rr fcr any major public works development for public water supply and wastewater disposal, funding be included for some expatriate management of thd system after completion. Funding for training of local personnel, both formal y and on the job, to take on the responsibility of management and operation should also be included. Table 6 presents a summary of the adequacy of the water suppily, sanitary disposal of human waste, solid waste disposal and vector (rats, mosquitoes) control problems in the 20 islands surveyed as a part this health plan. flies, and developing This represents about 82% of the total populdtion of the Marshall Islands served by the facilities which were evaluated in The adequacy of fresh water supplies in all the outer atoll¢? is survey. 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 amoun » 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 ubstitution of drinking water by the use of coconuts and bottled and canned be erages. In spite of low water usage, during low rainfall months water shortages 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 atolls. pn the outer Poor sanitary quality on these islands was assessed by obs by questioning the health assistant and/or magistrate. Only 4 of the 20 islands surveyed had adequate reserve or emerg capacity while at least 7 were inadequate to meet present needs, at east not at Ebeye's water usage has been on around 10 gallons per person per day over the last 2 years and they still have o buy water 20 gallons per person per day. from Kwajalein Missile Range almost every month. When the new airpo t catchment in Majuro is completed along with the new expanded reservoir abou 20 million gallons per month can be caught and stored which is more than adegq ate for the present population. and quality) But in order to adequately deliver that water the distribution system will have to be repaired (possible funding from Community Improvement Grants appropriated [in quantity and replaced py the U.S. Congress, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Grants, etc.). The sanitary quality of the potable water systems in Majuro questionable. total dnd Ebeye is The free residual chlorine level should be tested daily and the coliform bacteriological test 2 or 3 times weekly. 10 ThiB increased