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All
written and computerized material such as budgets, project-economy,
databases, preliminary reports, reports, communication/mail, notes, etc.
shall be freely distributed within the project-group, including Sida (and/or
by whom Sida appoints) without hesitation. The project will be transparent
for the working group.
KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group
will be responsible for global advocacy, awareness-raising, capacity
building and exchange of information as well as replication trials and final
conceptualization of the studied mitigation option. All work will be done in
close collaboration with NGO Forum, Dhaka University and Ramböll.
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Review of existing data and synchronisation and
evaluation of the existing safe water options distributed during the AsMat
project
Acquisition of existing databases
NGO
Forum will be responsible for synchronising and delivering the databases to
the project group. Dhaka University will be responsible of the strategy for
extracting hydrogeological databases and that data are complete, data
formats are usable (i.e. database is complete in respect of e.g.
coordinates, coordinate- and height-system, etc.) and sufficient metadata is
available. Establishment of hydrogeological database will be coordinated
with KTH and Ramböll so that a consistent database is formed. This is a
component that needs to be done in the initial stage of the project.
- AsMat
database (NGO Forum, acquired through Sida)
- Deep
aquifer Database (DU in in collaboration with Ramböll)
- BWDB
hydrological data (DU in collaboration with Ramböll)
- DPHE
drilling data (DU)
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Inventory of GW-usage & management in Matlab Upazila per today and
synthesis of situation. Inventory (coordinates) of irrigation and
production-wells. The acquisition of this data will be done by DU and NGO
Forum research assistants.
Coordination with government and other agencies
NGO
Forum will be responsible for and realization of coordination with
governmental organisations and forming working committees. Dhaka University
will be included in all communication with governments and working
committee. Gender and poverty aspects will be considered by NGO Forum.
In Matlab study area, the project work will be
coordinated though the upazila coordination meeting on a monthly basis.
Upazila Executive Officer is responsible for coordination of all the local
developmental initiatives. Since the project is aimed at validating a
tubewell based option which is widely accepted by the community people in
Bangladesh, it is
anticipated that all the relevant stakeholders, including the government
authority will be interested to the findings of the project.
Evaluation of the existing safe water options
NGO
Forum will perform and prepare a synthesis of the AsMat-project and detailed
follow-up of implementation of options will be done and reported.
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Hydrogeological investigations
Geophysical survey
Dhaka
University will be primary responsible for performing and reporting the
geophysical investigations. This is a component that needs to be done the
initial stage of the project.
Groundwater flow and hydraulics
KTH and
Ramböll will be responsible for this workpackage, fieldwork will be done in
collaboration with Dhaka University and NGO Forum. Modflow simulations will
be done in co-operation with the Ramböll Foundation project.
Groundwater chemistry
KTH, DU
and Ramböll will be responsible for this workpackage, fieldwork will be done
in collaboration with NGO forum.
Sediment characteristics
KTH, DU
and Ramböll will be responsible for this workpackage, fieldwork will be done
in collaboration with NGO forum.
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Capacity development, community and social mobilization
NGO Forum will be responsible for
and realization of this component. Dhaka University will support this
work-package with hydrogeological and geological expertise for the
continuous work. Gender and poverty aspects will be considered.
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Ensuring safe supply of drinking water
Gender and poverty aspects will be
considered.
Development of tool for the local drillers to install safe tubewells
This is
a critical component. The design of the tool will be done through careful
interpretations of the results from the project and previous experiences. We
are planning a workshop including personnel from KTH, NGO Forum, DU and
Ramböll in order not to foresee anything. KTH together with NGO Forum will
be responsible for the execution of the tool.
Education of local drillers, NGOs, authorities
NGO Forum will be responsible for
and realization of this component. Dhaka University will support this
work-package with hydrogeological and geological expertise for the
continuous work. If e.g. going to field for education of the local drillers
DU, as well as GoB will be consulted and included during the process. Gender
and poverty aspects will be considered.
Installation of new test-tubewells
This
component is critical and thus the installation- and placement strategy will
be designed through a joint effort of the entire project group. This will be
done on a workshop including leading personal, field-personal and local
drillers from all partners. The execution of the installation will be the
responsibility of NGO Forum.
This
work will be done partly on the basis of component “management for providing
safe drinking water” where the databases (e.g. previously provided options,
safe tubewells, mapping of water and sanitation situation, selection
criteria for poorest, etc.) are included in a GIS-expert decision system
that will be established through the project.
Validation of the appropriateness of the mitigation option will be done
here.
Monitoring the safe tubewells and community awareness
Responsibility of monitoring of installed tubewells will be NGO Forum. The
execution will be done in field through field-test kits by NGO Forum and DU
Research assistants. Proportional part of the monitored tubewells will be
sampled and analysed in laboratory in Bangladesh (not to be mixed with
groundwater chemical investigation).
Management for providing safe drinking water
Establishment of databases that can be used in a GIS-expert decision support
system for the selection of sites for installation of new tubewells will be
the responsibilities of NGO Forum. Dhaka University and Ramböll will support
with geological and GIS expertise knowledge.
Water Safety Plan
A risk
assessment for the provided option (targeting safe As-safe aquifer) will be
done by KTH and Ramböll through predictive modelling. Suggestions for
groundwater management based on results will be done by Dhaka University in
consultation with the National Coordinator of the project.
Communication of results from risk assessments and suggestions for
groundwater management including water safety plan with the government and
local authorities will be the responsibility of NGO Forum.
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