PANCHAYATH RAJ ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTMAINTENANCE OF DRINKING WATER SCHEME15-16/12/2011Er. H.V.HARISHSUPERINTENDING ENGINEER

Scattered habitation ; isolated house

Hilly terrain

Lateritic rocks are highly porous and low in water retention

Maintenance of Drinking Water Supply in Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka

Karnataka Panchayathraj 1993 Section 58 1-A III Provides Grama Panchayath to the extent of grant available by Maintaining Water Supply works either on its own or by Annual Contract by generating adquate resources.

Karnataka Panchayathraj 1993 Section 199 (2) Grama Panchayth has the Power to levy charges of Drinking Water and other purpose.

Under Provision of Karnataka Panchayathraj act 1993 Section 78 The Grama Panchayth may make by laws for conserving and preventing injury to sources and means of wate supply and appliances for distribution of water supply.

Under Provision of Karnataka Panchayathraj act 1993 Section 77 The Grama Panchayth has the power to control and provide pure and sufficient water supply to public and private purposes.

Govt. vide order No.RDP/843/RWS/2003 Dated:01-10-2005 has formulated guidelines for formation of joint committee for managing multi village water supply scheme. The constitution composition of joint committee and duty and responsibility of the joint committee are defined in above circular.

The joint committee shall have the following members.Chief Executive Officers as Chairman.Executive Engineer, PRED as Member.President of the G.P. is the Joint Committee Member.Project Manager as MemberA.E.E. PRED of Concerned Taluk as Member Secretary.

The Joint Committee put the Water user charges in the separate Bank Account Jointly operated by President and Member Secretary.The Joint committee is responsible for operation and maintenance of Multi Village Scheme.The Joint Committee is responsible for assisting and providing house connection, billing, collection of water tariff and customer compliant and responsible for maintenance.Under the Head of Account- Substainability programme Multi Village Schemes for providing Water Supply to 11 Villages of Malavoor Village has been taken up from Gurpura River

Grama Panchayath has the power to issue notice for misuse and contamination under section 77(3).

The Status of Water Supply in D.K.District of Karnatka In D.K.District there are 5 Taluks, 203 Grama Panchayaths, 368 Villages, 3592 Habitations.The Rural Population of D.K.District is 13.09 lakhsThere are 2,62,112 House Hold in D.K. District.

963 Mini Water Supply Scheme 989 Pipe Water Supply Scheme and 5219 Handpump is working in the District.46490 house hold has been provided induvidual Water Meters.39087 house hold without Water Meter.The Water Supply consumption charges is Rs.4178677/-, But Rs.3218486/- collected per month. In the D.K.District Rs. 15,20,487/- spent on Salary of Pump Operatior and Rs. 54,31,385/- is spent on Electricity Rs.18,70,483 spent on maintenance. The total expenditure for providing water is Rs.88,22,355/-.The Water Supply consumption charges of Rs.41,78,677/- and maintenance of Rs.88,22,355/- with difference of Rs.46,43,678/-.

Problems Scattered habitation distribution Being coastal area, drinking water turns saline during summer.Pilferage of drinking water for agricultural purposes.Unequal distribution of drinking water.Constant complaints about inadequate supply of drinking water.Diversion of development funds towards maintenance of scheme.

Haleyangadi Grama Panchayath, Mangalore Taluka No. of Villages 3Population Details

Case Study No.1

Water Supply DetailsPopulationNo. of House UnitsNo. of metered connections1) Haleyangadi44607236572) Pavanje19152011773) Sasihithlu2461143127Total88361067961

Monthly regular Meter ReadingAll connections are Metered

OVER FLOW PIPES ARE CONNECTED TO DISTRIBUTION MAINS

Demand Notice, computer generated

Special software developed for Demand & Account maintenance of water supply

Water Supply Bill Counter

Consumers paying their dues at Grama Panchayath Counter

Water Storage Tanks.

Receipt & Expenditure statement for the year 2010-2011ReceiptsAmount in Rs.Donations-1,86,000Water Charges-5,97,064Total-7,83,064Expenditure Amount in Rs.Salary-2,14,600Electricity Charges-2,25,000Maintenancea) Capital Exp.- 50,000b) Revenue Exp.- 75,083Miscellanious- 54,270Total- 6,18,953Savings- 1,64,111

Tariff - Domestic users.

Beneficiary contribution for the scheme Rs. 1500/- per householdAll expenditure from main line upto household to be borne by the beneficiary ( Pipe Line, Meter, chamber, Gate valve)Monthly minimum Rs. 50/- per connection.Rs.1/- per K.L. up to 10 K.L.Rs.2/- per K.L. from 10 K.L. up to 25 K.L.Rs.3/- per K.L. from 25 K.L. up to 50 K.L.

EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTSThere is an excess of income over expenditure to the tune of Rs. 1,64,111/-6 Anganawadis & 5 Educational institutions are provided water free of cost.Heavy penalty levied for un authorized connections.100% Energy consumption bills paid, in timeOver flow connections, minimise water wastage.Inter connection among raising mainsDiversion of drinking water for non drinking purpose is controlled.Community owns asset

Visits by various organisations to study the water supply maintenance at Haleyangady

Grama panchayath building, Haleyangadi

Case Study No 2 Guthakadu of Kinnigoli Grama PanchayathUnder Kinnigoli, there are 6 habitations, which are managed by different water supply committees. Among them the one case of Guthagadu is presented now.This scheme is being maintained by the committee since November 2002 .

ParticularsDetails

Population790Households201No. of metered connections201

Accounts of O & M for the year 2010-2011

ParticularsDetails

Amount Collected as per meter readings Rs1,71,774ExpenditureElectricity charges Rs. 53,890Salary Rs 43,275Repairs Rs ---------Total Expenditure Rs. 97,165Savings Rs. 74,609

First to experiment metering .Rs 74,609 Savings.24 X 7 assured water supply.Community involvement in experiment.With growing efficiency decreasing water tariffVarious national and inter national teams have visited

Tariff

DomesticCommercial0 to 10,000 Ltrs.408010,001 to 11,000 Ltrs459011,001 to 12,000 Ltrs5010012,001 to 13,000 Ltrs5511013,001 to 14,000 Ltrs6012014,001 to 15,000 Ltrs6513015,001 to 16,000 Ltrs7014016,001 to 17,000 Ltrs7515017,001 to 18,000 Ltrs8016018,001 to 19,000 Ltrs8517019,001 to 20,000 Ltrs9018020,001 to 21,000 Ltrs10020021,001 to 22,000 Ltrs11022022,001 to 23,000 Ltrs120240

Case Study No. 3GOLTHAMAJALU GRAMA PANCHAYATH

AMTURU VILLAGE

Amtoor Keshava Nagar & Amtoor junction water supply scheme of Golthamajalu Grama Panchayath

DetailsAmtoor Keshava NagarAmtoor JunctionPopulation15041660Households376415No.of metered connections324366

DetailsAmtoor Keshava NagarAmtoor JunctionAmount Collected as per meter readings29,7001,04,304ExpenditureElectricity chargesRs. 31,018Rs. 52,508SalaryRs. 16,250Rs. 19,650RepairsRs. 3,000Rs. 6,600TotalRs. 50268Rs. 78,758DifferenceRs. -20,568Rs. 25,546

Amtur Keshava NagarPrior to metering25,000 Ltr water Tank filled twice a day.Still people not satisfied about supply of water.Houses in upper reaches did not get enough water.

After metering 25,000 Ltr water tank filled once in two days 24x7 water supply ensured.Households in upper reaches get enough water.All stake holders are happy.

S.L. No.Name of TalukNo. of G.Ps.No, of Metered ConnectionsRemarks200120022003200420052006200720082009Total1Mangalore4914537542228129720752101165024942192162442Bantwal4797331112282633517133182827044013Puttur37225010211197122613832074161818261220138154Sullia27332528815939170598152336134665Belthangady43116037039486498815241217112010278564Total20349932501421938285470692167976791507046490

Both these Amtoor junction & Amtoor Keshava Nagar are different habitations with widely scattered houses. The existing scheme is old one. Prior to metering of the connections storage tank of 25,000 Ltrs. was not enough to cater a days need. Lot of pilferage was observed. After the metered connections 24X7 water supply is made available to the habitations even though the tank is filled once in two days.

It is a common notion that O & M of water supply, drinking water supply is always a loss business. But in the above case studies we see the reverse of it. This is due to farsightedness, metering the connections, strict enforcement of rules, awareness among the public.

Orissa Team visit

Visit by Afghanistan Team

3rd State Finance Commission Visit

Conclusions Over a period of ten years 128 GPs out of 203 GPs have metered connections No. of metered connections has increased to 46490,Experiments has successfully brought in equity , accountabilty and improved efficiency It can be easily replicated in clustered habitations.Active community involvement in O &M

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