Extension of Water Supply from Pre-Fabricated Health Post to Community in Kavre District

Objectives: To extension the water supply from Baluwa Health Post to the surrounding communities.

Key Activities:

• Technical Survey with Cost Estimation.
• Selection of Vendors, and agreement with service providers.
• Transportation of Materials and Equipments.
• To safeguard and extend water supply from pre-fabricated health post to community in Kavre District.
• Repair, Rehab or Construct Water Project for Baluwa Community, Kavre.

Project period: 1 month (1st to 30th November, 2017)

Project Location: Panchkhal Municipality-12, Khampur, Baluwa  

Funding Partner (s): UNICEF Nepal, Country Office

Implementation Partner (s):Water Supply User Committees (WSUCs)

Major Achievements:

• Construction of 10000 litre capacity ferrocement tank has been completed.
• Construction of 4 public tap stands has been completed.
• 40 mm Ø 10 kgf/cm2 pipeline of 396 meter has been supplied and laid.
• 63 mm Ø 6 kgf/cm2 pipeline of length 62 meter has been supplied and laid.
• 25 mm Ø 10 kgf/cm2 pipeline of length 500 meter has been supplied and laid.
• 40 mm Ø 6 kgf/cm2 pipeline of 95 meter length has been supplied and laid.
• 32 mm Ø 10 kgf/cm2 pipeline of length 88 meter has been supplied and laid.
• Backfilling of 1141 meter long pipeline that is laid under the ground has been done from the local community contribution.
• For lifting water from deep boring to the ferrocement tank, 2 solar panels of Volta crystalline solar PV module 140 WP, 12V has been added and installed among the currently present solar panels.
• 654 people in 97 household in Khampur, Baluwa gained access to water supply from the taps on which water is supplied from ferrocement storage tank.
• From the security point of view, for the preservation of storage tank, we have covered and surrounded the storage tank with barbed wire and angle poles.