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 dugwell #PW95JHDN4, is located at latitude 22.94311 and longitude 88.83809 in the village Chaitipara at the Jhowdanga Panchayet in Gaighata. Nirmal Das donated the site for the community.
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Suparna Mondol of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Wed 19 Feb 2014, Over 11 Years agoHealth meeting has been finished. Total-families- 4,people-10.
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Jyotsna Sarkar of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Tue 27 Aug 2013, Almost 12 Years agothere is 15ft water . 500ml theoline was sold.5 families 22 people, good water used for drinking and cooking. and gave the handover folder.
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Suparna Mondol of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Tue 27 Aug 2013, Almost 12 Years agoHealth meeting has been finished . M-9, F-17, Ch-3.
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Jyotsna Sarkar of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Sat 13 Jul 2013, Almost 12 Years agoMaintenance need to do.
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Shilpi Poddar of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Thu 14 Mar 2013, About 12 Years ago2ft water. 5famili 22 people,drink and cooking used.
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Suparna Mondol of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Thu 14 Feb 2013, Over 12 Years agoWater collection for annual arsenic test
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Jyotsna Sarkar of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Thu 20 Dec 2012, Over 12 Years agois 9ft water .500ml theoine was sold .5families.22people.good water used for drinking and cooking.
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 31 Dec, 2009 Implementation Phase
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Wed 23 Dec 2009, Over 15 Years agoPW95JHDN4
Meera M Hira Smith: Visited on 23rd November 2009. Video was taken and the couple who donated the site is optimistic about popularity of the dugwell because the taste of water is excellent.
The video was taken (Bangla) that will be uploaded shortly.
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Meera Hira-Smith of Project Well
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Implementation Status: completed Wed 23 Dec 2009, Over 15 Years agoTestimony of Mr. Nirmal Das of PW95
The interview was taken by Ms Sassi Pal enquiring about the quality of the water of the new dugwell.
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Jan, 2009 Preparation Phase
How it Works
Every field note helps building a history of activity at the project site. Every visit should result in a field note, including visits by peers and 3rd parties. Visits can be before implementation, during implementation and during operational state.
If the field note is during the operating phase of the project, then PWX considers the note as a verification note. Verification can show if the current operating state is different from that in the 'final' report and thus draw attention and resources to resolve issues.
Soon PWX AnalytiX will track the number of projects verified and combine that with the amount of time elapsed since 'completion', to summarize monitoring efforts and the sustainability of projects.
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 dugwell #PW95JHDN4, is located at latitude 22.94311 and longitude 88.83809 in the village Chaitipara at the Jhowdanga Panchayet in Gaighata. Nirmal Das donated the site for the community.
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
The users would require to purchase theoline, the disinfectant, and also repair minor wear and tear. The dugwells will be visited by the field workers every month for one year to get technical and utility reports followed by inspection once or twice a year.
Other Issues
Unusual and unexpected issues faced during project execution
Research and Development is part of the project. The Arsenic level is 1 PPB (BIS stnd is 50PPB)and the date of report October 22, 2009. The Total coliform is 53 CFU/100ml and Fecal coliform is 17 CFU/100ml. Report date is Dec 7, 2009. Chlorination is done once a week.
Learnings
Knowledge of project and process for sharing
According to the video more than 15 family drinks water from this dugwell and in addition the farmers who work in the field also use the dugwell. According to the testimony on the video the taste of water is very good, there is no iron and the lady says that cooking with dugwell water turns out great. The status of dugwell report that is recorded monthly states that only one family is using the dugwell. There is a need to cross check the field report by a staff of member of AWS other than the field worker who is in charge of this particular dugwell. It is also important to organize health meeting and let the people know that it is safe to use the water.
Impact
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 21
According to the register record of July 2011 the total consumers=21; Families=5; Male=11, Female=10, children <5 = 2 and students =3.
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The numbers are the same as of June 2010.
People Getting Other Benefits: 50
Public health education on arsenic health effects and personal hygiene is given to all the dugwell beneficiaries. A training program on the maintenance of the dugwells (including chlorination) is given to develop a sense of ownership and to make the program sustainable. There are five field workers working on the dugwell program who are selected from the arsenic afflicted villages. They are involved in site selection, village meetings during site selection, followed by construction of the wells and also follow up the on the technical faults of the dugwells and the number of users. The villagers are also shown VCDs on how to improve personal health and hygiene through proper practices. The office of Aqua Welfare Society is located in the village. The awareness programmer and experts of geology and technical knowhow are based in Kolkata who visit the village office and sites occasionally to create awareness amongst the user group, prospective users and students of schools. Trades like well-digging, pottery, and masonry, are required for the dugwell program and are benefiting from work generated by the project.
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $40
Creating and measuring long-term impact
The users would require to purchase theoline, the disinfectant, and also repair minor wear and tear. The dugwells will be visited by the field workers every month for one year to get technical and utility reports followed by inspection once or twice a year.
Implementer: Project Well & Aqua Welfare Society
Aqua Welfare Society, AWS, is the partner NGO. Their office is based in the North 24 Parganas. The 8 honorary board members are located in Kolkata. There are only 5 field workers who are interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on maintenance of the dugwells, organizing village meetings and health meetings. A technical advisor of AWS is based in Kolkata who visits the village occasionally and one awareness programmer who is in charge of awareness programs in the communities and educational institutions. There is an accountant and also a data entry person on part time basis.
Funding
- funded:
- $1,050
- Final Cost:
- $1,050