Attachment Details

Applicant	Project Well	Application ID:	219
Status:	Approved Accepted	Review Cycle end date:	2009-08-29

Attached to Application: Arsenic Safe Drinking Water: N 24 Parganas - Swarupnagar Set4 B (5)

Title: PW111SU21: collecting water to test arsenic level

Description: People have started drinking the water from this newly constructed deep modern dugwell. photo taken on 14th June 2009. To prevent the growth of bacteria theoline is used once a week and arsenic test was done on the spot.

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Attachments

construction...construction cost of deep dugwell

Children pla...Children playing at the site where preparation to dig a deep dugwell is going on.
Children exposed to arsenic can suffer from serious health effects later in life. These children will benefit from arsenic-safe water once the deep dugwell is ready to use.

Village Repo...Village Report_January 2009

Newsletter_2...Newsletter_2009

PW111SU21: R...PW111SU21: Result shows <5 ppb (BIS standard 50 ppb)
The cost of this quick test kit is 250 USD in USA that needs to be carried into the country or would cost more. 100 tests can be carried out. Per sample would be 2.5 USD. It is cheaper to take the samples to the lab where arsenic is measured by AAS instru

PW111SU21: a...PW111SU21: arsenic test using USEPA's Quick Test Kit.
It takes 20 minutes including on the spot collecting the sample and takes 12 minutes to get the reading.

PW Budget_5 ...PW Budget_5 of 50 dugwells_2010

Dugwell IDs,...Dugwell IDs, location and geocodes of 20 dugwells of 2009

Village Repo...Village Report_November 2008