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EU EDF 8 – SOPAC Project Report No ER0095: Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States SUMMARY REPORT: Integrated Flood Management, Apia, Samoa SOPAC Secretariat SOUTH PACIFIC APPLIED GEOSCIENCE COMMISSION c/o SOPAC Secretariat Private Mail Bag SOPAC Secretariat SOUTH PACIFIC APPLIED GEOSCIENCE COMMISSION c/o SOPAC Secretariat Private Mail Bag GPO, Suva FIJI ISLANDS Phone: +679 338 1377 Fax: +679 337 0040 director@ Important Notice This report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Community; however, the views expressed herein must never be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Community.  BACKGROUND The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is currently implementing an EU-funded project Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States. The goal of the Project is to address vulnerability reduction in the Pacific ACP States through the development of an integrated planning and management system, Island Systems Management. The objective is to strengthen integrated development by concentrating on three key focal areas in the island system: Sustainable coastal zones including the identification of alternative aggregate sources to that of beach mining and coral shore extraction; Improved planning practices installed for safe water and sanitation; and Implementation of comprehensive hazard risk management tools. The Project is addressing problems such as: unavailability of accurate and timely data; weak human resource base; limited resources (money and infrastructure); and lack of appropriate management plans, policies and regulatory frameworks to deal with these three focal areas. With respect to the Hazard and Risk component of the Project, the Government of Samoa during the stakeholder consultations had requested an assessment of the river flooding and erosion problems of Apia [WS 3.5.4]. INTRODUCTION River flooding, esp