drinking water for sanitation??

By Safer Future Youth Development Project Posted on Wed 29 Nov 2006, over 19 years ago

How does the community get sanitation from this project? Is it not purely for drinking water??

If they use the water for sanitation too, 15.000 Liters will probably not be enough to carry them through the dry season.

But it's a fine project :)

drinking water for sanitation??

By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Wed 29 Nov 2006, over 19 years ago

Thank you for the feedback and the appreciation for the project.

With regard to your query,

(i) How does the community get sanitation from this project ? :

•The primary focus of the project is to provide clean and safe drinking water to the village community as there is an actue drinking water shortage specially during the summer months.
• Simultaneously, efforts are taken to educate the village community for preventive health care (personal cleanliness and hygiene, surrounding cleanliness, immunization etc).
•During the SHG/SMS meetings, besides the financial matters other issues such as women’s drudgery, health, sanitation etc are also discussed. A trained and experienced lady social worker has been appointed to promote the women’s developmental activities as well more focus is given on the health education and hygiene and preventive health care. The women are sensitized in key hygiene issue such as washing of hands with soap before eating and cooking- after use of toilet, cutting the nails, and inculcating hygienic habits in the children.
•The local woman health promoter has also been trained to impart information/knowledge of the preventive health care in the village.

(ii) Probably 15,000 ltrs will not be enough ….

The water requirement per day per person is calculated as –

• Water required for human consumption : approx 9,800 liters per day
The population of the village as per survey is 32 (families)/178 (population). Projected growth of population for the next 20 years considering @10% increase in population estimated is 196 inhabitants.
The capacity of the proposed constructed water storage tank is 15,000 liters per day
Water requirement per day as estimated for 196 inhabitants is 9,800 liters per day @50ltrs. per inhabitant

• For livestock : 4170 liters per day.
For small ruminants (goat, sheep etc.) 1920 liters is estimated @10lts/ per day.
For big animals (cattle, buffaloes etc.). 2250 liters is estimated @ 30 liters / per day

Total water requirement per day is 13,970 liters per day round up to 15,000 liters per day.

Do let us know if you require any other information.

best wishes

WOTR

Experience in developing drinking water systems

By El Porvenir Posted on Sat 02 Dec 2006, over 19 years ago

I have read everything in the Organization Description and the web page of Watershed Organization Trust and I find that the two projects listed as prior projects of the organization are dated 2006 and that there is only one reference on the webpage to water or san development, a series of school wells and latrines. It appears that the organization is devoted to training for watershed management, not water project development. I cannot find out who is the actual project operator of either of the projects listed in the organization info page, or the proposed project. Who will actually execute this Shivgad Tanda project? It appears that the directors of WOT are specialists in human resources, training, and planning, and are not water project operators, engineers, or technicians with water experience. Do you contract with a local NGO, company, or individual to carry out projects, such as the Shivgad Tanda project? If so, please provide the experience and capacity of the actual project operator.

Experience in developing drinking water systems

By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Sat 02 Dec 2006, over 19 years ago

Though the main focus areas of WOTR are capacity building of village groups and NGOs for participatory watershed development and self help promotion, but at the same time WOTR also undertakes direct implementation of watershed projects. So far, we have implemented 66 watershed projects covering an area of 48426 ha. in Maharashtra state and 17 project in the state of Andhra Pradesh covering an area of 8429 ha. WOTR has 6 regional resource centres in different parts of Maharashtra and 2 resource centres in other states of India i.e. in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Besides these resource centres, WOTR has 6 implementation units in different areas. WOTR has 24 technical staff i.e. Civil/Agril Engg. and 38 qualified community organizers / lady social workers.

The Project titled “Capacity Building through NGOs for Watershed Development, Maharashtra: Poverty Alleviation through Community Action” (CAPA) was implemented by WOTR during the period September 2002 – May 2003. Under the project various watershed development activities were implemented one of which was that reduced the drudgery of women and improved living conditions. Activities related to drinking water, privacy, sanitation and hygiene and use of clean fuels and energy saving devices was also implemented.

Because of the severe drought situation, addressing the drinking water problem was the most demanded activity and 40 villages benefited from this activity. In 4 villages the common well was deepened. In 22 villages bore wells / open wells were dug and pipelines were installed and in 24 villages water tanks were constructed and connected to a water source. In 24 villages the SMS took the initiative and saw the activity through completion. In 16 villages the SMS jointly with the VWC were the implementers. In these villages the SMS or the VWC jointly with the SMS have undertaken responsibility for the post project management.

WOTR also implements drinking water project including sanitation activity in its project villages under the women's drudgery reduction activities. Besides the above mentioned drinking water project, so far WOTR has successfully completed 3 drinking water projects and 2 project are nearly to be completed under BPR. WOTR has sufficient experience and qualified technical staff to implement the project.

WOTR also provides financial and technical support to the local partner NGOs to implement the watershed development activities in different areas. For. e.g. The local NGO SURABHI is being supported by WOTR for the implementation of the 'Honabachi Wadi' watershed project. The drinking water project from the same village as well as from the neighbouring village i.e. Shivgad Tanda have been selected by WOTR to be implemented by the partner NGOs only. SURABHI has degree holder civil engg. with 5 years experience as well as a qualified and experienced lady social worker who is supported by WOTR to implement this drinking water project.

Besides this WOTR also provides technical support and monitors the activities from its Regional resource centre which is located in the Aurangabad region at about 50 km distant from the proposed drinking water villages.