Rainwater Harvesting
Provision of sustainable income in Amhara Ethiopia
Status
Active
Focus area
Location
Basona-Worana
Amhara , Ethiopia
In six small villages 17 Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) systems will be put in place, as well as 17 latrines, and the capacity of the local implementing partner will be strengthened.
Target benchmarks
- 17 functioning water systems
- 17 functioning sanitation systems
- 170 persons with access to improved water for 20 years
- 170 persons with access to improved sanitation for 20 years
- MDG count water: 170
- MDG count sanitation: 170
• Harvesting rainwater with 17 tanks to improve access to safe water. Depending on season and no. of people rooftop gutters draining into 5,000 liters capacity tanks could meet between 25-75% of a household’s water needs during rainy season and several dry months • Providing 17 latrines and educating on WASH issues. Children and women to be engaged and educated in WASH issues; build capacity of community on health and sanitation • Capacity of DFT will be strengthened through trainings on WASH
Target benchmarks
- 17 functioning water systems
- 17 functioning sanitation systems
- 170 persons with access to improved water for 20 years
- 170 persons with access to improved sanitation for 20 years
- MDG count water: 170
- MDG count sanitation: 170
"The sustainability of the anticipated project is briefly highlighted hereunder:
• Technological sustainability: appropriate care taken in identifying and applying the different RWH technologies, research support, imparting knowledge (building awareness, participation and skill training), effectiveness of identified technologies (design review /durability), availability of access routes to improvements with the advent of access to research information through ERHA;
• Community management and ownership: Community organisation and training through the various capacity building inputs/activities and facilitation of communities’ active involvement would enlarge the local commitment and sense of ownership. Based on earlier experiences of managing RWH systems through local water management committees, ERHA is convinced that the long-term sustainability is ensured effectively. In case of unforeseen problems, the local water management committees can directly contact ERHA or DFT for assistance.
• Economic and financial sustainability: the RWH systems provided by the project require minimal provisions, with comparative advantage of requiring almost no running cost involved for their continued use. Once the RWH structures are built to good standards, the need and frequency for repairs is very limited. If any, these should be repairable with local materials and skills.
• Ecological sustainability: there is no any negative impact on the environment as a result of developing the RWH structures and accompanying technologies (like gutters and filters). Promotion of RWH contributes in forestalling such major ecological problems as overexploitation and dropping groundwater levels as well as the environmental pollution caused from applying high-tech water supply facilities. In addition, the excess rainwater from catchments usually percolates into the ground to recharge the groundwater.
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peter van der linde
2008-09-24 17:10
Dear Ephraim, I am very glad you have been transparent about the changes from the start and we have been able to work this out. Good luck on the project!
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Project updates
Getting started
2008-11-27 12:46 by Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson via web
Over 1000 participants raised funds to support water and sanitation project Photo credit: TAPPS organisers
On the 23rd of August the ninth TAPPS Beach Volleyball Tournament which was held in conjunction with Earth Water descended on the picturesque beach club 'Het Strandhuis', in Wijk aan Zee. It was the biggest outdoor online media event to be held in the Netherlands this year and brought together 78 teams and over 1000 participants from across the Dutch internet media industry to raise money for clean water and sanitation projects, including this rainwater project in Ethiopia. The budget has been transferred to EHRA.
Change in the Budget Estimation
2008-09-24 16:05 by Ephraim Alamerew via web
Water Collecting Girl in Bosana-Worana (project area) in Central Ethiopia Photo credit: NA
Change in the Budget Estimation
2008-09-24 15:41 by Ephraim Alamerew via web
A typical Landscape of the project area in the Central Plateau of ETHIOPIA Photo credit: Ephraim A.B. (ERHA)
As we were perusing through the budget a last time, we found that there were some mistakes in the budget estimation we have provided earlier. Unfortunately, the prices for the ferro-cement tanks were based on prices from the year 2005; while the prices for construction material, labour and inflation have gone up dramatically ever since. We regret for this disappointing incidence. Yet, we believe that there is a need to up date the budget estimation based on the current rates along with its implication on the subsequent targets; and communicate with partners changes introduced to the initial project proposal. Accordingly, we have discussed the changes with RAIN and Peter van der Linde, the partner director of Akvo; and agreed on the new targets. Having established this essential understanding with all our partners, we are pleased to confirm that the project implementation will commence as soon as we receive the funds.
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Funding
2008-07-17 Request posted
Current Funder
Oudekerk a/d Amstel, The Netherlands
Grant: € 12539
