Project: Primary Location

Project Name: Arsenic free dugwell (PW74GDP1) funded by BPR & Glen Ridge RC
Village or Town Gawdhadhawrpur/N24 Parganas near Kolkata
District or State West Bengal
Nearest Airport Netaji Subhas Chandra, Kolkata
Country India
GPS Coordinates

22.97164

88.83464

Project Summary

Project ID :  72
Application ID : 74
Owner : Project Well
Status : Completed
Country : India
Last Report
  Update		 : 17 Oct, 2011
(4 months ago)
Last Progress/
  Status Report		 : 04 Nov, 2008
(over 3 years ago)

Funding

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Photos and Documents

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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.
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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
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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
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PW74: Trial ...PW74: Trial to increase depth of dugwell
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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Main Project Report

Implementation Phase Reports (1)

Attachments

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PW74: viewin...PW74: viewing track consumer record
Every month the number of consumers is recorded that shows the fluctuation of the number of users that may be related to many different reasons. Such record helps to solve any upcoming issues that may affects the use of the dugwell water and the local NG
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PW74 communi...PW74 community awareness
through pictures showing why dugwell water should be used and not the source of cough and cold (flue or hay fever)

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