Access to Clean Water in Nepal

Narakot VDC is situated around north-west area of Jumla district which is 2 days walking distance from district headquarter and 1 day walking distance from Nagma, the border of Jumla and Kalikot. Around 1100 people of 160 households are living in this village.

Goals overview

Expected Outcomes
• 1,100 people of 160 households have sustainable access to safe drinking water
• More than 600 students from school will have access to safe drinking water
• Significant reduction in water fetching time for women and girls

Current status

There is high school in the village where more than 600 students are studying. 10 years ago, CBED had supported for the construction of water supply system with 7 tap stands. But because of lack of maintenance in time, increased population, landslides due to rain in the past effected almost every part of the system i.e. intake, pipeline, RVT, tap stands and hence only 3 taps are running currently. As a result, all 160 households are fetching water from these 3 taps where women have to wait in queue for hours to get water. During dry season it is more difficult to get water from tap and hence so in hurry they are fetching water from unprotected spring and Karnali River directly.

Project plan

Activities for Water:

Collection of local materials (sand, stone, aggregates): Local construction required for the construction of structures will be collected by the community as a community contribution.
Transportation of non-local materials (cement, pipe and fittings) up to district: Non-local construction materials will be transported up to nearest road head (Nagma store) by truck.
Transportation of non-local materials up to project sites: Transportation of non-local materials up to project site will be done by manual portage.
Pipeline excavation and filling: Pipeline excavation and filling will be done by community as a community contribution.
Construction of Structures (Tap stands, RVT, Intakes): Construction of structures (TAP, RVT, Intakes) will be done with active participation of community people as per the standard design and drawing of KIRDARC.

Activities for Capacity Building:

5 days PMC training to WSUC members: 5 days PMC training is conducted in remaining 2 projects of Jumla and 1 project of Mugu district.
3 days PMC post construction training to WSUC members: 5 days health and sanitation training is conducted in remaining 3 projects of Jumla district and 1 project of Mugu district.
2 days caretaker and skilled labour training: 2 days caretaker and skilled labour training is conducted in 2 projects of Jumla district.
3 days RBA and social inclusion training to WSUC members: 5 days basic human rights, conflict transformation and peace building training to WSUC is conducted in 2 projects of Mugu district.
Water quality testing: Water quality of the source will be tested at the beginning of the scheme implementation and after the completion at tap stands.

Results:

- One functioning water systems: The project will restore full functionality of the deteriorated water scheme, which will resume water distribution through seven taps (currently only three taps are functional for the whole village)
- 600 students will have access to improved drinking water

Providing maintenance support to the water scheme is the first step. However, if local organisations do not have the capacity to maintain the functionality of the water scheme, then the results of this project will be short-lived. As such, this project will provide 13 days of training to WSUC members. Trainings will include: PMC training, post-construction, care-taker and skilled labour training, and human rights, conflict transformation and peace building training.

The objective of providing capacity building support to WSUC will ensure the water scheme’s sustainability for years to come.