The San Diego Professional Chapter's India Program started in 2006 and originally consisted of two projects, both in the community of Chakicherla Pedda Patapu Palem (CPPP). The Water Project began first, with a 2000 liter per hour reverse osmosis water treatment plant installed in CPPP in October 2011. The Power Project then installed a photovoltaic (PV) and battery power system in 2014 to address power shortages in the community, caused in part by the new water plant's popularity.
Three new projects have now been started at separate locations, including a new water project and a housing project for the nearby Scheduled Tribes (ST) Colony, and a water project in a small village in Marripudi, about 85km from CPPP.
Check out the links below to learn more about the India Program.
Three new projects have now been started at separate locations, including a new water project and a housing project for the nearby Scheduled Tribes (ST) Colony, and a water project in a small village in Marripudi, about 85km from CPPP.
Check out the links below to learn more about the India Program.
Program HistoryLearn about our 10-year partnership with the community of Chakicherla Pedda Patapu Palem (CPPP) in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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GalleryCheck out photos from our assessment and implementation trips to India.
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Interactive MapView an interactive map of the community.
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PresentationsClick to view presentations of the India Program projects.
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February 27, 2017
Home Sweet Home and Onto Design!
Home sweet home. 37 hours, door to door from Ongole to home. Not too bad at all. Thank you to Mr. Murthy and Sujatha of ASSIST in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India for being such gracious hosts and amazing partners with EWB-USA. Our travel team would also like to thank our families for holding down our forts while we were away!
Now, we jump into designing the water treatment facility for Narasapuram! We plan to be ready to start construction in October 2017; so, lots to do!
Home Sweet Home and Onto Design!
Home sweet home. 37 hours, door to door from Ongole to home. Not too bad at all. Thank you to Mr. Murthy and Sujatha of ASSIST in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India for being such gracious hosts and amazing partners with EWB-USA. Our travel team would also like to thank our families for holding down our forts while we were away!
Now, we jump into designing the water treatment facility for Narasapuram! We plan to be ready to start construction in October 2017; so, lots to do!
February 25, 2017
All Good Trips Must Come to an End
All good things must come to an end: I head home from India tomorrow. Here are some highlights from my trip:
Until next time, India.
All Good Trips Must Come to an End
All good things must come to an end: I head home from India tomorrow. Here are some highlights from my trip:
- House construction! The confined-masonry foundation on our model house is nearly done, and our masons are actively learning how to build earthquake-resistant housing. The model house is only slightly behind our original schedule and should be completed within 2 weeks (3 weeks total)! It was very emotional saying good-bye to them: they were so appreciative, and I kept thinking that the next time I see them, there will be houses all around their community. Quite a crazy and amazing thought!
- Our appraisal of our new partner community, Narasapuram, is going great! We are forming a strong bond with the community (men, women, and the ever-present entourage of kids following us around), which is critical to a successful project.
- The testing of Narasapuram's aquifer is proceeding very well. We are getting some really good data about how they use water for farming and how much water is below ground. Thanks to Charlie Wyatt and GeoTech for donating our amazing pressure-transducer dataloggers and other testing equipment!
- I am bringing back samples of rice grown in Narasapuram to test how much fluoride is present in their food. This is a fascinating aspect of this project: food uptakes fluoride from water contaminated with fluoride just like tuna uptake mercury from the smaller fish they eat. So, to keep the fluoride out of Nassapuram community members, we'll likely need to change what they grow and thus what they eat.
Until next time, India.
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February 18, 2017
Construction Started on the First of 32 Houses
We started construction on 1 of 32 houses here in India today! It was amazing watching the community choose who of them should get the first house; the oldest woman, who sang to us in appreciation on our last trip, was chosen. We'll be pushing hard to complete most of the first house while we are here so that we can ensure our earthquake-resistant design is built correctly. Quite an exciting day! Off to our other community tomorrow to kickstart our final assessment of their new water-treatment facility.
Construction Started on the First of 32 Houses
We started construction on 1 of 32 houses here in India today! It was amazing watching the community choose who of them should get the first house; the oldest woman, who sang to us in appreciation on our last trip, was chosen. We'll be pushing hard to complete most of the first house while we are here so that we can ensure our earthquake-resistant design is built correctly. Quite an exciting day! Off to our other community tomorrow to kickstart our final assessment of their new water-treatment facility.
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February 14, 2017
India, here we come again!
Heading back to India to work on our two new housing-construction and water-supply projects over the next three weeks! Very excited to start building houses and finish assessing the community of Narasapuram for a water treatment system. We are also very much looking forward to seeing our friends again, including Mr. Murthy and Sujatha of our partner NGO, ASSIST.
India, here we come again!
Heading back to India to work on our two new housing-construction and water-supply projects over the next three weeks! Very excited to start building houses and finish assessing the community of Narasapuram for a water treatment system. We are also very much looking forward to seeing our friends again, including Mr. Murthy and Sujatha of our partner NGO, ASSIST.