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. 2021 Mar 25;18(7):3409. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073409

Table 2.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) domain, intervention, and estimated and actual costs at Liberian Government Hospital Bomi and St. Timothy Government Hospital—Liberia, 2016.

Domain Interventions * Estimated Cost (USD) Implementation Cost (USD)
Liberian Government Hospital Bomi
Water
  • -

    Concrete water tower (capacity 12,000 gallons)

  • -

    Drilling of new borehole

  • -

    Water transmission and distribution systems including fixtures

  • -

    Generator (80 kilovolts)

  • -

    Solar-powered submersible pumps

 $172,528.76 $194,057.00
Sanitation
  • -

    Rehabilitate in-patient toilets

  • -

    Rehabilitate leaking sewer lines

  • -

    Rehabilitate the storm drainage system

  • -

    Construct laundry infrastructure with storage and drying compartments
Hygiene
  • -

    Repair nonfunctioning sinks and increase the number of handwashing stations
Waste Management
  • -

    Construct a new burn pit with shelter

  • -

    Construct a new ash pit

  • -

    Construction of new septic tank with leach field

  • -

    Rehabilitate existing mortuary
St. Timothy Hospital
Water
  • -

    Rehabilitate the spring box

  • -

    Construction of ground water storage tank

  • -

    Construction of water tower with storage capacity of 6000 gallons

  • -

    Construction of water transmission system from water source to storage tank and from storage tank to water tower

  • -

    Construction of water transmission system from borehole to storage tank

  • -

    Generator (50 kilovolts)

  • -

    Solar-powered submersible pumps

 $203,263.68 $148,527.00
Sanitation
  • -

    Construction of septic tank with leach field

  • -

    Rehabilitation of sewer lines

  • -

    Construction of toilets

  • -

    Construction of laundry facility

  • -

    Rehabilitation of storm water drainage system
Hygiene
  • -

    Construction of water distribution system from water tower into hospital
Waste Management
  • -

    Construction of new burn pit

  • -

    Construction of placenta pit

  • -

    Construction of an ash pit

  • -

    Construction of fence for waste management section

  • -

    Construction of mortuary

* Includes major interventions only.