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PROJECT OBJECTIVE
The objective of the project is project to promote proper watershed and integrated management
practices in the Ngerikiil Watershed to improve water quality, decrease the amount of chemicals
needed to treat water, and to establish effective institutional arrangements to protect the Ngerikiil
watershed.
Top 3 Project Results
1. Substantially increased political awareness and support for IWRM, evidenced by His Excellency
President Johnson Toribiong participating in Palau’s 1st National Water Summit (2011) and endorsing
the Palau National Water Policy and national coordination mechanism (2012).
2. Protection and Rehabilitation Ngerikiil Watershed including increase in land area rehabilitated,
establishment of buffer zones, mitigation of pollution sources, and leveraging of financing for ongoing
watershed conservation
3. Increased collaboration between agencies that manage water which is driving strengthened
coordination of investments in water and sanitation activities at National and State levels
