Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.
Narrative
The new site for borewell #PW212 is in Hyderpur village of Baduria block of N 24 Parganas district. This land is donated by Arshad Mondol to the community to construct the bore-dugwell.
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31st December: Boring and digging is complete. Housing is ongoing.
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CANCELLED SITE AFTER PILOT TEST.
This site #PW209 is in Bajetpur village of Baduria block of N 24 Parganas district. This land is donated by Thakur Charan Mondol to the community to construct the bore-dugwell.
This year there is a delay in the construction due to the following reasons:
1. during april and may no village meetings could be held because of assembly election in the state election;
2. many sites were selected and village meetings were held several months before the construction. Many sites were cancelled because of pipelines that the local panchayet came to know about later. In fact sites in two blocks, Haringhata and Bashirhat have been replaced by sites in Baduria and Swarupnagar.
3. During pilot tests due to non availability of water bearing sand layer and family or neigborly disputes by now 22 sites been cancelled.
4. At every new site village meetings are being held that leads to delay too.
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Suparna Mondol of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Wed 18 Sep 2013, About 11 Years ago
We went to inspect the dugwell no- pw-209.
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Farida Bibi of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 16 Jul 2013, Over 11 Years ago
we are doing healthmetting m4 f10 c2
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Farida Bibi of Project WellImplementation Status: in_progress Tue 06 Nov 2012, About 12 Years ago
this well is used by 6 families 23 people theoline 500 gram
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Shilpi Poddar of Project WellImplementation Status: in_progress Tue 06 Nov 2012, About 12 Years ago
Health meeting is ok. The poeple 15. Office attendance: Farida, Aparna, Shilpi.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed Fri 23 Mar 2012, Over 12 Years ago
Picture is uploaded of the bore-dugwell being complete and in use.
Picture is uploaded of the bore-dugwell being complete and in use.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project WellImplementation Status: completed_late Tue 20 Mar 2012, Over 12 Years ago
Picture of the construction being complete is still pending.
Picture of the construction being complete is still pending.
- 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
The new site for borewell #PW212 is in Hyderpur village of Baduria block of N 24 Parganas district. This land is donated by Arshad Mondol to the community to construct the bore-dugwell.
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31st December: Boring and digging is complete. Housing is ongoing.
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CANCELLED SITE AFTER PILOT TEST.
This site #PW209 is in Bajetpur village of Baduria block of N 24 Parganas district. This land is donated by Thakur Charan Mondol to the community to construct the bore-dugwell.
This year there is a delay in the construction due to the following reasons:
1. during april and may no village meetings could be held because of assembly election in the state election;
2. many sites were selected and village meetings were held several months before the construction. Many sites were cancelled because of pipelines that the local panchayet came to know about later. In fact sites in two blocks, Haringhata and Bashirhat have been replaced by sites in Baduria and Swarupnagar.
3. During pilot tests due to non availability of water bearing sand layer and family or neigborly disputes by now 22 sites been cancelled.
4. At every new site village meetings are being held that leads to delay too.
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
Construction of bore-dugwell, boring and digging, should complete before the monsoon or rainy season. We have learnt that even after boring is completed, digging cannot be done when the water table is high without using heavy duty water pump. However, low ordinary pump is used when the water to be pumped out is maximum 4 feet in the dugwell. Pilot testing should be done as soon as the sites are selected in the month of November - January. so that there will be time to finish digging before onset of the monsoon if the site gets cancelled.
Impact
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 40
The community will start using the well water after the arsenic report. Water has been collected for the arsenic analysis.
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
Construction of bore-dugwell, boring and digging, should complete before the monsoon or rainy season. We have learnt that even after boring is completed, digging cannot be done when the water table is high without using heavy duty water pump. However, low ordinary pump is used when the water to be pumped out is maximum 4 feet in the dugwell. Pilot testing should be done as soon as the sites are selected in the month of November - January. so that there will be time to finish digging before onset of the monsoon if the site gets cancelled.
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