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Several activities were carried out as part of the program
to develop an integrated approach to technological and social
change, They included sacicreconamic background surveys, the
study of traditional systems of water management and the establishment
of socioeconomic site selection criteria, These are
summaxized in Section 3.0 of this report and detailed in the
LBXP Explasatary Report (1983: Section 6-01 and in Schwarr
(1983). One mjor finding was that most Bay Region villages had
already established water cc-xittees to manage local reservoirs
(wars or uars), h e major challenge, therefore, was the
adaptati~n of the traditional system of community control to the
new diesel pump technoxogy and to the 3.0 to 30 small, permanent
and transient villages located within a five kilometer radius of
the drilling site.
2.5.2- Hajor Components of the CAPP Strategy
The program and network plan show3 in Figure 2.2.14
identifies the stages and principle events of a strategy to
integrate community participation into a comprehensive technical
and administrative framework for groundwater development.
Athaugh the program was developed and tested fn the Bay Region,
the strategy can readily be adapted ta other types of water
development projects in other regions,
The CAPF organizes water development into four stages each
of which includes technrcal activities and village
participation. The stages are:
(1) Community Orientation and Assessment
(2) Drilling of Boreholes
(3) Construction of C ivil Works and Pump Iastallatkan
(4) Operations and Maintenaxe.
Community contributions to the water development program
B e included information on local conditions, labor and
materials far construction, the payment of user fees and the
enforcement af aanagernent rules.
2.5.3- The Community Orientation and Assessment Stage
The objectives cf this atage are: to determine if the residents
and village leaders are sufficiently interested and able
tc support the project and; to form a committee to coordinate
local participation, Events kncPv9e several meetings with
residents, village leaders and l ~cai government officials, and
the collection of baseline sccioeconomic data. Two methods are
used to obtain information:
(1) Joint village assessments conducted by the population, and;