Project Well is a non-profit organisation registered in California, USA. The project involves providing arsenic safe drinking water to the arsenic afflicted villages of West Bengal, India. It is matter of years to extend pipeline water in the remote areas of West Bengal . Arsenic safe water is being provided by constructing inexpensive, easily adaptable, improved dug wells. Disinfectant is used to control the growth of bacteria..(Pic below is of dugwell # PW75 in Gaighata, India, constructed in 2008)

With the help of the local NGO, Aqua Welfare Society, at the village level, sustainable programs are being developed. The dugwells are managed by the local people by forming beneficiary committees. Maintenance include disinfecting the water, sending the water sample periodically to check bacterial count and arsenic concentration, and collection of minimum contribution from the user community for the maintenance of their own dugwells.

Sponsors / Number of Dugwells / Construction Year

Blue Planet Run/Peer Water Exchange: 10 /2005 + 20 / 2007+ 10/2008

Mosaique, Quebec,Canada: 3 / 2006 + 3 / 2007; Sanskriti Inc, Maryland: 1/ 2005; Kalol Club of New Jersey: 1 / 2007

Project Well pvt donations: 8/ 2004; Rotary Club of Danville/Sycamore, California and Rotary International: 20/ 2003

Bay Area Prabasi: 5/ 2002; Bay Area Prabasi: 1 / 2001;

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Update: 15th May 2008. Please see our What's New section for latest updates and additions.

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