Report: Arsenic Safe Drinking Water: Gaighata Phase 2

Children pump arsenic-free water from the neighborhood dugwell

Status: Complete - Successful

Report: The dugwell PW54 was constructed in 2007 that was funded by BPR. According to the monitoring report of June 2008 fifteen families (60 members) are using the dugwell in addition to a school that has 209 pupils. Please view the video, PWVD1, to hear Mrs. Shantona Das' testimony.

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Reported By Meera Hira-Smith July 28, 2008

History: Arsenic, a colorless, tasteless, odorless poison, is found in the deep groundwater used by nearly 100 million people. One alternative is shallow dugwells that fill up in the rainy season and with the use of chlorine provides a safe source of community water for most of the year. Project Well continues implementing a self-supporting, community-based program in villages in Gaighata to provide arsenic-free water by constructing 14 dugwells along with education on water related health effects to change behaviour. [PWX Project Details]

Partner: Project Well

Short Project Description: Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.

Number of People Served: 727

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