Below are some households who have received installations from SmartPaani’s technical team. Some installations have been running for 3 or more years. The installations are rainwater harvesting, biosand filtration, and even simple techniques of gardening and recharging greywater. We will continue adding clients to this page as work moves along both old and new clients.
Proprietor of “Jewel Metal and Furniture”, Kamal Bahadur Gadaraj had just begun building his house at Nayabazaar when he heard about rainwater harvesting. He knew SmartPaani’s Gokul Dangal and thus, in his house’s design, rainwater harvesting and biosand filter systems were incorporated. It has been 3 years since these systems were installed and they have helped make his life go smoothly. He does not buy tanker water since rainwater and well water (filtered by biosand) is enough to meet the water demands of the 11 people in his house. Though extremely happy with the system at present, he was hesitant at first whether he would be able to drink the water filtered from biosand as promised by the technician. Now he is drinks it and is confident. Even his Rs. 50000/- investment on this has returned within a few months. He recommends these systems to other people and recently one of his neighbors installed rainwater harvesting and biosand filtration upon his recommendation.
Impressed by what she heard about the rainwater harvesting systems at the Fulbright Commission from its director, Frances contacted SmartPaani to inquire about rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling. After an assessment by our team, the decision was made to install a rainwater harvesting system as the first phase. The installation was completed at the beginning of March by Raju and Hem. Before the rainwater harvesting installation Frances was almost completely reliant on tankers of water. While it won’t completely eliminate tanker purchases, it will reduce them significantly. She was happily surprised by how quickly the system began benefitting her, in the second week of April her tank was almost empty and she prepared to order a tanker, that evening it rained again and the rains continued for the next 4 days, eliminating her need to buy a tanker. While the system is new, the SmartPaani team has taught her staff maintenance and is providing technical support while the 3 free visits that come with the system have eased her concerns about maintaining it.