Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This site #PW197, is in Dewanpara village of Swarupnagar block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Ratan Mondol donated the site for the community.
The dugwell ID number has been revised.
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Laltu Mirza of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 25 Feb 2014, Over 10 Years ago
set washer,checkvalve today.
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Sat 24 Aug 2013, About 11 Years ago
This well is used by 8 families 33 people ,good water used for drinking and cooking,theoline give 500 ml water 19 ft 1 inch
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Thu 01 Aug 2013, Over 11 Years ago
Health meeting held in this bi-tech wel.Total people -17.m-9.F-8.
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Wed 10 Jul 2013, Over 11 Years ago
People are not drinking due to turbid water is coming out.well is dry but water is in the pipe.
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Sat 29 Jun 2013, Over 11 Years ago
This well is used by 3 families.10 people..good water.used for drinking and cooking.theoline give 200 ml.
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Mon 07 Jan 2013, Almost 12 Years ago
.This well is used by 5 families, 20 people.water 16 ft .used for drinking ,cooking and other works.
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Suparna Mondol of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 11 Dec 2012, Almost 12 Years ago
Health meeting is ok. People 20.
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Wed 05 Dec 2012, Almost 12 Years ago
well is good. used 7 families 34 people for drinking and cooking. water 16 ft 10 inch
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Mon 03 Dec 2012, Almost 12 Years ago
This well is good. used 7 families 34 people for drinking and cooking. water 16 ft 10 inch
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Animesh sarkar of Project WellImplementation Status: in_progress Thu 08 Nov 2012, About 12 Years ago
This well is used by 9 families, 42 people, water 17 ft, 300 ml theoline give, good water,used for drinking,cooking, and other works.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 20 Mar 2012, Over 12 Years ago
construction complete
construction complete
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Mon 19 Mar 2012, Over 12 Years ago
The picture of completion of construction is not received yet.
The picture of completion of construction is not received yet.
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Dec, 2011 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 30 Nov, 2010 Preparation Phase
Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
This site #PW197, is in Dewanpara village of Swarupnagar block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Ratan Mondol donated the site for the community.
The dugwell ID number has been revised.
Learnings
Knowledge of project and process for sharing
31st December: The digging is still pending due to high water table. Should try to do digging in the second week of January 2012.
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Due to cancellation of sites at Swarupnagar, Bashirhat and Baduria new sites were selected following the selection procedure of village meetings and geocoding that delayed in construction and only boring could be done at some sites. Followed by the heavy monsoon rain since end of July to present there was further delay. The monsoon rain will continue till end of October and hoping to complete the project in November 2011.
Impact
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 40
Registers will be created as soon as the community starts using the water from this bore-dugwell.
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $40
Creating and measuring long-term impact
Implementer: Project Well & Aqua Welfare Society
Aqua Welfare Society (AWS) is the partner NGO of Project Well. Their office is based in North 24 Parganas. The seven honorary board members are located in Kolkata. New field workers have been engaged mainly for the surveillance program. There is one project manager, one technical manager, one awareness program manager, two technical assistants, one maintenance assistant, one assistant for data entry, one account assistant and three field workers; three more field workers will be hired. All field staff are constantly interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on well maintenance, organizing village meetings and health meetings. The project manager visits the villages three to four times a week and works alongside the field workers, meeting with government officials and villagers, selecting sites, coordinating well construction, sending reports to Project Well and meeting with the members AWS to keep the projects running. The awareness programmer is in charge of conducting public education programs in the communities and educational institutions, which is the other component that makes our program sustainable.
Funding
- funded:
- $1,160