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PERU

Water Catchment, Filtration and Storage for Puerto Sol, Peru

The people of Puerto Sol live isolated on the banks of the Ucayali River, which provides an endless flow of water past their homes. This natural force of nature is also their source of drinking water for the majority of the year, but it's unsafe for consumption.

The ​EWB-USA San Diego Professional Chapter has partnered with the community to help address the need for safe, reliable, accessible water by developing a rainwater harvesting system.

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Gallery
View photos of our partner community and our local San Diego team.
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Amazon Promise
Learn about our in-country partner organization, Amazon Promise.
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Interactive Map
Visit Puerto Sol on the map.

About the Project

Project Start Date: September 2018
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The EWB-San Diego Professional Chapter of EWB-USA applied for a community partnership with Puerto Sol in 2017. We officially adopted the program in May 2018, and started our first project to bring clean water to Puerto Sol in September 2018.
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Project Status: Implementation Phase

The purpose of the implementation phase is to present the draft and final design of the project and the details of the proposed implementation in sufficient detail. After the Alternatives Analysis, the team will be preparing draft Design and Construction documentation for review by EWB-USA.

You can learn more about EWB-USA's project phases here!

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Project Updates

September 1, 2019
Assessment Phase Complete
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The Assessment Phase is designed to establish connections with our community partners, gather data needed for alternatives analysis and design, and to assess the baseline conditions for our required Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) documentation.

The Peru Team returned from our first trip to the community on July 7, and our Post-Trip report is complete! It's on to the Implementation Phase, starting with our Alternatives Analysis.
July 4, 2019
Surveys and Mapping
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Today was a busy day for the EWB team in Puerto Sol. The community map was completed and 8 additional community surveys were finished. The team took soil samples to analyze and was able to visit San Jose to check out the EWB Sonoma County Professional Chapter's successful project. Tomorrow the team will have a meeting with the whole Puerto Sol community, perform some water quality testing, and finish up the community surveys. Only a couple more days left to get to know all we can about Puerto Sol on this trip, and enjoy the amazing food!
July 2, 2019
Getting to know Puerto Sol
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Yesterday our EWB San Diego team met with community leaders, began interviewing community members, and started mapping the community. Today, the team was able to complete interviews with 15 households and add 33 of about 55 buildings to our community map. Tomorrow's schedule includes continuing surveys, mapping, and taking some soil samples!
June 30, 2019
Our first Assessment Trip is officially underway!
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After a variety of connecting flights and layovers, the travel team has safely arrived in Iquitos, Peru. Next we will meet up with our representative from our partner NGO Amazon Promise and begin making our way to the Libertad Jungle Lodge. The team will depart at 7:30 tomorrow morning for our first full day in the community of Puerto Sol!

Get involved

Support our project by making a donation. Donations are tax-deductible and go directly towards funding the project.
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Join the team! Email peru@ewb-sandiego.org to sign up for our team mailing list.
Stop by a Team Meeting. We meet the first Monday of every month in Mission Valley. Email peru@ewb-sandiego.org for details.
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