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Project Name: Arsenic free dugwell (PW74GDP1) funded by BPR & Glen Ridge RC

Attached to Project: Arsenic free dugwell (PW74GDP1) funded by BPR & Glen Ridge RC

Title: PW74: Trial to increase depth of dugwell

Description: On 23rd Feb in the presence of hydrogeologist and geologists a trial to increase the depth of dugwells was executed. The depth of this dugwell is 21 feet. see below for detail discussion

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Dugwell ID: ...Dugwell ID: PW74
PW74GDP1 is located in the village called Gawdhadharpur of Gaighata and the name of the land donor is Mr. Bhola Biswas. This dugwell was excavated on 23rd February.

PW74: Water ...PW74: Water is available in abundance in the hot summer month of May 2008
People are very happy to get crystal clear, cool water in the month of May. I total there is report of 75 number of consumers from this 21 feet deep tubewell

PW74: Succes...PW74: Success in penetrating the thick layer of sand.
Sand boiling at a depth of 14' -15' is a severe hindrance in deepening the dugwells manully hence during the dry season some dugwells would get dry or have low volume of water. The very first dug-cum-tube well has been implemented to overcome this problem

PW74: 22nd O...PW74: 22nd October 2008
slideshow to explain to the consumers of PW74 about the myth of getting cold (hay fever) from the dugwell water and the actual of source of the cold virus and how to prevent.