Suriname

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The freshwater resources can be divided into

• Natural freshwater resources, including rivers,
  creeks, swamps and marsh covering 12,000 square
  km, discharging 4,975 cubic meters per second
  into the Atlantic Ocean
• Manmade Brokopondo Lake, a hydropower facility,
  covering 1,560 square km.

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The main source of public water supply

• Coastal Zone Groundwater
• Hinterland Groundwater and a minor portion use
  surface water (the extend of groundwater in the
  hinterland is not known)

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Mineral Water in Suriname is extracted from the
following aquifers

• The A-Sands Aquifer (for Capital City) and
• Zanderij aquifer
• Coesewijne Aquifer

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Water is supply by

• Suriname Water Company (SWM) this company is
  since 1933 responsible for the water distribution
  is coastal areas (state own)
• Department of Water Supply Services of the
  Ministry of Natural Resources
• The ministry of Regional Development

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Current information available on water

• Water consumption
• Production
• Number of connection
• Imports/ exports of bottle-water

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Water legislation

• Suriname has no general law on water. The only
  important legislation is the Nature Protection
  law of 1954

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System of Environmental-Economic Accounting

• Suriname has no experience with the SEEA
• There are no plans right now for an
  Environmental-Economic Accounting

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Programs and Projects on water

• Interwat the Institutional Development project
  aims at strengthening the organization and
  structure of the Suriname Water Company in order
  to render it more self-sufficient.
• The Strategic Plan, which aims at improving 15
  systems in the rural area and 27 "Water Supply
  systems" in the hinterland during the period of
  1994 to 2015.
• The Mid Term Plan for the coastal area is a plan
  of action aiming at integrating the activities
  included in the Strategic Plan, the Five Year
  Plan and the Institutional Development project.
  The is to transfer the rural systems to SWM (up
  to 2010).

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Policies and Strategies

• Full autonomy of the Suriname Water Company
  community-based water supply management approach
  and legal statement of recognition for the
  village water committees.
• Sanitation must be given national priority a
  Drainage Authority for capital city is
  recommended ultimately Suriname should organize
  under at a National Water Authority.
• Inter-institutional collaboration and
  inter-sector coordination/cooperation private
  participation in the sector and development of
  Human Resources for the sector.
• Water saving and protection norms for planning,
  design and construction of water supply systems
  water protection against bacterial contamination
  and water quality monitoring.
• Technical and institutional measures should be
  taken on behalf of sanitation the Master Plan
  for Greater Paramaribo should be executed and the
  waste from the airport must be treated

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Special focus is on the following

• Replacement and rehabilitation of production- and
  distribution facilities
• A large degree of community participation
• Continuous health and environmental education
  programs should be undertaken
• The Ministry of Health and Environment Authority
  should provide leadership in ensuring that
  appropriate water quality is achieved

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Water consumption SWM Service Area (in cubic
meters), 2002-2004
2002 2003 2004
16,145,271 15,899,586 16,452,753
Water Production Operated by SWM (in cubic meters)
2002 2003 2004
28,664,983 31,594,071 33,267,600
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Number of connection
Kind of connection 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Yard Connection 3,057 2,868 2,851 2,823 2,737 3,074
House Connection 48,904 49,318 50,016 50,454 51,567 53,679
House with Swimming pool 48 50 57 59 68 69
Industrial Commercial Connection 4,611 4,748 4,995 4,997 5,593 5,816
Institution 1,018 1,017 1,030 1,043 1,053 1,069
Total 57,638 58,001 58,949 59,376 61,018 63,707
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SWOT Analysis of the Water sector in Suriname

• This SWOT Analysis is to divided into
• Economic part
• Social/ Cultural
• Environmental
• Institutional organization

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Economic

• Strengths
• Excellent quality water (low chloride contents)
• Large per capita resource in aquifers
• Close technical cooperation with similar
  industries in the Netherlands

• Weaknesses
• Insufficient funds for expansion of drinking
  water network
• No split of sewerage and drinking water supply
  and use
• Slow salination beaches consumption is higher
  than rate of replenishment by aquifer
• Inadequate legislation (Drilling Act. Of 1952
  still applies)
• Mining Rights areas not yet renewed despite
  timely application

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Economic

• Opportunities
• Export of bottle water
• Establishment of Water Authority
• Establishment of groundwater protection zones
• Replacement of old stations, establishment of
  larger pumping stations

• Threats
• Depletion of resources for Greater Paramaribo (A
  Sands)
• Depletion of shells for filtration

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Social/ Cultural

• Strengths
• 90 of population linked to drinking water
  company 10 in very sparsely populated areas
• Low population density and growth
• Relatively high literacy and environmental
  awareness

• Weaknesses
• Potable water not available everywhere
• Wastage due to inefficient use, and no reporting
  of leakage

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Social/ Cultural

• Opportunities
• Raise awareness to reduce waste and inefficient
  use of mineral water

• Threats
• None

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Environmental

• Strengths
• No contamination by industrial or agricultural
  activities
• Low possibility of well
• Contamination (artesian well and aquifer
  contamination

• Weaknesses
• Too many potentially contamination activities in
  Savanna Zone e.g. sand excavation, waste dumping

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Environmental

• Opportunities
• Legislation to prevent contamination of Savanna
  Zone

• Threats
• Contamination of catchments area of Zanderij
  aquifer (Savanna Zone)

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Institutional organization

• Strengths
• None

• Weaknesses
• Outdated and inadequate legal instruments/
  framework
• The GMD (Geological Mining Department) needs
  institutional strengthening

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Institutional organization

• Opportunities
• Establishment of the Water Authority, if
  necessary, imbedded in the Minerals Institute

• Threats
• Budget constraints to fund vital public
  institutions
• Continued weakness of institutional and legal
  framework