PROJECTS
CURRENT PROJECT: Don Juan, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
STATUS: First ASSESSMENT Trip Completed January 2015.
SECOND ASSESSMENT TRIP completed JANUARY 2016.
Implementation trip completed January 2017.
Monitoring Phase in Progress.
EWB-UR is helping over 400 students in the primary school Escuela Taller Santa Maria Josefa Rossello in the rural town of Don Juan located in the Monte Plata Province.
Currently, the school is not able to supply running water to its five buildings. Due to a dependence on a faulty municipal electricity system, the school has no access to water during daily scheduled (and unscheduled) electrical power outages. This is damaging to student health, hygiene, and education.
Our project aims to improve sanitation by providing filtered, running water to the school’s restroom facilities and the school kitchen.
EWB-UR is working with the school, the community, local engineers, and professional mentors to create a sustainable solution to this water and sanitation problem.
From January 3-12, 2015 we went on our first assessment trip to better understand the current situation and start building a relationship with the community. With the information we collected we have been able to continue to solidify designs and building methods.
Over the winter break in January 2016 we went on our second assessment trip to make additional measurements and conduct additional tests at the school. This helped us finalize our designs and building methods. While we were in the Dominican Republic we continued to strengthen the relationships formed on our first assessment trip.
In January 2017, we went on our first implementation trip. We installed a clean water system that chlorinates, stores, and distributes water to the community. While we were there, we discussed the importance of clean water with the children at the school.
January of 2018 was our first monitoring trip. We collected data about the bacteria and chlorine levels in the water, and we were happy with the results. We also worked with the community to ensure their confidence in using the clean water system independently.
This year, in January 2019, we will go to the Dominican Republic for our last trip. Our goal this trip is to connect our water system with the solar power that the community already has so that when they lose electricity, they can still clean and access the water. We would also like to continue helping the community to feel confident with the clean water system, so that they do not feel overwhelmed as they fully take over.
Over the course of 5 years, we are working with the community to ensure the elementary school's new water system will be sustainable by the locals.
Currently, the school is not able to supply running water to its five buildings. Due to a dependence on a faulty municipal electricity system, the school has no access to water during daily scheduled (and unscheduled) electrical power outages. This is damaging to student health, hygiene, and education.
Our project aims to improve sanitation by providing filtered, running water to the school’s restroom facilities and the school kitchen.
EWB-UR is working with the school, the community, local engineers, and professional mentors to create a sustainable solution to this water and sanitation problem.
From January 3-12, 2015 we went on our first assessment trip to better understand the current situation and start building a relationship with the community. With the information we collected we have been able to continue to solidify designs and building methods.
Over the winter break in January 2016 we went on our second assessment trip to make additional measurements and conduct additional tests at the school. This helped us finalize our designs and building methods. While we were in the Dominican Republic we continued to strengthen the relationships formed on our first assessment trip.
In January 2017, we went on our first implementation trip. We installed a clean water system that chlorinates, stores, and distributes water to the community. While we were there, we discussed the importance of clean water with the children at the school.
January of 2018 was our first monitoring trip. We collected data about the bacteria and chlorine levels in the water, and we were happy with the results. We also worked with the community to ensure their confidence in using the clean water system independently.
This year, in January 2019, we will go to the Dominican Republic for our last trip. Our goal this trip is to connect our water system with the solar power that the community already has so that when they lose electricity, they can still clean and access the water. We would also like to continue helping the community to feel confident with the clean water system, so that they do not feel overwhelmed as they fully take over.
Over the course of 5 years, we are working with the community to ensure the elementary school's new water system will be sustainable by the locals.
