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Tafaigata Rehabilitation Phase I – Project Summary

Project goals/objectives: To upgrade the existing open dump to an acceptable level of sanitary landfill
Staff member responsible: Shiro Amano
Programme element: Site Investigation, enclosing/section bunds, leachate collection facility, gas venting facility, access roads, etc.
Donor(s): JICA
Period: Site Investigation
(September 2001 – February 2002)
Upgrading Work
(November 2002 – February 2003)
Budget: ST568,000 (USD180,000)
Collaborators:  
Countries involved: Samoa
Latest progress summary:  
Impact statement:

This is the first landfill to have been upgraded employing the semi-aerobic landfill method (Fukuoka Method) in the Pacific region

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Tafaigata Rehabilitation Phase II – Project Summary

Project goals/objectives: To incrementally upgrade the existing landfill to further reduce environmental health risk
Staff member responsible: Shiro Amano
Programme element: Extension of leachate collection facility, gas venting facility, geo-membrane lining at the leachate retention pond, etc.
Donor(s): JICA
Period: August – September 2003
Budget: ST188,000 (USD63,000)
Collaborators:  
Countries involved: Samoa
Latest progress summary:  
Impact statement:

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