Hmm. This water charity has some kind of map of all the wells they’ve built, and some references to academic literature arguing that wells save lives. Does that count?
Ditch their justification/model. How do wells save lives?
If people fall in and die, that’s counter productive. (That’s not a reason for ‘lives are saved’.)
If there isn’t good water there, but well water is clean, then it’s plausible.
Do wells offer other benefits? (A source of clean water that’s reliable, near a hospital***, that can still be used in the event of a disaster**...) If it’s closer so people don’t have to share water (containers), so there’s less spread...
Try and figure out if they had clean water before. (Note that adding more clean sources does seem good—it might protects against loss of other sources, or allow more people moving in*.)
*And if they’re moving from somewhere with worse water, then that seems like an improvement.
**Do disasters mess with access to wells or their water quality? (What disasters do they have in this area?)
***Clean water for cleaning stuff might be important generally. (And if there’s not a lot of clean water, maybe it doesn’t get used for that.)
Ditch their justification/model. How do wells save lives?
If people fall in and die, that’s counter productive. (That’s not a reason for ‘lives are saved’.)
If there isn’t good water there, but well water is clean, then it’s plausible.
Do wells offer other benefits? (A source of clean water that’s reliable, near a hospital***, that can still be used in the event of a disaster**...) If it’s closer so people don’t have to share water (containers), so there’s less spread...
Try and figure out if they had clean water before. (Note that adding more clean sources does seem good—it might protects against loss of other sources, or allow more people moving in*.)
*And if they’re moving from somewhere with worse water, then that seems like an improvement.
**Do disasters mess with access to wells or their water quality? (What disasters do they have in this area?)
***Clean water for cleaning stuff might be important generally. (And if there’s not a lot of clean water, maybe it doesn’t get used for that.)