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Organisation
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Safe
Water Network India, New Delhi |
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Project
name
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Special drinking water project for fluoride
affected villages in Nalgonda and Warangal
districts of Andhra Pradesh |
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Grant
operationalised
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March
2010 |
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Duration
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2.5
years |
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Grant
amount sanctioned
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Rs9.53
million |
Activities within
the grant:
This is a joint initiative of Safe Water
Network (SWN) and Trusts. This is a pilot,
through which Safe Water Network would launch
the Small Water Enterprise Kiosk initiative
in India. Through this, water quality issues,
primarily, the high levels of fluoride,
will be addressed through the adoption of
appropriate technological solutions, namely
through reverse osmosis (RO) units. Taking
into account the unique quality-related
problems of the existing drinking water
sources, and the need to factor in a technological
solution to address the same, the SWN proposes
to pilot this drinking water project in
10 selected fluoride-affected villages covering
4,000 households (24,000 beneficiaries)
in Warangal and Nalgonda districts of Andhra
Pradesh.
The collaborative project between the Trusts
and SWN would build on the latter’s
experience of implementation, coordination
and management for the RO based small water
kiosks in Africa.
The main objectives of this initiative are
to:
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Deliver
drinking water that meets international
purity standards and is affordable to
local populations (less than Rs3.50
for 20-litre jars), and is accessible
to economically disadvantaged sections |
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Pilot reliable
and sustainable water systems appropriate
for village-level implementation |
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Test alternative
funding and ownership models to recover
capital costs and ensure payments to
cover ongoing operating, maintenance
and management requirements |
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Identify the processes
for engaging all stakeholders |
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Provide a comprehensive,
integrated community programme that
includes health and hygiene training
and education to generate demand for
water and to help realise desired health
outcomes |
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Conduct monitoring
and evaluation for a metrics-based assessment
of the integrity and sustainability
of the ongoing operations, while bringing
focus to quality control |
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Identify and share
lessons learned from in-field demonstration
projects based on insights from all
stakeholders as well as evidence-based
research to provide guidance to future
decision-making and project plans |
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Demonstrate potential
to scale up the initiative through alternative
funding mechanisms (e.g. private sector
investment, debt finance, philanthropy
and government support) |
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Draft a “white
paper” on learnings and recommended
improvements related to all aspects
of the solution to influence policy,
disseminate the same to the water sector
and consequently inform expansion. |
Overall, the project would provide safe
drinking water to around 4,000 families
in 10 villages at affordable prices. Further,
marginalised population within these villages
would be able to access safe water at subsidised
costs. This initiative’s economic model
includes community ownership, contribution,
revenue streams from water sales and innovative
financing structures that enable coverage
of capital and operating costs to achieve
sustainability. In the short term, subsidies
will be required; over the long term, approaches
will be developed to reduce costs and identify
financing solutions that will enable sustainability
and scale up.
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