Author: Betman Singh Bhandari
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss. no.RD-01-3
Year: 2002
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (Ph.D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
Examination Committee: B.W.E. Wickramanayake (Chairperson); Ganesh P. Shivakoti, F.W. Swierczek, George H. Axinn(Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This research analyzes the performance of community-managed rural drinking water supply systems in the mid-hills of Nepal. The focus of this research is community-based management and control of human and physical resources. Equal emphasis is given to understanding community aspects and change. The analysis is based on data collected from rural communitymanaged DWS by studying the result of INGO, NGO and GOs projects which were implemented in twenty-five Village Development Committees (VDCs) in the Kavre and Baglung dish·icts from 1986 to 1997. A three-pronged approach in research methodology was employed during the field survey i.e. institutional survey in 102 VDCs and 179 DWS schemes, water quality tests of 18 DWS schemes and 360 households surveyed in Kavre and Baglung districts of Nepal. This research assesses the factors affecting DWS performance, community participation and the impact of DWS in the community. Furthermore, it includes assessment of the effectiveness of Water User Committees (WUC), community participation, access and control, water quality, involvement of women, institutional capability to bear the responsibility, willingness to pay water tariffs, and overall perf01mance of rural water supply projects. Villagers, in general, believe there are affordable and manageable solutions to their schemes with pe1iodic monitoring from government agencies. INGO installed schemes have resulted in good perfo1mance they are comparatively well installed and less problematic when compared to NGO and GO installed DWS. However, NGO installed schemes are small in size and easy to manage. Rural people are willing to pay water tariffs if the project is managed and operated efficiently and distributes safe water reliably. The majority of schemes have a weak institutional base and Jess coordination among supporting and GO agencies. Contamination of water, dysfunction of taps and inadequate use of DWS facilities is common in GO and NGO installed rural drinking water supply projects. The prime users of DWS,
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Japan
Note: A Dissertation Submitted in the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Doctor of Technical Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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