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.
(Picture 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 - 92
Construction Year
Blue Planet
Run/Peer Water Exchange
10
2008
Mosaique,
Quebec, Canada
2
2008
Project Well
private donations
8
2008
Blue Planet
Run/Peer Water Exchange
20
2007
Kallol Club of
NJ
1
2007
Mosaique,
Quebec, Canada
3
2007
Mosaique,
Quebec, Canada
3
2006
Blue Planet
Run/Peer Water Exchange
10
2005
Sanskriti Inc,
MD
1
2005
Capital
Vineyard,
Wellington, NZ
1
2004
Project Well
private donations
7
2004
Rotary Club of
Danville/Sycamore, CA & Rotary International
20
2003
Bay Area Prabasi, CA
5
2002
Bay Area Prabasi, CA
1
2001
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ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX EXEMPT.
Update: 15th May 2008.
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