Operation and leadership for common use drinking water resource Maintenance of safe water devices constructed in arsenic contaminated area in Bangladesh

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  • 共同利用水源の維持管理とリーダーシップ : バングラデシュ地下水砒素汚染地域に建設された代替水源装置とその運営
  • キョウドウ リヨウ スイゲン ノ イジ カンリ ト リーダーシップ バングラデシュ チカスイヒソ オセン チイキ ニ ケンセツ サレタ ダイタイ スイゲン ソウチ ト ソノ ウンエイ

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Ever since arsenic contamination of groundwater was discovered in Bangladesh in the 1990’s, several international organizations and NGOs have been constructing safe water devices for mitigating the associated problems. However, many such safe water devices were abandoned due to lack of maintenance. This article analyzes how and why the use of these devices had stopped, through the use of interviews made with officials of the device operating committees. It was found that, in one example, an active safe water device had a well-organized operating committee, headed by a leading member of the community who was held in high regard. In contrast, an inactive safe water device in a neighboring village was found to have an unstable organizing committee; in this case an unmotivated community leader who had his own access to safe drinking water. The maintenance of safe water devices therefore greatly depends on leadership in the community. A future concern should see the implementation of methods of sustainable device maintenance that is free from the issues of community unity and/or leadership.

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