Inter-Regional project for participatory upland conservation and development (Field Document 5/97) - NEPAL - Results of the 1997 dry season evaluation of 52 water source protection works completed in 1993-1997 in the Bhusunde Khola watershed













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TCO: GCP/INT/542/ITA

F.M.J. OHLER

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Gorkha, August 1997

This technical report is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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0. Summary

1. Introduction

1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives

2. Results and conclusions

2.1. Methods and tools

2.1.1 Protected Water Source (evaluation) Form
2.1.2 Field work
2.1.3 Analyses

2.2. Results

2.2.1 Number of protected water sources and related water taps
2.2.2 Cleanliness of water tanks and cleaning arrangements
2.2.3 Water pipe leakage
2.2.4 Presence and functioning of tap stands
2.2.5 Water point sanitary conditions
2.2.6 Quality of water flow
2.2.7 Quantity of water flow

2.3 Conclusions

2.3.1 Protected water sources state and functioning
2.3.2 Changes in 1997 as compared to the 1996 evaluation
2.3.3 Protected water source evaluation

3. Recommendations

3.1. Water source protection
3.2 User group capacity
3.3 Evaluation methods