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 #PW191, is in Kopileshwar village of Swarupnagar block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Ramkrishna Vidhya Vhaban donated the site for the community.

  • Laltu Mirza of Project Well
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    • SMS
    Implementation Status: completed_late Wed 15 Jan 2014, About 10 Years ago

    treated with lime to clear the trubid water.

  • Laltu Mirza of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Tue 07 Jan 2014, About 10 Years ago

    to remove the bad orgnice smell treated with lime.

  • Suparna Mondol of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Sat 05 Oct 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    Projector programme has been finished. Kanchdaho prathomic vidhalaya. Neer by pw-193. Te= M-3, St-100.

  • Farida Bibi of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Thu 19 Sep 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    went for inspection

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Thu 29 Aug 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    This well is used by 11 families 44 people used for drinking and cooking theoline given 200 ml water 21ft

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Sat 03 Aug 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    people used for other work due to some times coming ov turbid.

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Thu 25 Jul 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    pw-193. It is our hand over pw.good water.used for drinking and cooking. families 11-people 44.theoline give 500.water 17.

  • Suparna Mondol of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Fri 12 Jul 2013, Over 10 Years ago

    projector programme has been finished.M-5,F-13, Ch-62.

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Tue 05 Mar 2013, About 11 Years ago

    pw193 Hand over package is given to the community.

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Thu 24 Jan 2013, About 11 Years ago

    visit and water collect near our pw 215 because there are high arsenic report we heard from saguna Anchal.Animesh and Laltu went to spot.

  • Shilpi Poddar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Tue 04 Dec 2012, Over 11 Years ago

    .health meeting is ok . 15 peoples person. 14famili used by drinking and cooking .

  • Animesh sarkar of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_partial Thu 01 Nov 2012, Over 11 Years ago

    This dugwell is clogged up with sand need to be repaired in Nov/Dec again. It was washed once in July 2012 still sand is coming out. before this dw was being used well.

  • Meera Hira-Smith of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed Mon 26 Mar 2012, About 12 Years ago

    PW191: Picture of the constructed bore-dugwell is uploaded.

    PW191: Picture of the constructed bore-dugwell is uploaded. This well will be used by the school children and the staff of the Ramkrishno School.

  • Meera Hira-Smith of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: completed_late Mon 19 Mar 2012, About 12 Years ago

    The picture of completion of construction is not received yet.

    The picture of completion of construction is not received yet.

  • Laltu Mirza of Project Well
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    Implementation Status: in_progress Thu 15 Mar 2012, About 12 Years ago

    Fixing tin cover today

  • Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 30 Nov, 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 #PW191, is in Kopileshwar village of Swarupnagar block in the district of N 24 Parganas. Ramkrishna Vidhya Vhaban donated the site for the community.

Learnings

Knowledge of project and process for sharing

31st December: Boring is complete. Tried to do digging at this site but due to the water table being still high digging is postponed that will be done 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

Plan/Proposal