A Study of Community Based Rural Water Supplyand SanitationProject;Impact Study in Dhaneshwar Scheme of Kabhre District

Abstract

This isafield-based studyto reflect the picture oftheimpactsof Community-basedRural Water Supply Project.This study is mainly based on primary data collectedfrom the people of project area in the year 2007, which includes13respondentsselected through thepurposive sampling method.Questionnaireswere prepared tocapture the information from the13local households. This Water Supply Project named Dhaneshwar Water Supply and Santitaion Schemehas the coverage area including ward no.2 of Panauti municipality.Project wascompleted at 2001. The tapped flow from the Lampakha spring was 0.12 litre persecond and in the design criteria population growth rate adopted was 1 per cent perannum and the design period was taken as 20 yeaers.Design population was 867.There is aspring intake, a collection chamber, a distribution chamber, two reservoirtanks of capacity 10 cubic metre, transmission pipeline of 1964 metre lengthanddistribution pipeline of 2753 metre length. Support organization was Shanti JanAdarsha Youth Club, Dhulikhel. Per capita water consumption before theimplementation of the project was 24 lpd and after implementation it was found 36lpd. Approximate weighted average time to haul water before the implantation was25 minute and after the implementation it has been found to reduced to 10 minutesonly. The number of households and the population initially was 105 and 705 respectivelyand present status is 125 and 810 respectively. There were 15 nos. of PublicTapstands and now it is 21. One Reservoir tank ofcapacity 8 cubic metre has beenconstructed to address the increased demand of water. The project has been found successfully operating and the users are satisfied but theyare found to be bothered remembering the difficulties and the challenges of thecommunity contribution. Their suggestion was that the community contributionshould be reduced and the project period must be shorter and the role of the NGOshould be revised but the role of the technical consultants should be given the higherpriority.