Community Perception to Reduce Safe Drinking
Water Scarcity A Case Study at Debishing Para In
Rajshahi City Corporation Area, Bangladesh
Volume 2 - Issue 4
Lamia Ferdous*, Sabrina Sharmin, Md Nahidul Islam and Nazia Hossain
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- Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Bangladesh
*Corresponding author:
Lamia Ferdous, Undergrad student, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering &
Technology (RUET), Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh
Received: July 14, 2018; Published: August 02, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/TCEIA.2018.03.000144
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Abstract
The safe drinking water crisis is recognized as one of the major problems and the significant barrier to improve health and
wellbeing in Rajshahi city. Basically, RWASA (Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority) supplies water at Debishingpara
in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). Safe drinking water crisis is becoming intensified day by day in Rajshahi City. The objective
of the study is to identify local problem regarding safe drinking water scarcity in the community and to propose a communitybased
Strategies for reducing safe drinking water crisis. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) approach was applied to identify the
problems and suggest the community- based solution by involving community people. The study has been conducted by collecting
data from a focus group which consists of 8 members (4 males and 4 females) on supplied water and water collection system. Causeeffect
diagram and Pair-wise Ranking Matrix was used as PRA tools to understand the causes and impact of drinking water scarcity
and identify the main difficulties to access safe drinking water. According to the focus group discussion, the community people
suffered mostly due to lack of water purification system, less number of tube well and existence of iron in the water. The study
includes a dream map which obtains suggestions from the participants of the focus group. This study emphasizes on the community
participation in the participatory forum to discuss appropriate solutions relating to the supplied water in the community. This study
also tries to incorporate relevant policy and strategy to improve the condition.
Keywords: Safe drinking water; Water crisis; Community based approach; Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
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