Project Well
is a non-profit
organization
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.
...
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.
