‘TOOLS AND TIPS FROM A NEPAL PILOT PROJECT INFORM EFFECTIVE ROLL-OUT OF RURAL COMMUNITY WATER SAFETY PLANNING’
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WASH 2011 conference: Andrew Mcmillan (EWB Nepal)
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‘TOOLS AND TIPS FROM A NEPAL PILOT PROJECT INFORM EFFECTIVE ROLL-OUT OF RURAL COMMUNITY WATER SAFETY PLANNING’
- 1. ‘TOOLS AND TIPS FROM A NEPAL PILOT PROJECT INFORM EFFECTIVE ROLL-OUT OF RURAL COMMUNITY WATER SAFETY PLANNING’
- 2. The community & water quality
- 3. Why a WSP approach?
- 4. WSP Overview Risk management concept Framework for Safe Drinking Water Health Based Targets Water Safety Plans Independent monitoring System assessment Operational monitoring Management plans, documentation & communication Figure from the WaterHub - WaterFutures
- 5. Pilot WSP Timeline & Context 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 NEWAH – WAN Project Implementation & Follow-Up (my involvement) Ayodhyapuri Water Safety Plan With ongoing community management systems
- 6. Pilot WSP Process NGO WORKSHOP COMMUNITY WORKSHOP DEVELOP IMPROVEMENT & MONITORING SYSTEMS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ROLL-OUT WSP FOLLOW-UP MONITORING
- 7. WSP Risk Matrix … … … (examples)
- 8. Community WSP Tools LocalCatchment Hazard Mapping PONDED WATER ANIMAL PEN PIT LATRINE HOUSE FLOW DIRECTION
- 12. Prevent hazards through community monitoring and rectification
- 13. Support community through follow-up period to adapt and strengthen WSP
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- “lessons for WSPs in rural self supply systems“AbstractA pilot Water Safety Plan (WSP) was developed for a rural Terai (plain) community of Chitwan District, Nepal, where drinking water is sourced from hand-dug wells or bore wells. Many families in this community also use a household biosand filter. The WSP was developed through a partnership between Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) and Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB). The pilot aimed to identify WSP methods acceptable to the community and local NGO. It included hazard assessments, improvement plans and monitoring plans to be implemented by the village water committee with local level capacity building. WSP tools piloted included community hazard mapping around wells and a household WSP household checklist for local self-monitoring of control measures. The WSP approach was designed for ongoing community implementation and management, and will be utilised in future water supply projects by the local NGO, NEWAH. After a short follow-up period the pilot has demonstrated lessons for WSP implementation in village communities that could be applied to other WSP projects for sustainable drinking water supplies. Session theme 'Functional and Environmental Sustainability'.Functional and environmental sustainability refers to the extent to which water and sanitation infrastructure continue to function over time, through being used, operated and maintained in an on-going fashion. It implies the availability of spare parts through supply-chains and the necessary skills, support and business development services to keep services operational. One pre-requisite for functional sustainability is that the links to and from the wider environment remain supportive, that water resources and quality are maintained, and that waste products are actively managed or recovered.Hi AndrewI hope you are well. I was in Nepal last month and met up with a number of NEWAH staff who pass on their best wishes to you. Umesh will be at the conference in Brisbane.I am helping to organise the functional and env sustainability stream of the conference and provide feedback to speakers on their presentations. The main aim is to manage the timing so that there is plenty of time for interaction (some speakers are sending in lots of slides) and help speakers get their main messages across. You mention below that you are planning to amend this draft presentation before the conference so here are my suggestions for you to consider as you do that.Length - you have 10 minutes for the presentation so overall i think you have a little too much content. Below are some suggestions on where certain slides could be merged or removed.Starting - your first few slides are text heavy and therefore quite dull. I would put in something to grab people's attention (your presentation is towards the end of a packed day and people will be feeling tired). How about using a photo of the community which illustrates the main problems WSPs address? You could use the photo to explain why a WSP is needed - so you say all the points you have on slide 2 but you don't need to put up all those words.Slides 3 and 4 - I wonder if you can combine these into one slide. I think they are 2 different concepts, but they seem to overlap also. Think about what is the main message you want to get across in these slides and stick to that.Slide 5 - i would remove this slide but say this information while you are displaying slide 6.Slide 9 - the picture is a standard risk matrix and i think people will get this quite easily - you could bring this to life by providing a few examples of risks you came across and then showing where they are situated on the matrix.Slides 10 and 11 are quite similar and could be combined into one slide.Slides 14 and 15 - once you have revised the presentation see how much time you have used up. If you still have too much content you could remove one of these two examples of tools and just explain one tool.Ending - you need a strong ending. Think about the key message you want to give to the audience related to sustainability. And try and think of an engaging way of getting this across. This is what your listeners will remember from your presentation.I will be back in MLB next week and happy to talk if you would like to. If not, really look forward to your presentation. Did you notice there is a training day on WSPs (by David Sutherland from WHO - i think) - later in the week?best wishesjamesJamesWickenHead of Policy and AdvocacyWaterAid AustraliaPrivate Bag 1, Mitcham Vic 3132, AustraliaT: +61 (0)3 9872 1742F: +61 (0)3 9872 1132james.wicken@wateraid.org.auwww.wateraid.org.au <http://www.wateraid.org.au/>WaterAid Australia's vision is a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation.ABN: 99 700 687 141
- A well-catchment-mapping exercise is the major activity for a community to identify and remove hazards from well catchments and for building community awareness on prevention of source contaminationcrucial that users of each well participate in the mapping process, so they can consider the local features which might affect their water qualityThis exercise is very much based on a typical sanitary inspection, but personalized for each well and gets involvement of well users. Distances are guidelines only and assume a sandy soil media. 20m from well (Water table <5m below ground)10m from well (Water table >5m below ground)
- Given the large number of point sources and even more household treatment systems, the checklist was designed for household self-assessment and self-monitoring. It seeks to check that control measures are working, and if not, corrective actions to rectify that element in the water supply system are providedIt’s a way of checking that control measures are working, and if not there are corrective actions.
- Don’t bother testing water from wells with P/A vial... H2S is viable test to be community managedThese tests are most useful for testing treated water (from household water storage after treatment), as it can generally be assumed that source water from shallow wells will give a ‘present’ result. Not useful for determining filter treatment effectivenessSample size should be more than 20. A random selection, not the same 20. Take a snapshot of the water safety status each year. See the progress and make it public. The hope is that testing next year will show that stored drinking water in households will not have coliforms, as a result of WSP initiatives.
- (strong ending. Think about the key message you want to give to the audience related to sustainability. And try and think of an engaging way of getting this across. )At national level they say lets roll out WSP’s, but they may not appreciate how much is involved. The people who operate the many point source drinking water systems of Ayodhyapuri should all receive appropriate WSP materials and be included in active systems of community management and monitoringNEWAH (or any other organisation) can facilitate the WSP process and do the work of preparing the documents, but the WSP needs to have local ownership if it is to be a successful and sustainable long-term management mechanism. Though the Ayodhyapuri WSP may have commonalities with other WSP’s for similar plain land projects, each community’s WSP needs to be tailored to its own circumstances. A particular facet of the WSP is to ensure that control measures are monitored. This should be appropriated by each community using their unique strengths and circumstances.