Award detail

AWARD PURPOSE: THE HOH TRIBE (TRIBE) IS A SMALL, IMPOVERISHED TRIBAL COMMUNITY, LOCATED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON, ON THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF FORKS. THE TRIBE HAS BEEN STRUCK BY 26 DISASTER EVENTS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOOD INCIDENTS. THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS, THE HOH INDIAN RESERVATION, LIE WITHIN A 100-YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND TSUNAMI ZONE, BETWEEN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE HOH RIVER. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF ITS DEVELOPED AND RESIDENTIAL AREA IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE. THIS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK DUE PRIMARILY TO CLIMATIC CHANGES HAS FORCED THE TRIBE TO BEGIN A PROCESS TO RELOCATE ITS WHOLE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS, FROM THE TRIBES RESERVATION TO AN AREA AT HIGHER ELEVATION.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: REVIEW EXISTING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND DATA. CONDUCT A SITE VISIT EVALUATE FUTURE WATER DEMANDDEVELOP TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED WATER SYSTEMDEVELOP PLAN FOR CULTURAL REVIEWS DURING CONSTRUCTIONDEVELOP PLANS FOR REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING WATER SYSTEMDEVELOP THE WATER SYSTEM PLANPROJECT MANAGEMENTEXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: THE RELOCATION AREA DOES NOT HAVE A WATER SYSTEM PLANNED WHICH IS NEEDED BEFORE THE RELOCATION BEGINS. THE PLAN WILL CONFIRM CURRENT WATER USE AMOUNTS, ESTIMATE FUTURE WATER DEMAND, DEVELOP A WATER SYSTEM PIPING NETWORK, WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND REPORTING PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES, AND A LONG-TERM O M AND A FINANCIAL PLAN. THE WATER PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON GUIDELINES.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY LONG TERM BY GUIDING THEM IN DEVELOPING RELIABLE ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N A

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