India, West Bengal - Arsenic Safe Drinking Water: Gaighata

Arsenic is a major problem in the state of West Bengal, a colorless, tasteless, odorless poison that is found in the deep groundwater used by nearly 100 million people. One alternative are shallow dug-wells which fill up in the rainy season and along with the use of chlorine provides a safe source of community water for most of the year. Project Well is implementing a self-supporting community-based mitigation program in Gaighata to provide arsenic safe water by constructing 20 modified conventional dugwells along with education on water related health effects to change behaviour.