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Pumpkin Tank Story�Deva Hapugoda, Sri Lanka

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Approach

  • Question- and answer method will be used to continue the presentation

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Question 1

  • Why did the Project Steering Committee want an action research pilot done to find out the financial feasibility of Rainwater Harvesting for Rural Sri Lanka domestic use?
    • The project
    • The project scope and implementation method
    • The project management structure
    • Including rainwater harvesting option
    • Financial concerns regards rain water harvesting
    • Project steering committee response to rainwater harvesting option.

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Question 2

  • What were the results of action pilot on domestic rainwater harvesting?
    • Terms of reference for the action research pilot
    • Coordinator for the pilot
    • Results of the pilot
    • Pumpkin tank
    • Response of the Project Steering Committee

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Question 3

  • What was the Community response to the Rain Water Harvesting Option?
    • Original Project Proposal and the Rain Water Harvesting Option
    • Project Steering Committee response to Rain Water Harvesting Option
    • Community re-action to the implementation of rainwater harvesting over other options

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Question 4

  • How was the negative Community response to domestic rainwater harvesting managed ?
    • Social mobilization
    • First construction
    • Impression to the first rainwater harvesting system.
    • Benefits experienced
    • Quality and Quantity issues
    • Project response
    • Community response.

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Question 5

  • Technical and Financial issues, how were they addressed?
    • Materials – Cement /Chicken Mesh /Sand / Reusable Steel Skelton and 6mm re-bar
    • Skills
    • Cost Management

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Question 6

  • Economic and Environmental Issues how were they addressed?
    • Time
    • Water Stress
    • Floods
    • Extended pipe lines

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Question 7

  • Gender Issues and experiences worth high lighting ?
    • Female beneficiaries
    • Female masons

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Concluding recommendations

  • Pumpkin tank is a very cost effective durable tank that can be built with locally available materials by both men and women masons.
  • In Sri Lanka the size of the tank has been increased up to 10 cubic meters capacity.
  • Maximum size of this type of tank is yet to be tries out.
  • Building bigger pumpkin tanks up to the optimum size cost per cubic meter will continue to come down.