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Case Study
RURAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Name: H.K.R.MADUSHANKA
Index No: 080291 L
Course: BSc.Eng (Level 4)
Date of Sub: 14-03-2012
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Introduction
With the aim of developing a water supply scheme for rural community a village named
digawewa in remote area of Polonnaruwa district is selected for the purpose of case study.
Water is an essential need of human being and wholesome supply of water is essential for the
development of rural community.
For this village, the following steps were carried out in the case study:
Scope and Objectives
About the community
Demand assessment
Proposal of water supply schemes
Evaluation of implementation, operation and maintenance cost
Benefits and Sustainability Analysis
In Digawewa, we have considered to take necessary steps to develop a self-contained scheme
working independently from National water supplies.
Scope and Objective
Water supply scheme with reliable, safe and sufficient outcome targeting the low income
people in the community.
People in this village do not have a reliable water supply scheme and they have to face much
more trouble to find water in the dry season. They have to spend their time on finding water
and it causes many financial problems. Also the hygiene of the water plays a major role.
Acknowledge the people in the rural society about the maintenance, hygiene and sanitation
education, water quality surveillance.
As the water scheme is being developed, the village people should be given sufficient
knowledge on water supply and sanitation. As most of the people are poorly literate, it is
necessary to provide a basic knowledge for the long term benefits and an efficient use of water
schemes.
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Developing a self-contained water scheme within the village
Meanwhile providing a main water supply scheme, it would be desirable to have an alternate
self-contained water scheme as a backup. It can be developed later if the demand would get
higher or the supply time can be increased.
About the community….
Digawewa is a remote village located on plain land surrounded by rock outcrops and few
abandoned lakes, which are completely dried out in dry season and no proper supplying
methods are implemented.
The population of the village is nearly three thousand.
The main occupation of the people is farming.
This region receives rain during the North-East monsoon rain.
The village is 155m above sea level and no major rivers flowing in close proximity.
The water table at the village in at an average depth of 20m.
Rapid urbanisation has huge impact on these rural areas as larger cities attract many people
hoping to find work and better infrastructure and services. This process further increases the
pressure on infrastructure and services within the cities, but also poses problems to the rural
areas as they are quickly losing workers, knowledge and experience. This village too faces
migrant population to city areas and abandoning the village.
Considering the economic background of the community, most of the families are poor and
lower middle class.
The major source of income is agriculture and farming.
There is a local clinic in the village with four beds and basic treatments were given. There is anAyurveda centre as well.
Health and hygienic facilities of people also are at a low level.
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Demand assessment
Water consumption can be categorised as household use and of the river, well site’s use
respectively. Currently water carried and used in the house, has been estimated at 120 litres per
house per day, or an average use of 30 litres per capita. In addition, it has been estimated that
households use an additional 50 percent of that volume of water outside the house for washing
and bathing in the river and the well. Thus the total current water consumption is, therefore,
estimated at 45 litres per capita per day.
Other than that following places are considered…
School: 600x 2.5 = 1500 litres per day
Hospital: 250x4 = 1000 litres per day
Shops: = 2000 litres per day
Private building = 1000 litres per day
As this is regarding a water supply scheme we do not consider the agricultural aspects. They
have water for agriculture by monsoon rains and rivers.
Demand calculations for Future
The design life of the water scheme to be developed is assumed to serve for ten years.
Population and demand forecast for the project in ten years are calculated and summarized
as below:
Population at the end of design period T,
Current population: Po = 3000
Population growth rate: r =0.009
P =Po + PorT
=3000 + 3000x0.009x10=3270
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o Water demand of population =3270x 45
=147,150 litres per day
Assumptions
current consumption of water per day at household will have no significant changes
population growth rate for the oncoming ten years will remain constant.
Using the same procedure…
User Category No of UnitsPer unit consumption
per day (l)Total (l)
Domestic 5450 45 147150
School 1 2200 2,200
Hospital 1 1320 1,320
Temples 1 1500 1,500
Others - - 3,300
Net Total 155,470
Assumptions
There will be an increment of 15% of the current usage over the end of ten years.
Technical options available
Ground water well
In most of the countries ground water wells are used as a reliable water supply source. In this lower
end of the intake pipe is fitted with strainer and pump is located at the top. Depth of the ground water
well will vary with the depth of the water table. Here no need to treat water. Since quality of ground
water is good. Also we have found that in this area there is no CaCO3 and MgCO3 diluted with water.
So, there is no hardness in water.
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Communal hand pumps (one hand pump for ten families):
Hand pumps are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move
fluids or air from one place to another. They are widely used in every country in the world for a variety
of industrial, marine, irrigation and leisure activities. As the water table of digawewa lies 20m below,
deep wells can be recommended. Deep well hand pumps are used for high lifts of more than 15 m.
Advantages and disadvantages:
The installation, maintenance and repair of deep well hand pumps is more complicated .
The centralized maintenance structure would cause problems in hand pump programs, and that
maintenance at the village level should be well planned.
Endurance in the field, and cost effectiveness will increase the effectiveness of system.
Due to improper sanitation and the lack of awareness can lead to contamination.
Inadequate supply of water.
A small piped system
There is an existing pipe line system provided from National water supply board which
draws water from a branch of Yodha ela. Due to poor maintenance and drying out of
river at the water extraction point, this system is not properly functioning.
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating and storing of rainwater for reuse before it
reaches the aquifer. It has been used to provide drinking water, water for livestock,
water for irrigation, as well as other typical uses.
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Capital and Operation and Maintenance cost
Operation and Maintenance (O&M)
The most obvious indicator of sustainability is the ongoing operation and maintenance of the
system. O&M is. an integrating process which draws on community participation, health
education, financing, and management as well as the technical skills required to repair WS&S
facilities. Systems which are successfully operated and maintained are, in fact, being sustained
since all of the foregoing processes must be successfully in place for this to happen.
Studies of the sector often list O&M as the second biggest problem area after inadequate
financing (WHO 1989). Both donors and country institutions give too little attention to O&M,
prefering to believe that constructing new projects is more worthy of support than maintaining
existing ones.
When systems are not maintained, most often the fault lies with poor O&M management
rather than technical incompetence. While community-managed systems are increasingly being
promoted by donors and governments, there are, in fact, large variations among countries in
the locus of responsibility. Vaying degrees of control may be shown by communities, national
agencies, regional agencies, and the private sector (Roark et al. 1993). Some countries see
water supply and sanitation as a public good that only the state can provide. Others advocate
communities taking on much of the burden of overextended government agencies. More
typically, responsibility is divided among several or all of these institutions.
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Benefits of providing water supply
Economical benefits
Time of collecting water will be saved, so that villagers can use this time in useful activities.
Because the improvement in health of the society cost for medicine will be saved.
Capital and O & M costs for domestic storage will be low.
Agricultural activities of area will be promoted.
Social benefits
Due to quality of water health of people will be increased that increase the life time of people
Time children can spend on study will be increased that leads to educated society.
The stress in mind of people, about collecting water will be vanished.
Crashes between families related to water problems will be minimized.
Improvement of social affaires
Guide people to one target.
Sustainable analysis
Identifying and assessing the target population:
Understanding the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the target population:
Involving the beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the project design:
Ensuring the commitment of national institutions to the project:
Review the resources of regional authorities in charge:
Reviewing community management resource:
Emphasizing training to local authorities at all levels:
Ensuring that beneficiaries are educated In all the benefits they will receive:
Ensuring financial viability:
Devising an acceptable cost-sharing formula:
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Publicizing project accomplishments to build support:
Recognizing the developmental limits of the natural resource base:
A usage level of at least 50 percent is considered acceptable. The use of water supply facilities
will vary during the year, depending on the availability of alternative sources of supply. The
50 percent level is defined as the average for the year. It is unrealistic for various reasons
(social, financial, design) to expect the entire targeted population to be using the facilities.
At least 75 percent of the WS&S systems should be in operational order at any given time.
The acceptable operational level is higher than the usage level because maintenance and repair
depend upon standards that can be readily defined, whereas consumer behaviour is less
predictable. All mechanical systems will need occasional repairs and be out of commission for
some period of time.
At least 75 percent of management committees should be meeting periodically and carrying
out agreed upon tasks. The management committees should be carrying out their duties
regarding O&M, accounting,monitoring, and evaluation. Their most important task is to
provide overall leadership to maintaincolnrnunity support of the system and to ensure that
funds for O&M are adequate.
Repair persons may come from the government or from the private sector. Government
employees must have an adequate budget and reliable transportation. Private mechanics must
have an assured market for their services and be paid an acceptable fee. Spare parts may be
provided by either the government or private sector but must be located conveniently to the
users.
Reference
Water and Sanitation for health project-1994 – U.S Agency for international development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_pump