Abstract
Considering water is most basic need and highest consumed goods for human being. The overall objective of the study is to identify the root causes of project performance deficiency and analyze the short comings of management transfer process of the system. The functional (Itahari) and partial functional (Duhabi) water supply and sanitation projects of Sunsari district of Nepal were selected for the study. Expert Consultation and Focus Group Discussion were done for primary source of data whereas reports. Journals, project reports, similar studies, books, websites and audit reports were reviewed for secondary source of data. Comparative performance of both the projects were analyzed based on technical, financial and institutional indicators along with the causes of project performance deficiency Worsening functionality, Worsening water quality and lost information were the weakness of water supply system lack of standard process, open defecation and financial issues were the main considerations to be taken by users committee to enhance their capacity for well-functioning of the system. For effective management Transfer of the system minimizing of these short comings, the system should be calibrated and should be sterilized. Project completion document should be handed over to WUSC. WUSC's WOS (Water Operators Standard) document and Business plan should be developed by WUSC in close consultation with the experts and trained WUSC about it. Access to and use of sanitary toilet by all in project area should be promoted. Ensuring these 6 indicators would be a good initiation towards the smooth management transfer.
Highlights
Nepal WASH sector’s community management approach has lots of success to share with rest of the world with a view to empower the community after 2000 the approach of development has focused on participation and a day the focus of development is shifted to include the excluded i.e. inclusive participation
Enabling rural water supply scheme to remain operational over the design period requires a number of complex and interrelated technical, social, environmental, financial and managerial issues upon which failure in meeting any of these can lead to failure of scheme (Abrams, 2013)
The recent status survey reports of nearly 38,000 community managed projects in Nepal, published by the National Management Information Project (NMIP) of the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS), show that only 25.4% of the projects are fully functional, others have some degree of poor functionality
Summary
The community management approach significantly reduced the burden over the national government’s over-stretched resources. Nepal WASH sector’s community management approach has lots of success to share with rest of the world with a view to empower the community after 2000 the approach of development has focused on participation and a day the focus of development is shifted to include the excluded i.e. inclusive participation Based on this accepted approach, in Nepal Decentralize Act 1998 focused on the mode of bottom up development approach to enhance the capacity of community and maximize utility of resources at local level. According to the data published by the National Management Information Project, the high level of failure of Water Supply System is both surprising and shocking to the policy makers as well as implementers. This result was not anticipated as the widely acclaimed best tool “community management” was used as the key approach. Overall Objective The overall objective of the study is to identify the root causes of project performance deficiency and analyze the short comings of management transfer process of the system
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