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:
- 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.
- Demonstrated the cost effectiveness of the use of rain-water harvesting and waste-water treatment for replication in the hotel industry.
- 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.
- 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)