Introduction :
OCETA
has selected NGO Forum for Drinking Water Supply &
Sanitation as Monitoring Agency to work with the BETV-SAM
to execute the performance monitoring tasks of arsenic
removal technologies in the field for the period of
March 2007 to March 2009. The Ontario Center for Environmental
Technology Advancement (OCETA) is the Canadian Executing
Agency in receipt of a Contribution Agreement from
CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) is
executing the mandate of the BETV-SAM Programme, in
corporation with the Government of Bangladesh/BCSIR.
The Government of Bangladesh has taken this BETV-SAM
(Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification
– Support to Arsenic Mitigation) programme for
the assessment and verification of arsenic removal
technologies for drinking water. The Government of
Bangladesh has mandated BCSIR (Bangladesh Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research) under the Ministry
of Science and Technology (MoSICT) as the verification
authority for all arsenic removal technologies. DPHE
is performing overall supervition of this project.The
selected arsenic removal technologies will be tests
during this period to assess the social acceptability
namely:
1. SONO (HH
based)
2. SIDKO (Community based)
3. ALCAN (HH based) and
4. READ-F (HH based)
Total 106 technologies
will be distributed in these 6 project areas by October
2008 for conducting this assessment.
Project Implementation Area :
This project
has been implementing in 6 different areas namely
Manikganj, Jhikorgacha, Balaganj, Chapai Nawabganj,
Ishwardi and Bera upazila based on the respective
water matrix and the mentioned technologies will be
placed on those wells considaring concentrations of
arsenic and other water quality parameters influencing
the performance of the technology (e.g. manganese,
phosphate, iron, sulphates, etc) correspond to the
distinctive.
Project Duration : March
2007 to March 2009
Overall Objective :
Technical
Performance Monitoring of Provisionally Verified Arsenic
Removal Technologies.
Specific Objectives :
The specific
objectives of this monitoring programme is to
1. Provide
technical information governing the behaviour of these 4
provisionally verified arsenic removal technologies with
various water matrices.
2. Produce
statements on the performance of these 4 provisionally
verified arsenic removal technologies under normal use by the
designated rural caretaker(s).
3. Develop
data and information in support of large-scale future
installations of these 4 provisionally verified arsenic
removal technologies depending on the water matrix, including.
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Media lifespan
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Waste handling
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Potential for microbial contamination
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Recommendations for on-going monitoring for water
safety for both arsenic and microbial
contaminants.
Project Activities:
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Review of monitoring
protocol
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Recruitment and orientation of
project staffs
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Mobilizing the project staffs
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Training of the project staffs
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Contracting and mobilizing
analytical laboratory
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Collection of all consumables,
field test kits, instruments and chemicals
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Well identification
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ell characterization and selection
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User group formation and
mobilization
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Technology supply and installation
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Training to the users group on
operation and maintenance of technology
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Well site operation
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Sample collection and
transportation to analytical laboratory
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Monitoring data collection and
compilation
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Analysis
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Data Compilation
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Reporting |
