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Rural Water Supply, Sanitation & Irrigation Programme
Background
MRRD has set the goal to provide over 15 million rural people with basic services for water supply (25 litres of safe water per day per person) and sanitation facilities over the next 5 years. To achieve this target, MRRD aims to construct at least 100,000 water points across the country through the Rural Water Supply, Sanitation & Irrigation Program (Ru-WatSIP) projects executed by the MRRD Water and Sanitation Department. Furthermore, 2.5 million households will be educated on water, sanitation and hygiene issues to raise awareness of the importance of safe drinking water and prevention of waterborne diseases.
Rationale
Access to safe water and sanitation is a basic human right. The provision of safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation to households and communities enhances health by reducing death and disease through waterborne diseases, allowing individuals to fully participate and strengthen their livelihood strategies.
Objectives
The objectives of Ru-WatSIP include:
- Provide rural communities with sustainable access to potable water sources and sanitation facilities.
- Strengthen the capacity of rural communities for service delivery, operation and maintenance, and the sustainable use of water supply and sanitation facilities.
- Improve public hygiene and environmental sanitation.
Implementation Strategies
As the lead ministry, MRRD is responsible to ensure that the policies and plans determined under the 5-year national policy framework for the water sector are implemented in a timely manner. MRRD takes an overall facilitation and coordination role, including policy, planning and development, resource mobilization and allocation, monitoring and evaluation, and information management. Close collaboration is established with other line ministries such as the Ministries of Health, Women’s Affairs, Education and Haj to maximise accelerated coverage, cost-effectiveness and efficiency in delivery of water and sanitation services.
The Water & Sanitation Department of MRRD implements Ru-WatSIP projects. In general, construction of water or sanitation facilities is packaged with community mobilization, health and hygiene education, and repair and maintenance training to maximise health benefits and ensure sustainability. The programme uses local technology and methods. Direct service delivery is outsourced to facilitating partners – NGOs and private sector - who will assist the communities in implementation. MRRD plays a regulatory and facilitating role, supervising and monitoring contractors’ quality of works. MRRD also supports developing and strengthening a strong private sector and NGOs that can serve rural areas through providing water engineer and maintenance training.
Summary of Achievements to Date
- Establishment of a national framework for the water sector: The 5-year national policy framework was developed and approved. Institutional structures in the government to facilitate public investment in the water sector have been realigned with the national plan and policy. MRRD has played the lead role and strengthened its capacity to manage water and sanitation projects, and develop policies and strategies.
- Construction of water points/sources: Ru-WatSIP has constructed 11371 water wells and installed 859 hand pumps in rural areas and schools, benefiting over one million people across the country. To date, 59 pipe schemes for water networks have been constructed, benefiting over 1989925 people. In addition, 2578 water reservoirs were contracted or rehabilitated, benefiting approximately 2.6 million people.
- Sanitation facilities and hygiene education: A total of 23844 latrines have been constructed either in houses or schools, benefiting 167188 people and children. Ru-WatSIP has also provided hygiene education for more than 10 million people across the country.
- Specialized training on water & sanitation: To ensure that water and sanitation projects meet the needs of the communities and create sustainable impacts on health and environmental sanitation, Ru-WatSIP has provided various trainings for a total of 3500 MRRD staff, as well as representatives from NGOs and private companies. The topics of these training include policy making, planning, management, community mobilization and consultation and hygiene education, as well as the basics of hydrology and water engineering, and construction techniques for water wells.
Plan for 2008 (1387)
- Construct 7852 water points consisting of wells and Pipe schemes to provide rural villages potable water for 1374100 people nation wide.
- 16092 latrines will be constructed and provide hygiene education training for more than 981500 people to enhance sanitation in rural areas.
- Establish water maintenance mechanisms in 217 rural areas to ensure sustainability of water supply facilities.
Financial Information:
| 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Resources for 1386 | Total Fund Resourced for 1386 so far | Shortfall | Donors |
| US$65m | US$16.5m | US$48.5m | USAID, SDC, UNDP DFID, UNICEF, ARTF. |
