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Los Gomez Water Supply Project
Phase 1: Engineers Without Borders - Colorado School of Mines
Phase 2: EWB, Westminster 7:10 Rotary, El Porvenir
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About Mines EWBWater Supply Project
● Colorado School of Mines chapter of Engineers Without Borders
● 15 students, 3 committees
● Assisted by engineers from EWB in Nicaragua
● Mentors guide students
● Students apply engineering knowledge
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Rotary Involvement - Phase 2 Distribution Pipeline and Storage Tanks
Phase 1 was successful, but needs to be put to use!
International District Grant for Phase 2
Technical input
Teaming with and learning from WASH involved clubs
El Porvenir - Cooperating NGO w/ >500 WASH projects in country
35 members
Meets Weds 7:10 am sharp
Dictionaries, C4K, Open World, some international projects
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Our Team’s Goal
We are working with a community in Los Gomez, Nicaragua to build a clean, reliable, sustainable, and
accessible source of water.
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Los Gomez, Nicaragua
● Primarily farmers and ranchers● Baseball games and family
meals● Electrical infrastructure● Predominantly pit latrines● Wet and dry seasons● Dependent on unreliable, shallow
wells or unsafe surface water
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What We Have Accomplished
● 2012 - Pedestrian Bridge○ Ochomogo, Nicaragua
● 2014 - Water Project Started○ Los Gomez, Nicaragua
● 2017 - Drilled 250 ft water well○ Los Gomez, Nicaragua
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Water Project Progress: Phase I
● Completed in October 2017
● Deep water well
● Flow rate ~ 80 gpm
● Required $24,000
● Water Quality is good
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Water Project Progress: Phase II
● Transformer to power the pump
● Gravity-fed water distribution system
● Taps in each house
● Water meter at each tap
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Current Challenges
● Travel ban
● Possible remote implementation
● Funding
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EWB Committees
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Project LeadsCassidy Grady and Gage Pilone
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Technical Committee
● Design and model water distribution of project
● Collaborate with local engineers in Nicaragua and 7:10 Rotary
● Assist with operation and maintenance knowledge in community
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Social Committee
● Communicate directly with community○ Feedback○ Represent their needs
● Relay information to rest of club and collaborators to inform design
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Outreach Committee
● Grants and scholarships
● Fundraising
● Social Media
● Website
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Future Goals and Sustainability
● Implement distribution system
● Re-visit the community● Sustainability of the project
○ Community is largely involved with the project
○ Operations and Maintenance Manual in Spanish
○ Water use metered and fees collected
● Future Projects and reassessment
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BudgetItem Description Total Cost
Piping 7000 meters $13,677
Taps 1 ea X 60 houses $687
Tanks 3 tanks / 5000 liters each $2,454
Flow Meters 1 ea X 60 houses $4,225
Miscellaneous Small Items $622
Subtotal (Funds needed from Rotary Grant) $21,665
LaborRemote implementation provided by in-country
partnersRate = $ 140/day for 5 people and 3 weeks
$10,503
Total $32,168
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How You Can Help
● Partnership○ Expertise for all
committees○ Advice on Int’l District
Grant Process / Best practices
○ Partner w/ Westy 7:10○ Benefits for both parties
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Contact Us
Website: https://mineswithoutborders.wixsite.com/mineswithoutborders/los-gomez
Gage Pilone - [email protected]
Ally Kormanik - [email protected]
Matthew Johnson - [email protected]
Matt Seitz - Westminster 7:10 - [email protected] or [email protected]