Completed! Water Project in Nepal 2021-2022.
Rotary Clubs of Portland, Poundbury and Casterbridge with the Okhle Village Trust have completed a water supply system to Madkina
Completed! Water Project in Nepal 2021-2022.
Queueing for water
Carrying water uphill to their homes
The beginning of the village perched on a hillside
Welcome by the locals
The first project
Opening ceremony of the first project
Collection Chamber close to the Spring
Frame for the Tank
Frame strengthened
Running the Water Pipe
Tank undergoing rendering
Tap Construction
Provide equitable community access to safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene.
The project was to construct a water storage and distribution system in the village of Madkina in a
rural area of central Nepal. The village consists of 35 houses and approximately 130 villagers.
With limited resources we had installed a small gravity-fed water system in 2015, for the lower part of the village fed by a spring that could serve that part of the village.
However the supply used for upper part of the village, a different spring, shared with another village, is below the houses, and villagers had a long climb carrying water to their homes above.
Another spring, also below the houses, in the upper part of the village, had been buried by a big landslip. A feasibility study demonstrated this source was viable for supplying the upper part of the village. In addition, the village would have exclusive use.
The plan was to open up the spring affected by the landslide, construct a collection chamber close to both springs to ensure a clean supply, draining into a new 25,000L concrete tank below the houses. This tank would have an electric pump fitted to lift to a 25,000L storage tank above the village. Water then distributed by gravity to five new taps located in the village, each suppling 5-6 houses
Work went well and was completed late December 2021.
A change to the design was made for the 13 houses at the highest part of the village as these were the houses benefitting from the pumped supply. These houses each have a tap direct to their house, with a meter, so that relative consumption can be monitored, so that the ongoing costs of electricity and maintenance can be shared proportionately by these residents. Water itself to all houses in the village incurs no charges.
Community Involvement
Villagers were involved in the construction work, contributing much of the labour, digging out footings, channels for piping etc, resulting in the community taking ownership. Skilled labour for the tank construction and electrical work came from outside the village itself, though still locally sourced.
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The cost of the project was £7500 and the three Rotary clubs each raised funds, worked with Rotary District 1200 to obtain a grant and in equal partnership with the Okhle Village Trust this target was met
