This project explored, for the first time, a public/private sector Climate Change-related joint venture aimed at solving a serious problem of annual water shortage and coastal greywater discharge in coastal marine areas in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. The CBRAS is a 254-room hotel and is the second largest consumer of water (approximately 12%) in Vieux Fort. The very large roof area of the hotel was used to harvest rainwater. As a result, there was an addition to the normal source of water collected on the island. Also under the project a greywater facility was constructed to process the wastewater which could then be used for irrigating the lawns and golf course. The Project on completion:

  1. Complemented the national water supply programme by establishing adaptation measures which result in increased resilience of surrounding coastal ecosystems to the impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability.
  2. Demonstrated the cost effectiveness of the use of rain-water harvesting and waste-water treatment for replication in the hotel industry.
  3. Provided the Government of Saint Lucia with an opportunity to introduce new policy guidelines to the hotel industry in the use of rainwater harvesting and waste-water treatment as part of its water conservation programme.
  4. Provided a capacity for waste-water storage of 204,360 litres (44,953 imperial gallons) and for rainwater storage of 27,020 litres (5,944 imperial gallons)