An approach to safe drinking water 'RWH'_Subhash (water.org)_2013
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An approach to Safe, Affordable Drinking Water
for water scarcity regions
Rain Water Harvesting
19th February, 2013
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It is daily chore for women in scarcity areas, who
walk miles for hours for water!
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Transported as well……
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Options - open Bawari, Wells/hand pumps/ PWS
Access is the key challenge beside the quality
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Key contaminants : fluoride in ground water or
microbial in surface!
Bacteria17%
Chemical 83%
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Western region of country worst affected by
both Chemical & microbial contamination
Ground water very deep & saline forcing rain water as viable option
Open ponds contaminated
Hydro-geothermo regime
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Traditionally people have adopted………
Tankas
Bawari (Pond)
• HH structures found most appropriate
• Affordability ?
• No institutional mechanism to support
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Rain Water Harvesting – a case for water credit
Status
Installed ~ 970 household and 40 community kunds in 55 villages
Kunds to provide potable water to ~16,750 villagers
Completed construction / design improvements
Implemented financial product for households
Introduced quality assurance program
Objective: Develop and implement improved approaches to rainwater harvesting through construction optimization, quality assurance and new funding products for sustainability and scale-up
Members of household with newly constructed kund
Safe Water Network site visit working on design improvements with partners
Community mobilization and construction
Quality assurance and policy white paper
Quality assurance, health impacts & policy
Microfinance funding product
Engineering & design
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Findings of Cash flow study
Annual Household ExpenditureSavings by Institutions
Source of Credit
Interest Rate per Month
Microfinance Product
Products JL10 (Cistern 1000 L capacity) JL15 (Cistern 1500 L capacity)
Loan Amount Rs 10,000 Rs 15,0000
Repayment Period 24 months 36 months
Repayment mode Equated Monthly
Service charge SHG 12% per
Monthly Installment Rs 500
Delivery of product Only through SHG, SHG Guarantee
Repayment Starts
After 1 month construction of tank or 2 months of availing credit,
whichever is earlier
Penalty
No prepayment penalty SHG will decide the penalty for missed installments
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Rainwater Harvesting Operations
• 1016 Tanka (Cistern) & access to 16732
• Recovery 52%
• Provides water security
• 580 Tanka made by other donors (secondary impact)
• RWH Tanka partially meet water needs but solves for water security
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Community Tank Rejuvenation
40 Community tanks refurbished
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Building Local Capability
142 local masons trained
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Users views
“This is a gift from heaven. I no longer need to carry water 5 hours each day and have more time to earn money”
- Below Poverty Line widow who constructed the kund through a loan
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Household Water Security
Tanka (Cistern) is the key asset at household for storage of water, people do depend on common sources -
(i) water resource to supplement requirement (e.g. tanker delivery, ponds, check
dams)
(ii) consumption (e.g. assess needs - drinking, household, livestock etc)
(iii) Ensuring water quality at home, during transit through good protocols
Tankers and Camel carts for fetching water in bulk for the
kunds
Baoris/ Talab (Open Lakes) as an alternate RWH storage system
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Mainstreaming……
• Government support and Microfinance seems to hold the key for solving the drinking water problem
• Financial institutions can play crucial role by providing credit to people through Self Help Groups to construct RWHS
• Mainstreaming through ongoing schemes like MGNREGA akin to TSC to fund RWH
• Gujarat has demonstrated the approach to support through programmatic intervention with partial financial support to BPL & APL families
• Water security at household requires revival of common water storage structures like pond, Talab, Naadi etc, which supplement the requirement once water stored in HH Kund exhaust
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Thank you..