Resolution No. 66/2022 approving the National Groundwater Mobilization Programme.

This Resolution approves the National Groundwater Mobilization Programme (PNMAS). The PNMAS aims to strengthen the mobilization of groundwater in the country for different purposes, contributing to the strengthening of the resilience of families and the financial sustainability of the managing entities. The programme has a national scope and must be physically implemented on the islands of: Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santiago, Fogo, Maio, São Nicolau, Brava, Sal and Boavista. The interventions are carried out mainly in the areas defined as having the highest water potential in the following municipalities: Porto Novo, São Vicente, Ribeira Grande, Tarrafal de São Nicolau, Santa Catarina, Santa Cruz, São Domingos, Calheta S. Miguel, S. Salvador do Mundo, S. Lourenço dos Órgãos, Ribeira Grande de Santiago, Mosteiros, São Felipe and Santa Catarina d'Fogo, Brava, Boavista and Sal.
The PNMAS has the following goals: a) The execution of one hundred and twenty underground water collection holes, with depths varying between two hundred and three hundred and fifty meters (altitude zones); b) Installation of pumping equipment and control panels; c) Installation of photovoltaic solar panels for the production of electrical energy for the mobilization and pumping of water; d) The construction of reservoirs with volumes up to a maximum of one hundred cubic meters; e) The installation of telematic devices for controlling the flow and pressure; f) Construction of water supply networks, connecting boreholes to reservoirs; and g) The execution of a training programme.