Community Water

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Comment by Tillem Burlace on February 20, 2012 at 7:19am

A useful link for working with communities to investigate water source alternatives to address water scarcity

http://media.greennexxus.com/WASRAG/ND_PPP_Report.pdf

WASRAG “Project Planning & Performance Team Report - Selected WASH Projects Evaluations in the Niger River Delta”

Found that despite positive outcomes, such as improvements in health, WASH projects failed to engage the community and therefore lacked community ownership. Therefore recommended increasing education and involving community members and looking for long-term solutions.

 

http://www.ifpri.org/publication/impact-uganda-s-national-agricultu...

Impact of Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services Program - looks at impact of publicly funded farmer institutions, qualitative data suggests improvements in farmer technology and wealth.

 

Comment by Tillem Burlace on February 7, 2012 at 10:36pm

Thanks for those links Kate,

I also found this paper helpful:

Water Conservation, Harvesting and Management (WCHM) - Kenyan Experience http://tucson.ars.ag.gov/isco/isco10/SustainingTheGlobalFarm/P089-M...
A very interesting article looking at water harvesting for stock and people. Also discusses water for tree fodder harvesting and rangeland rehabilitation (mentioning the issue of community owned pastures, therefore difficult to agree to manage grazing - note: farmer groups could help to address this). The article also notes that in addition to WCHM “de-stocking, rotational grazing, closing the grazing area, and reseeding have been found effective in increasing forage” and discusses options for water harvesting and the need for fully participatory approach to ensure ongoing maintenance and the sustained success of project.

Comment by Andrea San Gil León on December 12, 2011 at 9:55am

Hi everyone!

Here are some links that might be useful if you are developing a community water related project to improve access and health conditions.

1. Not Just a Drop in the Bucket: Expanding Access to Point-of-Use Water Treatment Systems. Eric Mintz, MD, MPH, Jamie Bartram, PhD, Peter Lochery, MSc(Eng), and Martin Wegelin, MSc

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.91.10.1565

2. Integrating Disease Control Strategies: Balancing Water Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions to Reduce Diarrheal Disease Burden. Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, PhD, MPH, James C. Scott, MPH, and Travis Porco, PhD, MPH

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2006.086207

3. Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries: Including Health in the Equation. MAGGIE A. MONTGOMERY. MENACHEM ELIMELECH. YALE UNIVERSITY

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1021/es072435t

Good luck!

Comment by Sven Ten Napel on October 2, 2011 at 4:41pm

Hi all,

We are currently developing together with my project partners a water project. In order to address the problems we face, we need to facilitate the organization of a community based Water Management Committee (address bad borehole maintenance) and a community based Water Conservation Committee (address falling water table through installing managed aquifer recharge schemes). I have been looking a bit everywhere, does someone have a good practical guide on water committee creation/facilitation?

Thank you

Comment by Thomas Weigel on September 4, 2011 at 9:59am

Hi,
I am currently developing, together with my project partner, a water project with a remote rural community in the Philippines. It addresses the problem of insufficient water supply for the community during the dry months with 2 programs: a) Domestic Rainwater Harvesting and b) Water Conservation/Demand Management.

 

We would like to explore effective water conservation/demand management measures for rural households in more depth. However, nearly no literature seems to be available. Most literature available on water conservation/demand management deals with agriculture, urban or industrial sector.

If you have experiences/access to case studies/information material, kindly share them with us.
Cheers,
Thomas

Comment by Luis Pedro Utrera Granados on February 27, 2011 at 7:13pm

Just to add some more info....

 

I´m looking for an article that presents these committees as a solution or not as one, in helping solce water scarcity during dry seasons... have found some on many techniques but not one stating water commitees involvement or influence...

Comment by Luis Pedro Utrera Granados on February 27, 2011 at 7:11pm

Hello everyone, i´m new, haha, 27, guatemalan, working at a National Park in Guatemala.

I´m currently working on researching scientific papers regarding community-based water conservation committees, yet couldn´t find any?! I´ve heard from some work friends that there have been many achievements on water managment in Guatemala by these communities formed near Lake Atitlan, but couldn´t find any information on internet but any study case would be useful... does anyone know any articles or links?

Comment by Muniza bashir tarar on January 14, 2011 at 7:28am

thanku for sharing links

Comment by Muniza bashir tarar on January 14, 2011 at 7:27am

u every one for sharing links

Comment by Satya Prakash Mehra on January 14, 2011 at 3:15am

Details of Project Boond - work of improvement of water conditions in rural areas of Rajasthan (India)

http://www.indiawaterportal.org/post/11771

 

"Boond" means "a drop"

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