Introducing Water Saving Techniques Using the Solar Energy in an Environmental Garden in Dummar
Damascus Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DAWSSA) in collaboration with Damascus Friends Association, an NGO based in Damascus, initiated a pilot project related to advocating the use of drought resistant plants and water saving techniques that utilize solar energy in Damascus' home gardens and parks. Project activities will include establishing an environmental garden in Dummar. The environmental garden will be annexed to Dummar Water Billing Center where visitors will have the opportunity to get acquainted with water saving techniques and drought resistant plants thought demonstration sites in the garden.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Damascus Friends Association
Country:
Syrian arab republic
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 43,982.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 50,281.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 12,219.00
Project Number:
SYR/OP3/05/05
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Policy Impact
As a result to the project activities:
-The Water Saving Bureau at the Ministry of Housing and Construction is mobilized,
-Checking on water saving techniques installed in constructions becomes a prerequisite for licensing by engineers syndicates,
- Parks Department in Damascus adapts drought resistant plants and gardens' design.
Notable Community Participation
Participants include Dummar residents, DAWSSA staff, private companies (providing water saving equipment to be exhibited), and members of DFA.
Direct beneficiaries include Dummar residents, school children who will visit the site and active NGOs in Dummar that will be trained.
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