The completion of a water project at Navisa Settlement in Nawaka, Nadi will ensure 10 households have access to a reliable water source.
Through the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management’s Self-Help Programme, the community was assisted with the drilling of a borehole, installation of water tanks, connection of pipes to individual households and connectivity to electricity from the EFL grid to power the pump at a cost of more than $14,000.
Previously, the community used to fetch water from the well and creek for their daily survival.
During the dry spell, the community has always been faced with water problems because the well usually dried up.
During such times, these Fijians would heavily depend on Government’s emergency water supply for consumption while they turned to the creek for bathing and washing.
“The project will ensure that the community has a reliable water source which can supply water to these households adequate quantity at all times, saves emergency water cartage funding, alleviates possible outbreak of LTDD and improves sanitation,” a project brief by the Office of the Commissioner Western Division stated.
The implementation of the project is also in line with Fiji’s National Development Plan target and rights guaranteed in the 2013 Constitution and the Sustainable Development Goals.