This document discusses PRADAN's work implementing water supply projects in villages for agricultural irrigation and more recently for household use as well. It provides background on PRADAN's piped water supply projects since 2001 with support from the Japanese Embassy and other funders. The new model expands water access to homes for domestic uses like washing, bathing and sanitation in addition to agriculture. This reduces women's drudgery by bringing water closer to homes. The document also discusses considerations for focusing on quality of life beyond just income generation through the projects. It outlines concerns that need attention such as awareness raising, training, implementation methods, and ensuring long-term sustainability through community management and local funding support.

1. Water supply and sanitation

2. Backdrop of this activity
• PRADAN has been implementing piped water
supply to agriculture fields; mostly in uplands for
agriculture (specifically second crop with
irrigation) in different villages from 2001 onwards
, with the help of Japanese Embassy and
SDTT(2009).
• After successful implementation it was user
friendly and also managed by the community
, district official shown interest to replicate it
(OTELP in 2008 and ITDA in 2012 )
• More importantly we have advocated for the
release of programme fund to village directly in a
belief that they can manage their fund.

3. How it is different from the previous one?
Earlier model
• It was only to the fields
• Used only in agriculture
• In some conditions very distant
from their houses.
• Need to organize the community for
utilizing the water. Ex- one can’t do
agriculture alone in a isolated
patch. Have to flow water from
some one others field with
permission.
• Issue of fencing and crop damage
by other means like theft.
• Travelling from home to that place
twice a day and being at the fields
apart from home are painful
• Opening are through flanges and
loss of water are there in filed
channels.
New model
• Not only to fields but also to homestead
• Apart from agriculture other household
consumptions like
washing, bathing, cleaning the dishes
etc and less drudgery for women
member of a family , and can have
proper sanitation.
• Nearer to their living place
• No need to depend on any one as it is
self owned and could use when ever
she wants. No permission from any one.
• As it is her homestead it was fenced or
supposed to be fenced and watched by
the family itself being in her own home
and can take two crops.
• Taps are there to operate and even
more user friendly for women too and
even flexible pipes to irrigate her
homestead like gardening and being

4. Before After

5. Some thoughts….
• Our focus was always on enhancement of income
rather than minimizing expenditures of a family.
• In most of the time we do worry, how the tomato
plant will survive or the kid goat but never discuss
about the life of a human we interact everyday.
• Every year how each family can have two crops and
an income of 50,000 in this less availability of water
,is family is sufficient in nutrition?
• See if the bucket seep out in some place 1st we need
to make it leak proof, then the bucket may carry
what is inside it, otherwise …
• Engagement not only for income or empowerment
but for quality of life may sense more.

6. PRADAN
HARSH
A
GRAM
VIKAS
H
COMM
UNITY
ITDA/FUN
DING
AGENCY

8. Timeline Water
Supply for
irrigation
Water
supply for
house
hold+iiriga
tion
Water
supply+Dri
p
Water
supply
+iirigation
+Sanitaion
Major
Funder/Te
chnical
assistance
Upto 2008 6(130) 0 0 0 Japanese
Embassy
2009-10 3 1 0 0 SDTT/OTEL
P
20011-13 0 26(964) 300(500) 12(1000) OTELP/HA
RSHA/GRA
M VIKASH
Next five
year
plan(additi
onal)
0 37(1373) 500 (1000) With ITDA
and above
Total 9(231) 63(2337) 1000 (2000)

9. The “idea” behind HHWS & S.
• WOMEN FOCUSED – time for own, less drudgery,
addressing issues of old-age.
• LIVELIHOOD PROSPECTUS – income enhancement
through agriculture in homestead through drip in
25 dec.of land.
• HEALTH & HYGIENE – nutritional crop and food
consumption, use of toilet and bathroom, safe
drinking water,
• QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL BEING – Dignity, basic
need fulfillment through water at doorstep
• SCOPE FOR TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION – Drip
irrigation, weir mesh fencing, tap running water

10. Concerns need to be focused
• AWARENESS CREATION :
On HH water supply and sanitation, health and hygiene, judicious use of water,
use of toilet and bathroom.
• TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING :
Quality of implementation, maintenance.
• IMPLEMENTIATION & TECHNOLOGY :
Using of HDPE pipe , Safe drinking water, agronomy and crop basket, Drip
irrigation and crop selection
• INSTITUTIONAL ASPECT :
Cost sharing, repair & maintenance ,raising community funds
• POLICY :
Weir mesh, drip, toilet and bathroom –funds through local funding like block and
ITDA
• NEW OPPORTUNITIES :
Cooperative and marketing of agricultural goods, Packaged drinking water as an
enterprise.

11. Some glimpses

12. To accomplish
great things;
we must not
only act, but
also dream
not only plan;
but also
believe
-Anatone
Fraance-