Action Memorandum for The Assistant Administrator (LAC)] [: for The Guanacaste Well Construction Project (515-0200)]
Project to provide emergency assistance to help relieve the effects of drought in Costa Rica's Guanacaste province by drilling 30 deep (30-90 meters) wells on public property on sites near Santa Cruz, and installing pumps, spigots, and fencing at each. The U.S. Department of Defense, at the request of the President of Costa Rica, will provide the services of "Seabees" to implement the project, which is expected to benefit 40,000 people and provide enough water for some 30,000 head of cattle.