Project Report
| Mar 15, 2016
The Water is Running!
By Jamie Collum | Project Leader / Director, Waves of Hope
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A recently installed water meter
Over the past month we have completed testing of the water system including a water quality test and also a system test. The water quality came back excellent and safe for drinking as we had hoped. The water system is working great as well although we did have to fix a few leaky pipes.
Last week we hosted a group from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio who worked alongside our community members to pipe in the running water to our local elementary school for drinking and for use in the new washrooms. We also recently installed water meters and last week the community members dug the final trench so we could install the wire needed to automate the system.
We are very happy to announce that the water is now running and being used community wide! Thanks very much for your support of this project!
![Students helping dig the trench at our school]()
Students helping dig the trench at our school
![Almost completed washrooms at our local school]()
Almost completed washrooms at our local school
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Dec 17, 2015
Clean Water Initiative - December Update
By Jamie Collum | Director / Treasurer
We have been very busy the past few months and we are very close to turning on the taps. Over the past months all of the water connections have been completed and the pump and tank have been installed. We had a faulty switch in the pump that had to be sent back to Managua that is to be picked up after Christmas and installed later that week but we have already run some tests and the water is flowing properly to all the homes.
The next steps are to run some tests on the water quality and to determine the best way to filter/clean it and to then install the water meters. We expect to have the water running by early 2016.
All funding from Global Giving donations have been spent and the project is fully funded.
We thank you for your generous support!
Sincerely
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Sep 22, 2015
Digging Trenches is hard work!!
By Jamie Collum | Direction / Treasurer
![SFL Volunteers & community members trench digging]()
SFL Volunteers & community members trench digging
In August we hosted a team of volunteers from Surf For Life and began digging trenches alongside our team of community volunteers from El Manzano#1. A very generous new neighbor from Spain donated a back hoe as well to help speed along the trench work. Trenches were dug from the site of the well to the water tank and pressure tubes were laid. This covered a distance of about 700 meters. We have also installed the community water tank of a concrete platform on a hill at the heighest point of the property. Water will be pumped up to this tank and will run by gravity to each community home.
We recently also completed trenching and piping along the main community roads covering over 2000 meters of distance. There has been a tremendous amount of work completed over the past few weeks and we are extremely proud of the hard work and commitment to this project shown by the members of El Manzano #1.
Later this month we will be purchasing the electrical wire for the pump and the 3HP Franklin Electric pump should be installed in early October.
Our next steps are to source water meters which shall be installed at individual homes and we are also reviewing the different options for a water filter system which should be installed in early November. Over the next couple of months we will also be installing connections from the main pipes to each home in the community.
Our goal is to have the clean filtered water running by December 31st, 2015.
![Trenching in the sun]()
Trenching in the sun
![Base for the water tank]()
Base for the water tank
![trench along main road]()
trench along main road
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