rapid assessment of drinking-water quality in the republic of tajikistan

Annex 8.
Example of a monthly progress report
SEVENTH NARRATIVE REPORT
Rapid Drinking-Water Quality Assessment Project in Tajikistan
(15 February 2005)
I. BACKGROUND
The following points summarize the 6th Narrative Report (situation for 31 January 2005):
Assessment in RRS continued from mid-January 2005 in Dushanbe city with 70 samples
taken. Of 674 planned analyses, 466 (69.1%) were implemented since the launch of the
project in the RRS broad area. The plan is to cover two clusters with 25 analyses over the next
two weeks (in Tursunzade and Varzob).
Assessment in Sughd continued from mid-January in Ganchi Istravshan and Zafarabad
districts with 65 samples. In total, 280 out of 515 (54.3%) planned analyses in Sughd district
were implemented since the launch of the project. Over the next two weeks, the plan is to
finalize 55 analyses for three clusters (in Isfara and Gafurova districts).
Assessment in Khatlon continued at the beginning of January 2005 with 48 analyses in
Moskovskiy, Shyrabad, Muminabad and Sovetskiy districts. In total, 253 analyses were
completed by 15 January 2005, with a further 48 analyses planned by mid-February.
Results of 1121 analyses from four broad areas were available by 31 January 2005. The
data represented 62.98% of the total number of analyses (1780). Data was inserted into the
SanMan database and the forms filed.
Monitoring field visits were undertaken over a two-week period (16–31 January 2005) by
Republican SES officials to:
- RRS (1 field trip undertaken by Gulom Erdanov, SES data manager).
- Khatlon (1 field trip undertaken by Sara Babadjanova, bacteriologist from the
Republican SES).
II. FIELD IMPLEMENTATION
Field teams continued working from 1 February 2005, according to workplans in the 6th Narrative
Report (summarized below):
Table 1
Summarized field plan of analyses for three broad areas, for 1–15 February
2005
Week Broad area No. of UPS a samples No. of PS samples Total no. of analyses
1 RRS 0 25 25
2 Sughd 55 0 55
3 Khatlon 0 48 48
Totals 55 73 128
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Acronyms: PS = protected spring. RRS = rayons under direct republican subordination. UPS = utility piped supply.
The tables below describe progress for the two weeks, 115 February 2005.
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