rr for any major public works deve looment for public water supply and wastewater disposal, funding be included for some expatriate management of the system after completion. Funding for training of local personnel, both formally and on the job, to take on the responsibility of management and operation of the system should also be included. Table 6 presents a summary of the adequacy of the water supply, sanitary disposal of human waste, solid waste disposal and vector (rats, flies, and mosquitoes) control problems in the 20 islands surveyed as a part of developing this health plan. This represents about 82% of the total population of the Marshall Islands served by the facilities which were evaluated in this survey. The adequacy of fresh water supplies in all the outer atolls was mainly based on approximate sizes and numbers of rainfall catchments and cisterns or tanks related to the number of people served and the rainfall amount, except for Enewetak where the sizes were measured and numbers determined. A water consumption of 20 gallons per person per day was used for the Marshall Islands. This value is low because water is usually not used for flushing toilets, watering lawns or running washing machines etc. and there is partial substitution of drinking water by the use of coconuts and bottled and canned beverages. In spite of low water usage, during low rainfall months water shortages often occur, especially if there are no reserve or emergency storage tanks or cisterns on the island. No sanitary surveys of potable drinking water have been done on the outer atolls. Poor sanitary quality on these islands was assessed by observation and by questioning the health assistant and/or magistrate. Only 4 of the 20 islands surveyed had adequate reserve or emergency storage capacity while at least 7 were inadequate to meet present needs, at least not at 20 gallons per person per day. Ebeye's water usage has been only around 10 gallons per person per day over the last 2 years and they still have to buy water from Kwajalein Missile Range almost every month. When the new airport catchment in Majuro is completed along with the new expanded reservoir about 20 million gallons per month can be caught and stored which is more than adequate for the present population. But in order to adequately deliver that water (in quantity and quality) the distribution system will have to be repaired and replaced (possible funding from Community Improvement Grants appropriated by the U.S. Congress, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Grants, etc.). The sanitary quality of the potable water systems in Majuro and Ebeye is questionable. The free residual chlorine level should be tested daily and the total coliform bacteriological test 2 or 3 times weekly. 10 This increased