Water, Sanitaiton, and Hygiene Needs Report HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING in NWS

Situation analysis: Continuous rainfall in North-West Syria over the past week has caused significant destruction, particularly in the IDP camps, stretching the already dire living conditions for thousands. The storm has resulted in widespread consequences, damaging tents, shelters, roads, and critical utilities. As winter persists, the situation remains critical, and there is an expectation of further heavy rain in the upcoming days. As of now, there is still no effective response on the ground, but reports indicate the mobilization of some resources to mitigate the impact on the lives of IDPs. Recent reports indicates that a total of 415 camps across north-West Syria has been impacted on different levels, leaving tens of thousand of families in urgent need of assitant. It is crucial to urgently scale up humanitarian response aid to reach those in need, as IDPs in camps depend entirely on assistance from the humanitarian community. Moreover, efforts should be directed towards the restoration and strengthening of infrastructure, especially during this challenging season.

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene situation and needs in (191 camps):

Situation analysis: Continuous rainfall in North-West Syria over the past week has caused significant destruction, particularly in the IDP camps, stretching the already dire living conditions for thousands. The storm has resulted in widespread consequences, damaging tents, shelters, roads, and critical utilities. As winter persists, the situation remains critical, and there is an expectation of further heavy rain in the upcoming days. As of now, there is still no effective response on the ground, but reports indicate the mobilization of some resources to mitigate the impact on the lives of IDPs. Recent reports indicates that a total of 415 camps across north-West Syria has been impacted on different levels, leaving tens of thousand of families in urgent need of assitant. It is crucial to urgently scale up humanitarian response aid to reach those in need, as IDPs in camps depend entirely on assistance from the humanitarian community. Moreover, efforts should be directed towards the restoration and strengthening of infrastructure, especially during this challenging season.

Recommendations

Immediate water services delivery to the camps in need of water, especially with cholera outbreak, this might result in devestating consequences on the public health. Emptying of septic tanks and increasing frequency in winter season. In addition, plan ot have a full scale of septic tank emptying right before the rainy season. In collaboration with ERL sector, conduct a desk review of 2023 and 2024 flooding data and prioritize the areas with frequent floods to ensure future rainfall and flood does no heavely impact the humanaitarian response. Distribution of water storage tanks and replacement of old and rusty tanks. Storage tanks should be enough for at least one day of water storage or following the distribtuion plan of the responding organiztions. Review of all solar powered water stations, checking the avialablity of a standby generator with adequate fuel to ensure continiuos operation of the system when there is no enough sun light to generate power (rainy days and winterin general). Distribution of hygiene items to all camps ensuring population are eqquiped with te neccessary hardware and skills for personal proection. Incest in Water, Sanitaiton and Hygiene services as they represent the first line of defense against Water Borne diseases