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Projects
Climate Change & Water Resources (Water Quality & Groundwater)
The UNESCO Cluster contracted two of Ntek's consultants to assess the Water Quality of Northern Aquifer in Belize.
Belize is located in the Caribbean and on the mainland of Central America. The country has a subtropical climate with distinct wet and dry seasons and has a
population of approximately 300,000. The departments included Belize National Hydrological Service as well as from the Mining and Physical Planning departments.
Stakeholders included the Ministry of Economic Development, Petroleum Investment, Trade & Commerce and Mining department, Environment Hydrological Services and private drink manufacturers etc.
The groundwater basin has an area of 3000 km2 and is part of a transboundary
aquifer which is shared with Mexico and Guatemala. The aim of the project was to identify groundwater flow across Northern Belize and assess the contaminant risk for the department so that future groundwater wells can be monitored, existing wells would be brought into a database for enhancing management and the department can better manage climate risk to enhance living standards of people living in the basin. The team
- Built the capacity of the Belize Hydrological Service, evaluated the capacity of staff, equipment and determined training needs.
- Deployed water quality equipment and determined a user-friendly interface for the compilation of the data used in Water Resources for data capture, analysis and reporting
- Preliminary results for groundwater modelling
- Integrated Water Resources Master plan for managing data in a GIS web-based database
- Groundwater flow characterisation, Groundwater surface mapping, Water quality mapping
HealthCare, Climate Change & Disaster Management -Incident Command for Healthcare Systems
Ntek was contracted to develop an Incident Command System for Trinidad and Tobago’s Healthcare System
Trinidad and Tobago is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) vulnerable to the effects of climate variability and change. This is owing to factors such as, its developing status, small physical size, low-lying coastal areas, increasing pressures on natural resources and susceptibility to natural disasters. The country is particularly susceptible to degradation of coastal ecosystems due to increased sea level rise, and storm surge events as a result of its location at the southern border of the Tropical Atlantic Hurricane Belt. The Ntek Team assessed Direct and indirect impacts of the gaps identified by their national team.
The Scope of Works included executed the activities that contribute towards enhancing the Ministry of Health’s resilience to climate change. Specific activities include the following:
1. Develop an Incident Command System (ICS) Action Plan and associated toolkit to aid with the implementation of the system as per the Comprehensive Disaster Management Plan for the Health Sector.
2. Deliver training workshops inclusive of training materials and reports on validating and operationalizing the Incident Command System toolkit
HealthCare & Climate Change Training
Ntek was contracted to build the resilience of the health sector to cope with increased incidence and intensity of climate induced disaster/extreme events and associated risks. As such its focus is to strengthen the country’s coordination mechanism by increasing awareness and communication through training and sensitization on the impacts of climate change on the healthcare system, specifically to support holistic planning through data sharing. Specific activities included:
- Draft comprehensive training curriculum inclusive of training and sensitization material
- Updated Environmental Health Officers manual of Operations and Insect Vector Control Operations Training Manual effectively capturing climate change dimension
- Validation Session & Revised Comprehensive Training Curriculum inclusive of training and sensitization material and updated manuals
- Five Training Sessions with reports pre and post training assessments results
- Final Consultancy Report
Emergency Planning & Business Continuity
The Anguilla Electricity Company Limited (ANGLEC) contracted Ntek for a Business Continuity Plan through the Caribbean Development Bank.
The objective of the consultancy was to develop a systematic plan to ensure the essential operational functions remain uninterrupted following a naturalemergency and disaster.
Climate Change, Water Resources modelling & GIS
Ntek Design Solutions was contracted by Inter-American Development Bank to build a Integrated Water Resource Decision Support System (DSS) Geographic Information System GIS. The DSS was the final part of a 5-year IDB investment programme. The Yallahs-Hope watersheds provide part of the raw water supply for the city of Kingston, the remainder of which is sourced from the Wagwater River, Rio Cobre and groundwater. In the light of a growing population, land-use changes for fruit and coffee cultivation and potential growth in irrigation demand, an integrated and more holistic approach is required to enable all stakeholders of this region to effectively and interactively manage all interests and long-term environmental and economic sustainability of local resources and development activities. Stakeholders included the Meteorological Services, National Environmental Planning Agency, National Sptial Data Management Division, Forestry and Agricultural departments.
The assignment carried out design, development, training and operation of the new IWM-GIS-DSS software solution through assessing the impact of climate change on water resources for the issuance of development licenses by NEPA and water licenses by the Jamaica Water Resources Authority. The system is web-enabled so that users can update and access the DSS application to facilitate analysis, process modelling decision making and hydrological forecasting. The system is capable of integrating models from hydrology, economics, and ecology with GIS providing a common framework for database management and visualization. Training was provided for over 100 users and administrators from the client and stakeholder group. The system is being operated through to Dec-2020 with further enhancements planned. The system has demonstrated as a case study the hydrological impact of deforestation and land-use change on city water supply. This work was undertaken in conjunction with a post-doctorate thesis at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.