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: Dinh Phuoc Water System
| Applicant | East Meets West Foundation | Plan ID: | 2 |
| Status: | approved_accepted | Review Cycle end date: | 2006-10-27 |
Discussion Forum
Electric pump details and charges
By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
How much Horse power pump will be installed. How many hours will it run daily and what would be the monthly electric bill charges for the same.
Water tower
By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
What would be the storage capacity of the water tower?
Water charges
By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
Each household would pay approx. $82 towards the operational cost. Whether this contribution amount includes a provision of reserved fund for replacement of electric pump and other spares.
Rainfall Figures
By Barefoot College Posted on Wed 11 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I would like to know what the rainfall figures are where they are thinking if a piped water supply scheme.
How far is the water source where they will be piping the water from?
Is that one source or that source is being used by many villages? We do not want a community to be dependent on a source that is maintained by engineers.
RE:Rainfall Figures >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
It's a problem not to be able to see the question when replying! But in answer to the question about distance, it really depends. Some systems are a kilometer or two from the villages, but most are right in the middle of the village or just on the edge.
PVC v HDPE
By Blue Planet Network Posted on Sat 14 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I believe you have moved away from PVC pipes to HDPE. Not only does HDPE last much longer, and is far less toxic in manufacture and totally recyclable, we have an opportunity to get HDPE pipes supplied by our sponsor.
RE:PVC v HDPE >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
Yes all of our system use HDPE. It costs more, but is much more sustainable.
Water charges
By Watershed Organization Trust Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
The water charges per year is worked out to be $82 per household. It seems to be comparatively high. Is this amount affordable to the villagers.
RE:Water charges >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
Again, I made an error in the math. The total cost is much closer to $8 per year, not $80 (I will locate the full cost analysis and post that if desired). Each system is different, but every one has this in common -- most people pay a lot less for water once we have our system in place, since they were often buying good drinking water from vendors prior to getting it from our system. Of course, they also have to purchase a water meter and pipling for the home installation, but that's only about $5.
Rainfall Figures
By Barefoot College Posted on Wed 11 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I would like to know what the rainfall figures are where they are thinking if a piped water supply scheme.
How far is the water source where they will be piping the water from?
Is that one source or that source is being used by many villages? We do not want a community to be dependent on a source that is maintained by engineers.
RE:Rainfall Figures >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
Average rainfall is quite high, I believe over 1,500 mm per year, with most coming in the fall (September and October). Most families use RWH, but storage is limited and few families can store enough for even a few weeks.
RE:Rainfall Figures >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
The source is maintained by water managers, who have recourse to our engineers when necessary. We guarantee the systems for three years, and our five-year failure rate is under 2% (compared to 40% for the two-year failure rate for RWSS nationwide).
roof top rain water harvesting system
By Barefoot College Posted on Wed 11 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
In the country are there any examples of roof top rain water harvesting collecting water dor drinking?
RE:roof top rain water harvesting system >
By Blue Planet Network Posted on Sat 14 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
An opportunity to learn and collaborate. Since East Meets West also builds schools, this is a great entry point into RWH.
How can we get people together?
RE:RE:roof top rain water harvesting system > >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I would love to have someone come and demonstrate how to do RWH for our schools. We have about 300 in Central Vietnam, and at present we build a water system for each one. Some have UV sterilzation and handwashing stations. But if we could get the assistance of experts like some of you, I'd be thrilled to try rooftop systems. Some of these schools are quite large; we are doing one early next year that will house and educate 250 students and 8 teachers as well as other staff. There will be classrooms, dorms, teacher housing, a vocational training center, student center/cafeteria, etc.
Ability to pay
By El Porvenir Posted on Mon 16 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I understand that the community expresses WILLINGNESS to pay but I ask about ABILITY to pay. $82/year = $6 a month or appoximately one third of their stated monthly income of $20.
RE:Ability to pay >
By East Meets West Foundation Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
My apologies -- I made a bad typo in the math. It's not $80 per year, but $8 per year!
RE:RE:Ability to pay > >
By El Porvenir Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, about 19 years ago
I calculate at 12 cents per cubic meter, at $8 per year (your corrected figure), that is less than .2 cu meters per day per family. In addition you say that the 12 cents covers maintenance and salaries so perhaps the net water payment is for .1 cu meter per day. Can you translate that to liters per day? Is that sufficient? Average family size?
Application Summary
| Applicant | : | East Meets West Foundation |
| Status | : | approved_accepted |
| Country | : | VIETNAM Map |
Funding
| Amount Funded | : | $19,890 |
| Funded By:- | ||
| Blue Planet Network | : | $19,890 |
Funds Used |
: | $19,890 |
Funds Available |
: | $0 |
Projects Summary of Application
| Number of Projects | : | 1 |
| Overall Start Date | : | TODO! |
| Overall Completion Date | : | TODO! |
| Date of Last Update | : |