GEOSCIENCE DIVISION
Map Cook Islands Federated Sates of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Nauru Niue Papua New Guinea Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Palau Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
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Country Cook Islands Cook Islands
Population 21,750 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 236.7 km2
Climate
Water resource
Water consumption
Country Federated Sates of Micronesia Federated Sates of Micronesia
Population 107,862 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 702 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 4,928 mm per annum
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Country Fiji Fiji
Population 918 675 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 18,270 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 3000 mm per annum
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Country Kiribati Kiribati
Population 107,817 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 811 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: South of the equator: 1,300 mm Tarawa: 2,000 mm Northernmost islands: over 3,200mm Eastern Line Islands: less than 1,000 mm
Water consumption
Country Nauru Nauru
Population 11,528 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 21 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,090 mm per annum
Water consumption
Country Niue Niue
Population 1,625m(GoN statistics 2006)
Land Area 260 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2,180 mm per annum
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Country Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Population 5,795,887 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 462,840 km2
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Water resource Avg Rainfall:1000-80000 mm per annum
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Country Republic of Marshall Islands Republic of Marshall Islands
Population 20,842
Land Area 458 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,700 mm per annum
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Country Republic of Palau Republic of Palau
Population 61,815(July 2007 est.)
Land Area 11,854.3 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Southern attols: 4,000mm Northern attols:2,000 mm per annum
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Country Samoa Samoa
Population 214,265
Land Area 2,944 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3,000 mm per annum
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Country Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Population 566,842
Land Area 28,450 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall:1500-5000 mm per annum
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Country Tonga Tonga
Population 116,921
Land Area 748 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: Varies from north and south of tonga with an estimated average of 2500 mm per annum
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Country Tuvalu Tuvalu
Population 11.992 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 26 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 3000mm per annum
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Country Vanuatu Vanuatu
Population 211,971 (July 2007 est.)
Land Area 12,200 km2
Climate
Water resource Avg Rainfall: 2000 - 4000 mm per annum
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Project Fact File
Site Wide Bay Water Corporation in Australia, and SOPAC member countries
Water Issues General lack of trained personnel in pacific water utilities.
Water Solution Training from desk to field in all aspects of water demand management.
Cook Islands
A major component in the WDM program is the development of local staff to implement efficient water demand management practices. This can be done through training and has been approached in two different ways.

1) First through traditional workshops were SOPAC and Wide Bay Water Corporation has held classes and practical exercises in a wide variety of WDM techniques and technologies including;

* Economic & Social Benefits of WDM
* Communication Strategies & Awareness Rising
* Development of Water Balance
* System Sectorisation
* Creation of District Metered Areas and
* Pressure Management Zones
* Water Conservation & Water Auditing
* Pipe Location & Leak Detection
* Reservoir Drop Test & Zero Pressure Test
* Data Logger Analysis, etc

The 1st WDM Workshop where arranged in Rarotonga, Cook Islands with additional participants from Solomon Islands and Samoa. The 2nd WDM Workshop where held in Phonpei with additional participants from Chuuk, Ebeye, Majuro and Yap.

2) The other Capacity Building activity is a new way of thinking training by bringing selected PIC water utility staff on one week field work on projects within the WDM programs workplan and 3 weeks of practical training at Wide Bay Water Corporation in Australia. The aim of the in-house training in Australia is to allow the participant complete visibility of how full scale water loss programs are managed. The two major tools used by Wide Bay Water Corporation are active leakage detection programs and pressure management. In the region they have a number of projects ranging from early stage planning to whole systems being pressure and leak managed.

This is the next logical step for knowledge transfer as the trainee work with all aspects of WDM from office to the field in this world leading company. In effect it is expected that this will prepare the participant to project manage similar work in their home country. Further It is hoped that these trainees can be part of a Pacific wide ‘buddy system’ where water utilities in the region assist each other to minimise water losses, possibly facilitated through the Pacific Water Association.