Renovation of Traditional Drinking Water Ponds Ooranis Tamil Nadu

Questionnaire PART A For Group interaction and with Panchayat President

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Name of District
Name of Block
Name of Panchayat
Name of Village

Population of the village

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Questions
How many Ooranis are available in the
village

Source of water for the Oorani

When was the Oorani constructed?

When was the Oorani last renovated?

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Agency which renovated the Oorani

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What do the users say for the renovation

Are they willing to form an association
and take up the responsibility of managing
the Oorani and maintaining the accounts
Are they prepared to contribute a part of
the expenditure? If so the nature and % of
contribution
Are they willing to undertake the
renovation work by themselves if
technical support and guidance are given
Are they willing to create a corpus fund
and pay the annual subscription to the
association for ensuring the maintenance
and sustainability of the Oorani
Whether the farmers cultivating in the
catchment area are willing to avoid the use
of chemical fertilisers and pesticides
What are the suggestions of the people to
improve the existing Oorani or creation of
new Ooranies
What is the mechanism adopted by the
society to keep the Oorani away from
pollution
Is there any system to make sure whether
the Oorani is filled up during rainy days

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Male
Female
Choice of Answers
For drinking
For other use
Rain water
From tank
From canal
Before 50 years
Before 25 50 years
Before 10 25 years
Less than 10 years
Before Years ..
Govt.
NGO
People
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

Renovation of Traditional Drinking Water Ponds (Ooranis) in Tamil Nadu

Questionnaire PART B Household Survey
0. General information
A
Name of Village
B
Name of the Oorani, if available
C
Name of the Family
1. Persons and mode of collection
A How many persons live in Adults
your household?
Children
B How many persons collect Adults
water in your household?
Children
C Who is the water fetcher?
Wife
Husband
Son
Daughter
Daughter-in-law
Others
D Water requirement per day 10 pots
10 -20 pots
20 - 30 pots
>30 pots
E Time to fetch water
Early morning
Morning
At noon
Evening
Night
Late night
F How do they transport the Plastic pot
water?
Metal Pot
Earthen pot
Water cans
G Mode of fetching water
Head load
Cycle
Moped
Others
H.
How much water do they
Plastic pot
collect per day? Number of Metal Pot
pots
Earthen pot
2. Distance from the source
A How long is the
< 1/2 km
Transport (km)?
1/2 km - 1 km
1 - 2 km
> 2 km
B How much time is spent to <1/4 hour
1/4 -1/2 hour
fetch a pot of water?
1/2 - 1 hour
> 1 hour

No.
No.
No.

3. Manner of water use

A Usage of Oorani water

B What is the main source of

drinking water ?

C What is the main source of

bathing water?

D What is the main source of

water for gardening?

E What is the main source of

water for animals?

F What is the main source of

water for irrigation?

G Do you like the Oorani

water?

For Drinking
For Cooking
For Washing vessels
For Bathing
For Washing clothes
For livestock
Oorani
Handpump
Open well
Individual bore well
Combined water supply scheme
Desalination of sea water
Desalination of ground water
Tank
Oorani
Handpump
Open well
Individual bore well
Combined water supply scheme
Desalination of sea water
Desalination of ground water
Tank
Oorani
Handpump
Open well
Individual bore well
Combined water supply scheme
Desalination of sea water
Desalination of ground water
Tank
Oorani
Handpump
Open well
Individual bore well
Combined water supply scheme
Desalination of sea water
Desalination of ground water
Tank
Community well
Canal
Handpump
Open well
Individual bore well
Yes
No
Can't say

H If you don't like the water,

Why?

Turbidity
Salty
Bitter
Odour
Other reasons

4. Quantity of water demand

A How much do you use from Drinking
Oorani water for
Cooking
Bathing
Washing Clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock
B How much do you use from Drinking
the hand pump water for
Cooking
Bathing
Washing Clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock
C How much do you use from Drinking
the open well water for
Cooking
Bathing
Washing Clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock
D How much do you use from Drinking
the individual bore well
Cooking
water for
Bathing
Washing Clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock
E How much do you use from Drinking
the combined water supply Cooking
scheme
Bathing
Washing clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock
F How much do you use from Drinking
the desalinated sea water? Cooking
Bathing
Washing Clothes
Washing vessels
Livestock

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5. Others
A What aspects need
improvement
B Way of treating water for
drinking

Distance to the source

Source of water
Quality of water
Filtering
Settling
Boiling and cooling
None of these

C If water fetching work is

Agriculture work
reduced through Oorani what Caring children
other works you will do?
Cooking
Manual labour
Others
D Dispute / Quarrel at the place Yes, if so details
of water source
No
E Water availability
Adequate
Inadequate
F Are outside villagers coming Yes
here to fetch drinking water ? No
G Are animals allowed to drink Yes
water directly from the Oorani No
H What is mode of lifting water Directly entering with a pot
from the Oorani
Through a hand pump
Through a well
By pumping
* Number of pots / buckets should be converted into litres.