Water Flagship Program AccessAccess toto 24x7Safe24x7 Safe Drinking Water Water Flagshipwith Program Irrigation – 12 th FYP May, 2020 Department of Engineering Services Ministry of Works and Human Settlement Water Flagship Program Table of Contents Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures ................................................................................................................................ v List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ vi Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... vii Program Summary ...................................................................................................................... ix 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 National Context .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Water Supply Sector Context ........................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Rural Water Supply................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 Dzongkhag Municipalities and Thromdes ................................................................ 2 2. Blueprint Development ......................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Definition of 24x7 Safe Drinking Water .......................................................................... 3 2.3 Selection of Sites .............................................................................................................. 4 2.4 The Objective of the Blueprint ......................................................................................... 4 2.5 Blueprint Development Approach ................................................................................... 4 3. Overall Scenario and Issues in Drinking Water Management and Supply ..................... 7 3.1 Thromdes .......................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Dzongkhag Municipalities ............................................................................................... 9 3.3 Dzongkhag Rural Areas ................................................................................................. 11 3.4 Public Survey Summary ................................................................................................. 12 4. Strategies and Interventions ............................................................................................... 14 4.1 Strategy I: Declaration and Protection of Critical Watersheds and Wetlands ............... 15 4.1.1 List of Critical/ Degraded Sub-catchments .................................................................. 16 4.1.2 Identification of Watersheds that Cater to Drinking Water for the Four Selected Thromdes and Declaration as Critical ................................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Assessment of Wetlands in the Dzongkhags and Declaration for Protection ......... 17 4.2 Strategy II: Development of Adequate and Climate Resilient Infrastructure ................ 18 4.2.1 Field Assessment .................................................................................................... 18 i Water Flagship Program 4.2.2 Study on Water Demand Management and Reinforcement of WSP ...................... 19 4.2.3 Infrastructure for Thromdes .................................................................................... 20 4.2.4 Infrastructure for Dzongkhag Municipalities .......................................................... 23 4.2.5 Infrastructure for Dzongkhag Rural Areas ............................................................. 25 4.3 Strategy III: Improvement of Drinking Water Quality Surveillance ............................. 26 4.3.1 Strengthen Urban Drinking Water Quality Monitoring System (UDWQMS) ....... 26 4.3.2 Strengthen Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring System (RDWQMS) ........ 27 4.3.3 Upgrade the capacity of National Water Reference Laboratory in RCDC ............. 28 4.4 Strategy IV: Better Implementation of Water Legislation and Governance .................. 28 4.4.1 Legislations and Governance .................................................................................. 29 4.4.2 Establishment of an Independent Water Agency .................................................... 29 4.4.3 Public Private Partnership/ Water Entrepreneurship .............................................. 29 4.4.4 Water Users Association (WUAs) .......................................................................... 29 4.4.5 Harmonization of Monitoring and Information Management Systems .................. 30 4.4.6 Stakeholders Analysis Matrix ................................................................................. 32 5. Implementation Plan ........................................................................................................... 34 5.1 Implementation Framework ........................................................................................... 34 5.1.1 Flagship Secretarait ................................................................................................. 35 5.1.2 Program Steering Committee .................................................................................. 35 5.1.3 Program Management Unit (PMU) ........................................................................ 36 5.1.4 Component Managers (CMs) .................................................................................. 37 5.1.5 Project Implementation Unit (PIU) ......................................................................... 39 5.1.6 Technical Working Group ...................................................................................... 40 5.2 Human Resources Requirements ................................................................................... 41 5.3 PMU budget ................................................................................................................... 44 6. Financial Plan .......................................................................................................................... 45 6.1 Budgeting ....................................................................................................................... 45 6.2 Revisions ........................................................................................................................ 45 6.3 Release ........................................................................................................................... 46 6.4 Accounting ..................................................................................................................... 46 6.5 Auditing .......................................................................................................................... 46 7. Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................ 47 7.1 National Level ................................................................................................................ 47 ii Water Flagship Program 7.2 Flagship Program Level ................................................................................................. 48 8. Limitations of the Blueprint and Recommendations ....................................................... 51 8.1 Selection of 11 Dzongkhags and 4 Thromdes ................................................................ 51 8.2 Data Collection ............................................................................................................... 51 8.3 Stakeholder Mapping and Engagement.......................................................................... 51 8.4 Beyond Infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 51 8.5 Other Parameters for Planning ....................................................................................... 52 8.6 Budget Ceiling................................................................................................................ 52 8.7 Blueprint as a Living Document .................................................................................... 52 ANNEXURE ................................................................................................................................ 53 Annexure A: Flagship Program: Groups ...................................................................................... 53 Annexure B: Current Water Supply Scenario of Thromdes and Municipalities .......................... 55 Annexure C: Current Water Supply Scenario and Activities of Rural Water Supply .................. 87 Annexure D: Drinking Water Activities Proposed in the 12th FYP ............................................. 99 Annexure E: Technical Analysis Of Water Availibility and water Demand .............................. 135