Abstract:
The inadequacy of safe drinking water is a serious problem and it has major
impacts on rural communities. Thus, this study has been done based on the
data collection through surveys, interview, focus group discussion, and
consultation of CBO managed water supply report at National Water Supply
and Drainages Board, Akkaraipattu region. Using the secondary information,
this paper demonstrates the implementation and progress of community water
supply scheme in the rural segments of study area with the support of
Community-Based Organizations, and it explores community water projects
or Rural Water Supply – RWS, which was implemented by the NWSDB in
the selected villages in the study community. This study found that the CBO
managed water facilities in terms of community water supply scheme was
feasible system for reducing water poverty from village segments. Further, it
reveals that the participation of local people was very poor in the CBO
managed water projects due to the lack of technical knowledge and coordination
as well as other social, economic, psychological and cultural factorsthat have contributed on their lower participation in this effort. However, the
CBOs need to be motivated and empowered to amalgamate rural people to
ensure the sustainability of the community water project in order to eradicate
water crisis from rural communities especially from study villages in
Akkaraipattu region. Hence, this study is a crucial attempt to find a communal
calamity which is nationally and globally challengeable threat for human
security. So, this study needs to be extended in a wider academic platform in
the future field research.
