Palmyra has taken responsibility of community mobilization and capacity building to implement the project with peoples participation. BWNF has taken responsibility of physical implementation of safe drinking water system in 4 villages with water purificat
Narrative
Basic Water Needs Foundation (BWNF) and Avalokita Foundation from Holland are collaborating with Palmyra, Auroville on a project to implement a “Safe Drinking Water Project” in the Kaliveli Watershed Project Area.
The aim of Avalokita is to stimulate an attitutional change in “using free but unsafe water into buying safe drinking water”.
The Palmyra organization has taken responsibility of community mobilization and capacity building to implement the project with peoples participation. The BWNF has taken responsibility of physical implementation of safe drinking water system in 4 villages with water purification technologies.
A bacterial free, water processing system has been installed in the revenue villages of Thenkodipakkam, Molasur & Thensiruvalur to deliver safe drinking water to the community. This project is funded by BWNF & Avalokita, Holland. The water analysis result shows that prior to installment it had 460 to 600 coli forms /100 ml water. After purification it showed 0.02 coli forms /100ml. The installation of the water purification system and awareness on use of bacterial free water and formation of user group is being organized by Palmyra under the BWNF project, Holland. This project has been started in the month of October 2005 and presently 2000 people are using the safe drinking water. They also pay water cess as Rs.0.5/20 liters of water/day. This water cess amount is being deposited in the safe drinking water user group account.
The villagers are very hard working and financially deprived of medical attention and also they neglect their health related problems, assistance is required to educate, absorb and practice the healthy ways.
It is also observed many of the common diseases like viral fewer, diarrhea, cholera, and other epidemics are spread due to contaminated unsafe drinking water. The villagers are not only unable to spend on medical expenses but also will lose their daily wages.
“Saving the loss of wage is otherwise an income earned”
“Healthy living is a wealthy living”
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Dec, 2010 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Apr, 2005 Preparation Phase
Palmyra has taken responsibility of community mobilization and capacity building to implement the project with peoples participation. BWNF has taken responsibility of physical implementation of safe drinking water system in 4 villages with water purificat
Narrative
Basic Water Needs Foundation (BWNF) and Avalokita Foundation from Holland are collaborating with Palmyra, Auroville on a project to implement a “Safe Drinking Water Project” in the Kaliveli Watershed Project Area.
The aim of Avalokita is to stimulate an attitutional change in “using free but unsafe water into buying safe drinking water”.
The Palmyra organization has taken responsibility of community mobilization and capacity building to implement the project with peoples participation. The BWNF has taken responsibility of physical implementation of safe drinking water system in 4 villages with water purification technologies.
A bacterial free, water processing system has been installed in the revenue villages of Thenkodipakkam, Molasur & Thensiruvalur to deliver safe drinking water to the community. This project is funded by BWNF & Avalokita, Holland. The water analysis result shows that prior to installment it had 460 to 600 coli forms /100 ml water. After purification it showed 0.02 coli forms /100ml. The installation of the water purification system and awareness on use of bacterial free water and formation of user group is being organized by Palmyra under the BWNF project, Holland. This project has been started in the month of October 2005 and presently 2000 people are using the safe drinking water. They also pay water cess as Rs.0.5/20 liters of water/day. This water cess amount is being deposited in the safe drinking water user group account.
The villagers are very hard working and financially deprived of medical attention and also they neglect their health related problems, assistance is required to educate, absorb and practice the healthy ways.
It is also observed many of the common diseases like viral fewer, diarrhea, cholera, and other epidemics are spread due to contaminated unsafe drinking water. The villagers are not only unable to spend on medical expenses but also will lose their daily wages.
“Saving the loss of wage is otherwise an income earned”
“Healthy living is a wealthy living”
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
Maintenance cost is paid from the water cess amount. Rs. 25,000/- to 50000/p year (operator salary, electricy bill, pipe repairs, plant repair cost)
Other Issues
Unusual and unexpected issues faced during project execution
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Learnings
Knowledge of project and process for sharing
The project by itself may not be an income generation project but an income savings project. Hence Palmyra considered that this as focus area for the upliftment of the poor and provide them with all the input necessary to come out of this common perennial problem existing in rural areas.
Impact
People Impacted: 4500
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 3500
Orientation on the use of bacterial free water through awareness programs,
group discussion, PRA exercise and street theatre /video projects etc. in
the villages.
• Getting concurrence from the Village Panchayat to distribute the purified
water to all families in the village.
• Finding a suitable mechanism to distribute water according to the people’s
convenience.
• Fixation of water cess which is mutually agreeable by all users.
Matured SRI paddy plant with good yield
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• Through implementation of this project the school children will get safe
drinking water free of cost.
• The project envisages to achieve the goal of social cost-sharing.
School Children Getting Water: 1000
School children in two villages
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $50000
Creating and measuring long-term impact
Maintenance cost is paid from the water cess amount. Rs. 25,000/- to 50000/p year (operator salary, electricy bill, pipe repairs, plant repair cost)
Funding
- funded:
- $32,452
- Community:
- $3,245
- Final Cost:
- $35,697
- $32,452:
- Avalokita, Holland