Monroe L. Weber-Shirk S chool of Civil and Environmental Engineering Water Supply Engineers without Frontiers

First Team Meeting ä The need ä Strategies for EWF to make a difference ä Selecting our target ä Water Supply Overview ä Assignment ä The need ä Strategies for EWF to make a difference ä Selecting our target ä Water Supply Overview ä Assignment

Measures of Poverty

Water Supply Actors CommunityNGO Donor Organization Engineers Project Supervisor Leaders Community rep Labor Skilled Trades Proposal writers Project Review EWF ?

Water Supply Issues ä Funding: Capital, Operation & Maintenance ä Legal ä Right of way (land ownership) ä Water rights ä Technical… ä Water Source ä Quality, Quantity, Elevation, Proximity ä Downstream influences ä Hydrology ä Aqueduct, Storage, and Distribution ä Hydraulics

Strategies for EWF to Make a Difference ä Form groups of 3 and brainstorm ä All ideas are welcome ä Focus on Water Supply ä Form groups of 3 and brainstorm ä All ideas are welcome ä Focus on Water Supply

Brainstorm ideas ä Piping and digging wells and sewer systems ä Purification filters desalination ä Education ä Letrines ä Why the water is bad? ä Hygiene and sanitation ä Resource to existing NGOs ä Piping and digging wells and sewer systems ä Purification filters desalination ä Education ä Letrines ä Why the water is bad? ä Hygiene and sanitation ä Resource to existing NGOs

ä Researching existing techniques such as Biosand filtration ä Developing new techniques ä Research social aspects ä Who in the community is generally responsible for water ä Raising Money ä Raising Awareness ä Sending students on internships ä Researching existing techniques such as Biosand filtration ä Developing new techniques ä Research social aspects ä Who in the community is generally responsible for water ä Raising Money ä Raising Awareness ä Sending students on internships

ä Researching technologies ä Contacting NGOs ä Role as both Engineers and Project Supervisors as we do a project ä Go between the community and engineers ä Work with the community to develop leadership (skilled labor) ä Get them to tell us what they need ä Learn where they get water from now ä Raising awareness in the US ä Alternative technologies (wetlands) ä Researching technologies ä Contacting NGOs ä Role as both Engineers and Project Supervisors as we do a project ä Go between the community and engineers ä Work with the community to develop leadership (skilled labor) ä Get them to tell us what they need ä Learn where they get water from now ä Raising awareness in the US ä Alternative technologies (wetlands)

ä Data collection ä Learn about water quality standards ä Educate the community so they can maintain the system. ä Data collection ä Learn about water quality standards ä Educate the community so they can maintain the system.

Framework for Selecting a Strategy ä What are our strengths (and weaknesses)? ä What are the needs? ä Optimize the Match! ä Strategy Selection Loop ä Return to Brainstorming ä What are our strengths (and weaknesses)? ä What are the needs? ä Optimize the Match! ä Strategy Selection Loop ä Return to Brainstorming

How could we work with an NGO? ä Time and resources to do research, simulations, experiments ä Do impact assessment (predict consequences of the work on the community( social and environmental)) ä Fundraising ä Implementation (we have unskilled labor skills) ä Time and resources to do research, simulations, experiments ä Do impact assessment (predict consequences of the work on the community( social and environmental)) ä Fundraising ä Implementation (we have unskilled labor skills)

Problems working with NGO ä Twice removed from the community ä Difficult to get community feedback ä How will the engineers take our advice? ä We might not know what the community thinks of the NGO ä Hopefully the vision of the NGO is similar to our vision (for working with the community) ä Is the NGO organized and responsive? ä We won’t know the NGO financial constraints ä Will they be willing to give us money or supplies for building whatever we build ä Twice removed from the community ä Difficult to get community feedback ä How will the engineers take our advice? ä We might not know what the community thinks of the NGO ä Hopefully the vision of the NGO is similar to our vision (for working with the community) ä Is the NGO organized and responsive? ä We won’t know the NGO financial constraints ä Will they be willing to give us money or supplies for building whatever we build

How could we work with NGO ä We could work as a go between between NGOs ä Review Projects and see if we have any suggestions to make it better ä Technology catalog ä Maintenance directions for water supplies systems ä Work on projects that the NGOs don’t have time for R ä We could work as a go between between NGOs ä Review Projects and see if we have any suggestions to make it better ä Technology catalog ä Maintenance directions for water supplies systems ä Work on projects that the NGOs don’t have time for R

Water Supply Choices ä Urban or Rural ä Wells or surface water ä Pumped or by gravity ä Mechanized or hand pumps ä Treated or untreated ä Public taps or household taps ä … ä Urban or Rural ä Wells or surface water ä Pumped or by gravity ä Mechanized or hand pumps ä Treated or untreated ä Public taps or household taps ä …

EWF Choices ä We will collaborate with… ä We will focus on this aspect of water supply ä I propose small-scale, rural, gravity, w/o treatment ä We will contribute by… ä What are your dreams? ä We will collaborate with… ä We will focus on this aspect of water supply ä I propose small-scale, rural, gravity, w/o treatment ä We will contribute by… ä What are your dreams?

Goals of the first assignment ä Learn about Water Supply and Development Issues ä Become familiar with the types of resources that already exist ä Continue to identify what is lacking and how we could be helpful ä Learn about Water Supply and Development Issues ä Become familiar with the types of resources that already exist ä Continue to identify what is lacking and how we could be helpful

Getting Started ä Information sources ä Cornell Library ä WFP reading materials ä Web resources ä NGOs, Donors, UNDP, ä Topic Description: Key words ä Rural water supply, appropriate technology, Developing world, design standards, gravity systems ä Pressure break tanks, water intakes from streams and springs, pipeline design, air release valves ä Development methodology: community participation, demand-responsive approach ä Information sources ä Cornell Library ä WFP reading materials ä Web resources ä NGOs, Donors, UNDP, ä Topic Description: Key words ä Rural water supply, appropriate technology, Developing world, design standards, gravity systems ä Pressure break tanks, water intakes from streams and springs, pipeline design, air release valves ä Development methodology: community participation, demand-responsive approach

First Assignment ä Pick a topic from the list (or propose a topic) ä Submit a summary report of what your team discovers ä Word or HTML document ä Present your findings next Monday evening ä PowerPoint? ä Pick a topic from the list (or propose a topic) ä Submit a summary report of what your team discovers ä Word or HTML document ä Present your findings next Monday evening ä PowerPoint?

Organizing the Project Information ä How are we going to organize what we learn so we can keep on building?