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Volume 1, Issue 1 October-December 2001

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me immense pleasure to see that the DPHE Newsletter published. It will facilitate exchange of information on

, plans, activities and achievements and research It will thus pave the way to the coordinated and d efforts of the stakeholders including donors, research tions and NGOs in the water supply and sanitation I hope the Newsletter will continue to be published

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Action Research In Community Based Arsenic Mitigation In 15 Upazilas In 1998, DPHE-UNICEF undertook a programme in the name "Action Research on Community Based Arsenic Mitigation in 5 Upazilas" (Sonargaon, Kachua, Bera, Jhikargacha and Manikganj Sadar). Water from all the tubewells under the upazilas were tested and tubewells were marked red or green depending on the presence or absence of Arsenic. Alternative water supply options were introduced along with different types of household arsenic removal units. These were tested and monitored. Arsenicosis patients were identified and worse cases were referred to Dhaka Community Hospital (DCH) for treatment. The programme is about to be completed. With the lessons learnt from the 5 Upazila programme, DPHE in association with UNICEF, drew up a TAPP to address the arsenic mitigation activities in additional 15 upazilas. This project will articulate community participation in the process of arsenic mitigation to ensure sustainability of the project activities. UNICEF has committed to provide $ 2.5 million of which 60% will be spent for providing safe water supplies and the rest for other project activities like software services. Government of Bangladesh has approved the TAPP for two years, from July 2001 to June 2003. The major activities under the project are: • Raising awareness on arsenic contamination and

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partners with DPHE for implementation of the project DGHS, UNICEF, NGOs, local government (Union ishads) and the target communities.

project is progressing satisfactorily.

additional information: HE Bhaban, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000 : 88-02-9330061 : 88-02-8311193 ail: bgs@bangla.net

HE-Danida Collaboration in Urban Water Supply Sanitation

nish assistance for Water Supply and Sanitation has n continued through UNICEF from 1972 to improve the er supply and sanitation situation in rural areas of gladesh.

improve water supply and sanitation situation in medium d urban areas, an agreement was signed between the ernments of Bangladesh and Denmark in April 1990 for se-I of DPHE-Danida Urban Water Supply and itation Project. The Department of Public Health ineering (DPHE) of Ministry of Local Government,

ral Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C) was ignated as the implementing agency, with support from

nida. The Phase-I activities covered two Pourashavas, aumohani and Laxmipur with an integrated approach to er supply, sanitation, drainage, solid waste nagement and hygiene promotion. The Phase-I was lemented during 1990 to 1997.

ther agreement between the governments of gladesh and Denmark was signed on 22 December 6 for Phase-II. The Phase-II includes 53 component as covering Pourashavas, Upazila Centres and Growth ntres in the five coastal districts of Noakhali, Laxmipur, i, Patuakhali and Barguna.

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2001. The component will be included under thecurrent Sector Programme Support (SPS) periodfrom January 2002 to June 2004 as Phase III.

target group of the urban component covers theire population of the 53 centres, including slums,ges and squatters.

development objective of the component is torove health conditions in the target communitiesproviding safe drinking water and environmentalitation services, with particular emphasis on thetainability of the systems.

al governments, NGOs, CBOs and communities areolved closely for implementation of the project.

project has so far provided the following: Improved and expanded piped water supply in 9selected Pourashavas 3400 deep hand tube-wells installed 142 km drains rehabilitated and constructed Household sanitation improved through theprovision of 5580 household latrines Environmental hygiene improved through theintroduction of new or improved solid wastecollection systems, including dustbins, pushcartsand trailers/trucks Staff trained to administer, operate and maintain thenew facilities and systems Raised awareness of hygiene among target groupsImproved capacity of local authorities andstakeholders including communities.

A typical water tower under DPHE-Danida programme

ther information on Danida assisted Urban Waterply and Sanitation Programme may be obtained:

ntral Co-ordination Unit, CCU, Dhaka HE-Danida Water Supply and Sanitation ComponentsHE Bhaban, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000 : 88-02-9346167-70 : 88-02-9344791 ail: watsap@dhaka.agni.com

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A Story of realizing a basic Need for the Peopleof Faridpur Pourashava Faridpur Pourashava is one of the nine towns wheredevelopment and expansion of water supply andsanitation is being implemented under 9 District TownsWater Supply and Sanitation Project with the financialassistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB). The othertowns are Tangail, Sylhet, Rangpur, Pabna, Kushtia,Jamalpur, Dinajpur and Bagherhat. The area of the Pourashava is 20.5 km2 of which some40 percent is developed mostly with residential buildingsand institutions and some commercial and industrialunits. The remaining 60 percent is used for agriculturewith a low lying and flood prone areas. The averagepopulation density is 35 per hectare with a range from 20to 95. The town is protected from flood caused by thebordering Mara Padma and Bhubaneswar rivers byembankments. Water supply system was first commissioned in FaridpurPourashava in the year of 1928 in a very limited area. Before commencement of the project work in 1995,piped water supply was being run with 4 productionwells, 2 overhead tanks, 1 iron removal plant and 50-Kmdistribution network (pipeline). The daily total waterproduction was 2200 m3 which covered 29% ofpopulation through 1746 house connections and thesupply period was 5 hours a day. In view of improving the water supply and sanitationsystem in Faridpur Pourashava along with other eighttowns, the project commenced in early 1995 havingthree components. These were Part A: Water Supply Services Part B: Environmental Sanitation Services Part C: Project Management and Institutional

Development. Rehabilitation Phase: In this phase, existing watersupply system was rehabilitated to maximise the benefitof the system. Two production wells, one iron treatmentplant, 30-km pipeline, one overhead tank and 842 houseconnections were rehabilitated. Expansion Phase: Water supply system wasexpanded to increase the service area and to provide thequality services as well. Five-production wells, onetreatment plant, 38 km pipe line were constructed andabout 2000 new house connections have been provided. Water source of Faridpur Pourashava is groundwater.Initially, iron was the only problem in the groundwater butlater on, due to emergence of arsenic in the groundwater, the water quality appeared to be a great concernto the community. To overcome these problems, theearlier design of the IRP was modified to accommodatethe provision for removal of arsenic. The modified IRPhas been commissioned and the people of FaridpurPourashava are provided with quality water free fromiron and arsenic.

New Treatment Plant located at Goalchamut ,Faridpur

After completion of the work, now 5940m3 water can beyielded form the production wells which will cover 68%population through 5500 house connections. Twenty-four hours water supply service: TheProject is designed for 24-hour water supply system. As24-hour water supply service is costlier the project took apilot scheme in Faridpur to provide 24-hour water supply ina particular area and it was found that a better service wasensured without involvement of extra operating costs. Household sanitation programme: This programmecomprises installation of latrines and hand tubewells infringe areas where piped water supply is not feasible.Under this programme a revolving fund has beenestablished. Loan is being given to the poor people in viewof creating an opportunity for them to have hand tubewells,latrines and sullage pits installed in their premises Theypay the loan back to the revolving fund with an interestover two years period (100 installments). NGOs have beenappointed to support the Pourashava in the field of siteselection for tubewells, awareness creation and loancollection. Under this programme 1203 hand tubewells,1898 latrines and 534 sullage pits have already beeninstalled in Faridpur Pourashava. Loan amounting to Tk. 67lakh has so far been disbursed against which Tk. 55.00lakh has been recovered. Environmental sanitation programme: The objectiveof this programme is to keep the town clean andenvironmentally safe. Under this programme 170 rubbishbins were constructed and one truck, one tractor-trailer and34 pushcarts have been supplied. Apart from this, 7 publictoilets were constructed in public places such as bus-stands, markets etc. to facilitate the floating people to usethe latrine and to keep these places clean as well. Institutional Development: One of the main objectivesof the project was to make the water supply system selfsustained. To materialize this objective institutionalstrengthening activities have been carried out. Theseactivities relate to technical as well as financial aspects.PWSS staff were provided technical training for ensuringeffective O & M of the water supply facilities. Financialtraining was conducted to improve the billing and collectionsystem of revenue, maintaining books of account, budgetpreparation and other aspects of financial management.Now the collection efficiency of water tariff is 75% and the

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O & M cost of water supply can be met up by its revenueincome. Conclusion: Inadequate and under quality water wasbeing provided for a long time to the dwellers in FaridpurPourashava. After completion of the project an easyaccess to water supply facilities having quality servicehas been established. So water supply, a basic need, isno longer a dream for the people of the FaridpurPourashava-it is now a reality. For any query: 9 DTP, DPHE, House No. 8/D, Road No. 14, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka Tel: 880-2-9121269 Fax: 880-2-9121269 E-mail: dtp9@bangla.com Action Research for Development Of SustainableWater Supply And Sanitation Programme Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable success indrinking water supply. In rural areas, 97% of thepopulations have access to water points within 150meters, and about 30% people use safe water for alldomestic purposes. The coverage under sanitation is about 45%, which is farbehind the coverage under the water supply. Thisimbalance is a hindrance to achievement of the desiredhealth benefits out of water supply. Moreover,sustainability of water supply and sanitation services hassurfaced as a major issue globally. To address the above and to contribute to theestablishment of sustainable environment in the country,the project entitled COMMUNITY BASED WATERSUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT (CWSSP) isbeing implemented by the DPHE. It is one of the 26components of Sustainable Environment ManagementProgramme (SEMP) undertaken by the Ministry ofEnvironment and Forest with the assistance of UNDP asa followup of National Environment Management ActionPlan (NEMAP). The project areas for the action research project are fiveUpazilas of the country namely Bhaluka of Mymensingh,Dacope of Khulna, Madhabpur of Habiganj, Gangacharaof Rangpur and Tazumuddin of Bhola, located indiversified hydrological regions. The development objective of the project is to develop amodel of sustainable water supply and sanitationprogramme. The immediate objectives of the project are: (i) Development of a demand responsive planning

process of WSS service provision;. (ii) Enhancement of community participation in the

implementation of WSS services; (iii) Development of a mechanism of community

management of WSS services, through the

development of O&M procedures; Development of a methodology of adaptive projectdesign, through learning and documentation; and Mainstreaming the achievements to macro-levelWSS interventions, through policy reforms.

jor activities of the project are: romote Water Supply and Sanitation evelop felt need of WSS in the communities andenerate demand with willingness to pay for theervices; evelop appropriate technologies; evelop capacity of private sector; ctivate Union WatSan Committees; eliver hardware; evelop capacity of communities for management of&M; and ocument lessons learnt and mainstream the same.

ject expected to be completed by June 2004.

oject organized a number of orientation/briefings/workshops for Upazila level government officials,arishad Chairmen and members, local leaders,

epresentatives, heads of academic institutions, leaders, Ansar VDP members, freedom fighters

e local representatives opined that the potentialaries were ready to pay for the quality services.

hop was organized to discuss the lessons learntferent projects in the sector implemented during theecades. A report was prepared and distributed for the lessons.

ary arrangements have been made for delivery ofe soon through community management.

er information: DPHE Bhaban, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000 2-9341587 -2-8311193 wssp@citechco.net

al Seminar On Development Of Healthys In Bangladesh

HO Programme: BAN PHE 001

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Organization (WHO), the 'Healthy City/TownProgramme' has been implemented simultaneously in8 South and South-East Asian countries includingBangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar,Nepal and Thailand. In Bangladesh, the programmewas initiated in 1993. Until recently, 4 cities/towns;Chittagong (in 1993), Cox's Bazar (in 1995), Rajshahi(in 1996) and Sylhet (in 1997) have been covered. The DPHE-WHO Programme on SustainableDevelopment and Healthy Environment incollaboration with the Ministry of Local Government,Rural Development & Cooperatives organized a one-day national seminar on Development of HealthySettings in Bangladesh on the 6th December 2001. Mr. Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Hon'ble Minister,Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development &Cooperatives graced the occasion as the Chief Guestand inaugurated the Seminar. Mr. Mizanur RahmanMinu MP, Hon'ble Mayor, Rajshahi City Corporationwas present as Special Guest. Dr. Suniti Acharya,WHO Representative in Bangladesh was present asGuest of Honour. Mr. Han A. Heijnen, WHOEnvironmental Health Advisor in his welcome addressexplained the objective and purpose of the seminarwith a conceptual explanation on 'Healthy Settings'.Prof. Nazrul Islam, Chairman, Centre for UrbanStudies, Dhaka presented a keynote paper in theinaugural session. Mr. A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi, Secretary, LGDivision, Ministry of LGRD&C presided over theinaugural session. A total of 200 guests and participants includingeminent national professionals, representatives ofconcerned government, semi-government andautonomous organizations, UN agencies, donoragencies, City Corporations, Pourashavas, concernedNGOs, CBOs , and other stakeholders attended theseminar.

The participants, emphasized on the expansion of theparticipatory approach of healthy settings starting withsituation analysis, public consultation and drive forcleanliness of urban environment, extension of pipedwater supply, ensuring drinking water quality, clinicalwaste management etc. in a planned manner. It wasobserved that the huge task of keeping the urbanenvironment healthy is more of a matter of publicawareness and community commitment andparticipation.

In the closing session, Dr. Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain,Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfareattended as Chief Guest, Dr. Abdul Sattar Yoosuf,Director, Sustainable Development and HealthyEnvironment. WHO-SEARO, New Delhi, India was presentas the Special Guest and Dr. A.B.M. Ahsanullah, DirectorGeneral, Directorate General of Health Services as theGuest of Honour.

The seminar ended with strong expectation andcommitment to expand the program is a few morecities/towns. For information: DPHE-WHO PHE 001 DPHE Bhaban, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000 Tel: 880-2-9343372 Fax: 880-2-8613247 E-mail: whosani@citechco.net Community Based Arsenic Removal Treatment Plantin Bera Upazila Some 22 "Continuous Arsenic Removal Plant"(HARBAUER GMBH, Germany/SIDCO) were put intoArsenic Mitigation Research Programme in 5 upazilassponsored by the UNICEF. Mr. Colin Davies, Chief, WESSection, UNICEF and Mr. Mustafizur Rahman, ExecutiveEngineer, Training Division, DPHE with some of theircolleagues visited a few plants. The configuration of the CARP is copact and easy toinstall. It can be connected to an existing tubewellcontaminated with arsenic. Water may be lifted manually orby fitting electrically operated pumps. Pumped water issprayed through a shower for removal of iron from thewater. Iron free water flows downwards through the As(R)adsorbing bed, which brings down arsenic concentration inwater to a level below the acceptable limit (<0.05 mg/l).Filtered water is stored in a reserve tank. Water is collectedthrough taps fixed with the reserve tank. The capacity ofthe plant is 240 litres/hour. The plant is operated and maintained through a committeeby the user group to create essence of ownership andsustainability. The plant can serve drinking and cookingrequirements of about 80 families. It is estimated that theproduction cost is about Tk 5.0 per m3 or Tk 0.50 per kalsi.

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This cost includes profit of the co-operatives, O & M costof the plant and also the depreciation.

It is observed that the "adsorbent" requires replacementafter about a year of operation (depending on thenumber of users and the concentration of arsenic inwater). Presently, the unit is imported and is quite costly(about Tk. 2 lakh.) When a good number of such plantswould be installed in Bangladesh local manufacturersmay come forward to produce "adsorbent filter mediaAs(R)" locally at a much cheaper cost (about half of thepresent imported cost price of Tk. 8000). These plantswould be more cost effective and the people will get ridof arsenic contaminated water. Arsenic Mitigation by different agencies in 268Upazilas Different agencies, government and non government,are participating in the mitigation of arsenic crisis withsoftware and hardware supports. DPHE: Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project

(BAMWSP) (World Bank Aided) 188 Upazilas. UNICEF Aided- 45 Upazilas. DANIDA Aided 8 Upazilas. NGO WATSAN PARTNERSHIP-SDC Funded 13 Upazilas. WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL –14 Upazilas.

In addition to above, several other NGOs, have beendelivering commendable services to the people ofarsenic affected areas. DPHE has taken a programme to screen the tubewells@5 samples per village in the remaining 199 upazilas, atotal of about 2 lakh tubewells will be tested. JICA is supporting DPHE for hydrogeologicalinvestigation in 3 districts.

Achievment: TW screening –7,50,000 nos (60% contaminated) Patient Identification – 6090 nos (national figure about

12000 nos.) Alternative Options installed

o Deep Tubewell -2189 Nos. o Pond Sand Filter, PSF -2287 Nos. o Rain Water Harvester -266 Units. o Dug Well/ Ring Well -1940 Nos. o Community Based Arsenic Removal Plant

-25 Units. o Mini Piped Water Supply -1 Unit o Household Based Arsenic Treatment Unit Of

Different Types -13,357 Nos. o Arsenic Treatment Plant In Urban Areas -3

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State Minister Mr. Ziaul Hoque Zia inaugurates Arsenic

free handpump tubewell at Lakhipur dist. Local Area Network (LAN) & IT activities of Computer Division In the year 2001, DPHE Computer Division has been setupwith local area network with the vision of setting up a largenetworking in DPHE building with the financial support fromWHO-DPHE PHE-001. They have been developing software, collecting andupdating information with out any interruption since 1997. The division is now becoming the data warehouse,especially for Rural and Urban water supply information.Diversified information on personnel, water quality, booksand references, and library system are being collected fromthe field level and district offices.

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Training/Workshop Basic training course Two 6-day basic training sessions on project,administration and financial rules, service rules, officemanagement, duties and responsibilities, arseniccontamination and mitigation, rural and urban water supplytechnological opinions, communication, monitoring andevaluation were conducted at the DPHE Training Divisionin November 2001 for 27 Assistant Engineers, 25Community Organizers and 1 Communication Officer of

Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project(BAMWSP). Resource persons from DPHE and otherrelevant organizations participated in the sessions. Thetrainees visited the arsenic treatment plants in Manikganjand took keen interest. At the concluding session of the course sponsored by theBAMWSP, Mr. SMA Muslim, CE DPHE and Mr. AbdulQuader Chowdhury, PD, BAMWSP distributed thecertificates to the successful trainees. Workshop on the Draft Project Proforma (PP) ofEnvironmental Sanitation, Hygiene and WaterSupply in Urban Slums and Fringes Project A workshop on the revised Project Proforma (PP) of theEnvironmental Sanitation, Hygiene and Water Supply inUrban Slums and Fringes was conducted on 19 November2001 at BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka. About 100participants from MLGRD&C, Planning Commission,DPHE, City Corporations, Pourashavas and UNICEF werepresent in the workshop. The purposes of the workshop were to share the lessonslearned from the projects implemented and to arrive at aconsensus among the key stakeholders on themanagement aspects of the future projects. In the workshop, following items of the revised ProjectProforma (PP) were discussed: • Project Management and Coordination • Technological options • Pipe water • Pilot schemes on solid waste management • Financial management • Research, development and innovation The participants actively took part in the group discussions

and several important feedbacks were given by theparticipants. The participants were in agreement with the

implementation and fund channeling mechanism of theproject for the next phase (2001-2005). Mr. Abdullah,Deputy Chief of Local Government Division, Ministry ofLGRD&C concluded the workshop. List of ongoing projects

1. Water Supply Project for Rajshahi Metropolitan city (GOB)(1995-2002)

2. 9 District Towns Water Supply Project (GOB-ADB) 3. 23 Towns Water Supply Project (1994-December,2001) 4. Rural Sanitation & Water Supply Project (GOB-UNICEF)

(July/1996-June/2005) 5. Rural Water Supply Project (GOB-4) (1995-2002) (95-2005) 6. Grameen Sanitation Project (GOB) (1996-2001) (1996-2006) 7. Repair, Rehabilitation & Development of Water Supply System

including Regeneration of Tubewells (GOB) (1997-2004) 8. Rural hygiene Sanitation & Water Supply Project (GOB-

UNICEF) (July/1996-June/2005) 9. Water Supply & Sanitation in Urban Slum & Fringes (GOB-

UNICEF) (Jan'1997-June 2001) 10. Water Supply & Sanitation in Gopalgong, Tungipara Pourashava

& Thanas (GOB) (Jan' 1997- June' 2003) 11. Repair, Rehabilitation & Development of Water Supply System

including Regeneration of Tubewells (GOB) (1997-2004,Revised PP)

12. Water Supply & Sanitation Project for Matlab, Chandina, Kachua& Barura Pourashava (Jan'1998-June'2003)

13. Bangladesh Arsenic Mitigation Water Supply Project (1998-2001)

14. Accelerated development programme for water supply &sanitation in chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) districts (GOB)(July,1997-June,2003)

15. Water Supply & Environmental Sanitation Project at MonglaPourashava (July' 1999-June 2004)

16. Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project (GOB-Danida)(July,1999-June,2004)

17. Water Supply Project in Bhairab Pourashava (Feb/2000-June/2002)

18. Water Supply & Sanitation project in Upazila HQ's & GrowthCentres (1999-2005)

19. Water Supply Project in Tongi Pourashava (Feb/2000-June/2003)

20. Drinking Water Supply Project from Pond in Arsenic & Salineproblem areas (Jule/1999-June 2005)

21. Water Supply & Sanitation Project in Gouranadi and KalkiniPourashava (May/2000-June/2003)

22. Water Supply Project in Shapahar, Patnitala, Porsha & Mandathana at Noagoan districts (July/2000-June/2003)

23. 18 District Towns Water Supply Project (GOB-DUTCH)(July/2000-June/2003)

24. GOB-Danida Arsenic Mitigation Project. January/2001-June/2004

25. Study on Groundwater Development of Deep Aquifers for SafeDrinking Water Supply to Arsenic affected areas in westernBangladesh. (October/2000-September/2001)

26. Char Development and Settlement project-II (CDSP) (July,1999-June,2004)

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Policy Highlights for Water Supply & Sanitation

PHE To Act As Lead Agency. romote Cost Sharing. over Unserved And Underserved Areas. romote O&M By Communities. romote Installation Of Sanitary Latrine For All Households. stablish Self-Sustainable Water & Sanitation System. nsure Safe Disposal Of Solid Waste. trengthen Capacity Of Local Bodies, DPHE & Other Stakeholders. volve And Encourage Private Sector. volve Local Government Institutions, NGOs And CBOs. ncourage Women’s Participation In Sector Activities.

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DPHE’s Mandate nt in framing policy & action plan for water supply and sanitation in the

vironmental sanitation facilities & to improve personal hygiene practices of

ava/city corporation & technical support to local government institutions. (Pourashava, Union Parishad etc.) in the O &M of water supply & sanitation

ensure safe water supply & sanitation facilities. sanitation system surveillance.

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n, Executive Engineer, Training Division, DPHE an, Kakrail, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 880-2-9343364, Email: trndvn@bdcom.com