Engineers Without Borders
Fort Collins, CO - Professional Chapter
Peru - Ucayali
Santa Rosa de Dinamarca
The village of Santa Rosa de Dinamarca, located on the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon, has requested the assistance of EWB - FC in the design and construction of a potable water supply and distribution system. Currently, the village of 750 people uses four shallow wells for their water supply; tests performed during the June 2007 assessment trip showed all four wells positive for coliform bacteria. Furthermore, community leaders expressed concern that their future water source be independent from the surface water system because several indigenous communities in the area have been severely impacted by exposure to petroleum seepage from near-by unregulated mining activities.
EWB-FC will return to Dinamarca in May 2008 to install a deep water well with a solar powered pump, storage tanks, and a hand pump back-up system. We will work in conjunction with the community and a Pucallpa based NGO specializing in remote-site well drilling (Living Water). The solar pump system and storage tanks will be centrally located near the village center and schools.
Project Progress:
Assessment Trip: June 2007
Needs:
Solar Energy Specialist
Spanish Instruction
Water Quality Testing
Fundraising
Technical Co-Leaders:
Summer Jawson
Laura Girard
Project Partners:
