Water Supply

Vijita Fernando

doi:10.3362/9781780444444

Water Supply

The goals of this book are to promote understanding of water supply technologies and water supply management to enable women to make informed choices. The book also contains information on how to assess the suitability of different water supply options and how to find financial and technical assistance. This book is suitable for use by technical and non-technical project managers, project staff, extension officers, trainers and consultants concerned with women in development and women's organizations.

Published: 1996
Pages: 80

eBook: 9781780444444

Paperback: 9781853393440


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
PREFACE viii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 Women in water management and technology 3
Women's roles in traditional water management 3
Women in the decade 1981-90 4
2 The importance of an improved water supply 8
Benefits of better water 8
The reasons for good projects 9
Suitable design 10
The influence of women 12
Involving both women and men 14
Not all women are the same! 17
3 Options for an improved water supply 19
Technology and gender 19
Water sources: groundwater 20
Water sources: spring water 22
Water sources: rainwater harvesting 27
Lifting water 31
Transporting water 37
Piped water supply 41
Water purification 44
4 Gender in the project cycle 50
Project identification 50
Gender and personnel 53
Introducing a project 54
Participatory evaluation 57
5 A checklist for planners and evaluators 59
Gender policy/attitudes 59
Baseline 59
Further preparation 60
Participation and workload 60
Entry points 60
Construction, management, maintenance and actual use 60
Steps towards involvement of particular groups 61
Wrap-up questions 61
6 Detailed case studies . 63
Improved water supply, Indonesia 63
Participatory development planning, Kenya 63
Handpump maintenance, Sri Lanka 64
Community-managed water supply systems, Colombia 64
A lesson learned about gender, Malawi 65
Distribution of bleach powder by women's groups, India 67
RESOURCES 69
REFERENCES 71