Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This dugwell #PW100JHDN7, is located at latitude 22.95433 and longitude 88.83276 in the village Khaldharpara at the Jhowdanga Panchayet in Gaighata. Atul Tarafdar donated the site for the community.
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Shilpi Poddar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Thu 14 Mar 2013, About 11 Years ago
500ml theoline was sold. 3famili 13people. Water in the filter.Used for cooking.
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Suparna Mondol of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Mon 31 Dec 2012, Over 11 Years ago
Visit aparna, champa.
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Jyotsna Sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Sat 15 Dec 2012, Over 11 Years ago
has been dane of pw100.
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Shilpi Poddar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Thu 01 Nov 2012, Over 11 Years ago
Repair need to be done. The community said that they had fixed the washer and check valve but water was still not coming out. it seems the valve was not fitted. the community has been advised to do it.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Thu 23 Jun 2011, Almost 13 Years ago
One of the randomly selected dugwell for the bimonthly test for arsenic.
This well was visited by the technical manager and the project manager on the same day. The water quality is normal and according to the june report only one family is using this well. Need to have several health meetings here.
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Dec, 2009 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Jan, 2009 Preparation Phase
Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This dugwell #PW100JHDN7, is located at latitude 22.95433 and longitude 88.83276 in the village Khaldharpara at the Jhowdanga Panchayet in Gaighata. Atul Tarafdar donated the site for the community.
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
The users would require to purchase theoline, the disinfectant, and also repair minor wear and tear. The dugwells will be visited by the field workers every month for one year to get technical and utility reports followed by inspection once or twice a year.
Other Issues
Unusual and unexpected issues faced during project execution
Research and Development is part of the project. The Arsenic level is 6 PPB (BIS stnd is 50PPB)and the date of report October 22, 2009. The Total coliform is 0 CFU/100ml and Fecal coliform is 0 CFU/100ml. Report date is Dec 7, 2009. Chlorination is done once a week.
Impact
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 45
According to the register record of July 2011 the total consumers=45; Families=11; Male=23, Female=22, children <5 =4 and students = 15.
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This dugwell could not be used because after construction followed by monsoon rain that led to filling up the internal pipe with sand and also speculated that perhaps the pipe could not withstand the pressure developed by monsoon water. As a consequence of such experience in the field prompted us to change the thickness of the internal pipe for the bore-dugwell and borewell. In 2010 all the 45 dugwells have been supplied with thicker of pipes that led to the increase in the construction cost.
People Getting Other Benefits: 50
Public health education on arsenic health effects and personal hygiene is given to all the dugwell beneficiaries. A training program on the maintenance of the dugwells (including chlorination) is given to develop a sense of ownership and to make the program sustainable. There are five field workers working on the dugwell program who are selected from the arsenic afflicted villages. They are involved in site selection, village meetings during site selection, followed by construction of the wells and also follow up the on the technical faults of the dugwells and the number of users. The villagers are also shown VCDs on how to improve personal health and hygiene through proper practices. The office of Aqua Welfare Society is located in the village. The awareness programmer and experts of geology and technical knowhow are based in Kolkata who visit the village office and sites occasionally to create awareness amongst the user group, prospective users and students of schools. Trades like well-digging, pottery, and masonry, are required for the dugwell program and are benefiting from work generated by the project.
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $40
Creating and measuring long-term impact
The users would require to purchase theoline, the disinfectant, and also repair minor wear and tear. The dugwells will be visited by the field workers every month for one year to get technical and utility reports followed by inspection once or twice a year.
Implementer: Project Well & Aqua Welfare Society
Aqua Welfare Society, AWS, is the partner NGO. Their office is based in the North 24 Parganas. The 8 honorary board members are located in Kolkata. There are only 5 field workers who are interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on maintenance of the dugwells, organizing village meetings and health meetings. A technical advisor of AWS is based in Kolkata who visits the village occasionally and one awareness programmer who is in charge of awareness programs in the communities and educational institutions. There is an accountant and also a data entry person on part time basis.
Funding
- funded:
- $1,050
- Final Cost:
- $1,050