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At long last. the site photos from the February/March water station construction! Woo!

NEW! 2008 Site construction photos!

The India website might be quiet, but the project continues on. Since the 2007 trip, the water stations were scaled down, and we continue with construction starting February 17. The Los Angeles and San Francisco teams will be going out to the site to begin implementation. The San Francisco group will be blogging their experience here.

 

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On June 24, the travel team of AnnMarie Spexet and Bryan Shnider arrived in Ongole, India. They volunteered until early August, preparing for and laying the groundwork for the installation of the water stations. To begin, they installed wells and hand pumps in four different communities and revisited all of the sites that have had EWB projects in the last two years.  Working with the Rotary Club of Hyderabad, they placed an installed 19 wells across the four villages, testing water at all the wells. As expected, they saw bacterial contamination in almost all of the water samples, so they created a training program to educate community members on solar disinfection, a low cost method for preparing drinking water.

Read their travel blog here

See Bryan's blog on the SMU website

Read about the project here

This is the project we have been working on for the last year to update the original water station concept to create a multifunctional building complete with lights and running water. The design incorporates solar power and rainwater catchment to use two abundant resources in the area.

Here are photos of the three proposed station sites:

(note: you can see power lines in these photos, and may be wondering why we are using solar power. The reason is that these communities are currently unable to pay for the power coming from the grid).

 

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On December 26, 2004, an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia triggered a tsunami that devastated the coastal regions of many of the countries along the Indian ocean. EWB was called to assist some of the coastal villages in the Prakasham District of Andhra Pradesh, India that were affected by the disaster. Our first project implementation is on the ground in India. The San Francisco and Texas groups went to the site in April and installed wells, pumps, and solar panels. We've posted all the photographs so you can take a better look at the sites. A second implementation wave installed a pipeline in another village in July, with assistance by students from University of Minnesota and the Muffakham Jah Engineering School in Hyderabad. The Texas group is now working to design water stations for Sri Rama Pattapu Palem, another village in the area. We are adapting the design used for the solar pumping station in Jalamma Palem to create a series of multifunctional commons buildings for the new community, as well as desigining rain water capture systems for the new houses to reduce their need to rely on groundwater.

This is part of a multichapter project involving professionals from North Texas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston and India. Like all EWB projects, these projects are financed by donations. To support this project, please go to http://www.ewb-usa.org/donate.php and select the EWB-Houston (Central) Chapter. Donations are tax deductible.