Until last year, women in Kapoti village, Dindori had to spend several hours collecting water from distant natural springs, but WaterAid and its partner extended pipelines from protected springs to the village. The community worked together to build a gravity-powered slow sand water filter to remove impurities from the water before it is distributed to stand-posts near groups of houses through the new infrastructure.

1. Until last year, women in
Kapoti village, Dindori had
to collect water from
natural springs located at
the foothill. They spent
several hours and covered
long distances to collect
water every day.

2. WaterAid and its partner, NIWCYD, covered the spring water source and extended pipelines
to the village. The water now gets collected in the storage tank and is transferred to the
slow sand water filter.

3. The community members worked together to
build the slow sand water filter. This
technology works on gravity and doesn’t
need electricity. Water is filtered as it passes
several times through sand, gravel, charcoal
and wire mesh.

4. This filtered water is then made available to the community through stand-posts. There is one
stand-post for every 4-5 houses in the village.