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Duration |
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Commenced in January 2011 |
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Funded
by |
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Water |
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Project Partners |
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Community |
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Local
Authorities: District
Secretary, Divisional
Secretary |
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National
Water Supply and
Drainage Board
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Community
Water Supply and
Sanitation Project |
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Other
major RWH implementers |
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Objective |
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Promote rain water
harvesting as an alternative
drinking water supply |
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Purpose |
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To study
the effectiveness of
rain water harvesting as
a domestic water supply
option |
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To
identify the prevailing
issues and constraints
in promoting rain water
as an alternative
drinking water sources
among rural communities |
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Activities |
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Collection of Data and
Information / Data
Sources |
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Reviewing
the previous studies |
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Household (HH) survey |
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Sample
design and size |
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Sampling
Frame: 2 districts from
each province where RWH
is most practiced |
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2
communities in each
district |
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- HH with
RWH systems and 2 HH
using other sources |
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Focus
group discussion (9x
2x2=36) |
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Outcome/ Outputs |
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Report on effectiveness
of rain water harvesting
as a rural water supply |
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Survey of rain water
harvesting systems in
Sri Lanka |
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Recommendation for
future implementation of
rain water harvesting
projects |
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Sharing information and
experience within the
sector (PDF file, 1.2
MB) |
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Downloads: |
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Final Report
(PDF
file, 1.2 MB) |
