLADESH 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
2. Water purification plays a vital role in disaster response, as 
safe drinking water helps prevent diarrhea and other water-borne 
diseases like cholera.  USAID/OFDA stockpiles water purification 
units in warehouses and deploys them during disasters.  These units 
provide clean drinking water and correspond to Sphere Humanitarian 
Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.  The 
purification units can draw water from wells, boreholes, or surface 
water sources.  They then treat the water to reduce suspended 
solids, and subsequently disinfect the water.  At present, each unit 
USAID/OFDA deploys during disasters costs $40,000 and has a maximum 
output of 10,000 liters per hour. 
 
3. Over the past decade, USAID/OFDA has supported the operation of 
mobile water purification plants in Bangladesh.  Prior to Cyclone 
Sidr, USAID-funded disaster preparedness mechanisms included six of 
these systems already in country.  Since these systems are mobile, 
they facilitate rapid response to recurrent floods and cyclones in 
Bangladesh.  Non-governmental organization (NGO) partner Save the 
Children operates two of these pre-positioned systems, while CARE 
operates the remaining four units.  After centralizing the clean 
water supply, USAID/OFDA's implementing partners can utilize local 
networks to hire rickshaw drivers with 500 liter tanks to distribute 
water to outlying villages.  This approach increases access to safe 
drinking water to remote areas and also creates income generating 
opportunities for rickshaw drivers. 
 
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USAID/OFDA RESPONDS TO WATER NEEDS DUE TO CYCLONE SIDR 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
 
4. In September, as part of ongoing preparedness programs in 
Bangladesh, USAID/OFDA ordered four additional water purification 
units.  These systems arrived in country around mid-November and are 
now serving as added resources to the Cyclone Sidr response. 
Implementing partners CARE and Save the Children each received two 
units.  Together with emergency relief commodities from USAID/OFDA's 
Dubai warehouse, including 2,500 hygiene kits and 2,500 water 
containers, these water purification systems have contributed to 
USAID/OFDA's early response efforts in Bangladesh. 
 
5. Identifying water as a priority need for cyclone-affected 
populations, the USAID/OFDA team on the ground requested the 
 
DHAKA 00001891  002 OF 002 
 
 
delivery of four more water purification units on November 21. 
These additional units from USAID/OFDA's warehouse in Dubai arrived 
in country on November 27, along with four water storage bladders 
and 2,400 water containers.  NGO partner World Vision received three 
of the units, three storage bladders, and the water containers, 
while Save the Children received the fourth unit and one water 
bladder. 
 
6.  To provide safe drinking water to cyclone-affected populations, 
NGO partners CARE, Save the Children, and World Vision are currently 
implementing 12 USAID/OFDA water purification units in the following 
upazilas and villages: Mongla, Khulna District; one unit in Amtali 
and two in Patharghata, Barguna District; Kalapara, Zianpara, and 
Umedpur, Patuakali District, two units in Morrelganj and one in 
Sarankhola, Bagerhat District; and Bandaria and Mothbaria, Pirojpur 
District.  The remaining two USAID/OFDA units are currently under 
maintenance.  In addition, as of December 3, the U.S. military had 
also provided 14,309 gallons of water to assist cyclone-affected 
populations. 
 
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GOB PROVISION OF WATER PURIFICATION UNITS 
----------------------------------------- 
 
7. As of December 2, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that 
the GOB's Department of Public Health Engineering had deployed 10 
mobile water purification units in Bagerhat, Barguna, and Pirojpur 
districts.  Out of these 10 units, 7 are currently functioning to 
assist cyclone-affected populations.  As of December 3, district and 
upazila authorities had distributed 30 water purification units, 
according to the Bangladesh military, who had also contributed to 
the humanitarian response with 16 units to affected areas. 
 
 
PASI