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MAI instala Dos Purificadoras mas como parte del PASS-Colón. Una en La Venta, Fco. Morazan

MAI instaló en Octubre: 
Dos Purificadoras en Colón y Una en Francisco Morazán



Como parte del PASS-Colón, se instalaron dos purificadoras mas en Octubre: Una en la Comunidad de La Bolsa y otra en la Comunidad de Guapinol, ambas en el Municipio de Tocoa.

También se instaló una Purificadora en el Municipio de La Venta, Francisco Morazán.



LWTS installation in Guapinol (Tocoa, Colon – HN)

Guapinol is a village from Tocoa in the Department of Colon, Honduras. There are more than 600 houses with public services such as electricity, water piped system, transportation, school, and also has different churches and different commissions on the community.  
On October 21st, 2011, a LWTS installed in the village of Guapinol. It’s been almost 3 years since this community declined the project on 2008, but on July 7th 2011, Miguel Flores (WMI engineer) and Fredy Bonilla (WMI technician), had a meeting to socialize the Living Water Treatment System. In this meeting the population accepted the project with the presence of the community and its leaders.

Durante la socializacion 3




Ing. Miguel Flores explicando el proyecto

 WMI engineer Miguel Flores explained the LWTS project (below), people of the community of Guapinol during the meeting (above)

 

Before installation:


Subsequently to that acceptance, the community agreed to the project with the conditions of complying with a sustainable fee, building the LWTS enclosure, form a Safe Water and Sanitation Commission (SWSC) with the different leaders of the community, etc. We scheduled the installation for October. The community finished the LWTS enclosure and we started to prepare the LWTS at WMI warehouse. The big day arrived and WMI support staff started to mount the LWTS on the vehicle afterward, we left to Guapinol to install the long awaited project at this community.





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System's sign
Transporting the LWTS on the WMI vehicle (above) and the serial number plate of the System (below).

 

During Installation:

When the system arrives to Guapinol, people from the Safe Water Commission (SWC) are ready to unload the LWTS and start the installation. The people worked hard and with much enthusiasm because the project was a reality. The Pastor of the Congregational Church, Juan Romero (SWC coordinator), took the responsibility of operating the LWTS. He helped install the system with WMI staff and people from the community.
Downloading LWTS
Helping with LWTS
Instalando la LWTS
Jeremias del Cid ayudando a instalar la LWTS
WMI technicians and people from the community helping unload the LWTS and then start installing the LWTS,
helping to introduce the cage with mixer tank, filters and chlorinator. Jeremias del Cid puts teflon in the tank’s outlet



During opening:

When the installation was finished, people started to arrive to the LWTS enclosure. The rain wasn’t an obstacle for the people who were present during the opening. During the opening different associations were present such as the Safe Water Commission members, Teachers, Local Board, Water Commission, and people of different age. Pastor Juan Romero gave a short message about living water and then prays to God. The SWC president gave some words to thanks for the new LWTS and Erlin Enriquez explained to the community the importance of drinking and using Safe Water every day. When the ceremony finished the people started to fill the bottles and containers with Safe water from the LWTS.
 
La gente esta feliz con el agua segura
During the opening there was some raining but it wasn’t an obstacle for the people that arrived to the opening

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LWTS installed in Community of La Bolsa 
(Tocoa, Colon – HN)
On October 5th, 2011 a Living Water Treatment System (LWTS) was installed in the community of La Bolsa, Municipality of Tocoa, with WMI staff and Safe Water Commission members and neighbors of the community. La Bolsa is located 14 km East from Tocoa, with coordinates 15º 36’ 10.65”N, 86º 06’ 23.18”W. The community has public service such as: Electricity, transportation, middle and high schools, cable tv, etc. This community has a population of 500 people, 300 are children and 200 are adults. The community formed a Safe Water Commission (SWC) with the leaders of the community as follows: 

1- Coordinator, Lucian Amaya (Pastor of “Voz de Aclamacion” Church), 
2- President, Jesus Amador (CODEL), 
3- Vice-president, Maria Cristina Ordonez (Patronato), 
4- Secretary, Diana Baquedano (Teachers Association), etc. 

The Patronato president, Ramon Diaz donated the land where the LWTS enclosure is located, and supporter of the Safe Water project.  
The community doesn’t have a good water source to obtain water for the LWTS. This is because the piped system is not constant, sometimes there is water and other times there isn’t. With this problem the community took the decision of drilling a well, with the support of WMI. The organization 'Heart for Honduras', with the help from our Lord, drilled a 31 feet deep well with a Ø= 4” casing, and 18 feet deep, with around 13 feet water found on the well. Years ago different attempts were made to drill a well in the school from this community but they never had any success, until now.
With the well and the community ready to install, we prepared the LWTS in the warehouse. We prepared a LWTS with serial 20104, with a submersible Myers predator ST pump, and a water meter (serial 78990405, with current reading of 31,867ft³). The community  neighbors helped unload the LWTS and with the installation too. Also we trained the operator Carmen Perez during the installation. 
During the installation Fredy Bonilla (MWI technician), installed the LWTS jointly with the people of the community. While the community installed the LWTS with Fredy Bonilla, Erlin Henriquez (WMI technician) and Nelson Rodriguez (WMI engineer) were installing the submersible pump with Luciano Amaya amongst others. The pump was ready at 2:30 pm and the LWTS was ready at 3:00pm.
When the submersible pump and the LWTS were ready, we started to treat water. The operator who can now use the system started the process of treating water. The tanks were filled and the people were waiting for the opening. Pastor Luciano Amaya starts the opening with a message about Living Water and then prays for the installed project. The SWC president spoke about the benefits of the project in the community and Fredy Bonilla explained the process to get a healthy latrine project for the community too, and finally Nelson Rodriguez explained the different components about the project, and what the project scope is.
The people drink the water, children and adults were happy with the LWTS because they had purified water everyday.     

Some photos about this installation can be browsed in this location:

 
 
 
 
 
LWTS instalado en Rancho Santa Fe,  - La Venta, Francisco Morazán – HN


Comunidad:                              Rancho Santa Fe
Municipio:                                 La Venta
Departamento:                         Francisco Morazán
Coordenadas:                          14°20’5.28”N   87°11’8.12”W
Patrocinador/Sponsor:            Mr. James Corcoran


Rancho Santa Fe es un centro que se dedica desde 1954 a cuidar niños huérfanos o abandonados en toda América Latina y El Caribe dándoles educación desde pre-escolar hasta la universidad si ellos así lo deciden, alimentación y vivienda, actualmente tienen al cuidado aproximadamente 600 niños, está ubicado aproximadamente a 36kms al este de la capital de Honduras, carretera hacia Catacamas Olancho.
Este centro tiene un sistema de agua el cual funciona por bombeo la fuente de agua se encuentra a unos 3km del “Campamento”, el agua es bombeada hasta un tanque principal (1) de almacenamiento, pero antes de ser almacenada el agua es tratada para neutralizar la presencia de Cianuro de este tanque el agua es enviada a un segundo tanque (2) del cual se envía el agua a todas las viviendas del “Campamento”  
Durante mucho tiempo este centro ha buscado la forma de proveer a los niños agua segura es decir apta para el consumo humano debido a la aparición de enfermedades gastrointestinales en muchos de sus niños.
Por tal razón Misiones del Agua instaló un sistema de tratamiento de agua “LWTS” para proveer agua 100% pura.
Considerando la antigüedad de la red de distribución procedimos previamente a la instalación del sistema a una limpieza profunda de toda la tubería existente por la cual a partir de la instalación se conduciría agua limpia.
Día 1. Iniciamos este proceso haciendo las conexiones pertinentes para proveerle agua al sistema, luego continuamos drenando toda el agua existente en el tanque y la tubería, para asegurarnos de esto conectamos a la tubería un compresor de aire para dejarla totalmente seca, mientras hacíamos esta labor con los señores Antonio Gonzales uno de nuestros técnicos llamado Erlin Henríquez estaba instalando el Sistema con ayuda de dos jóvenes que viven el “Centro” 
Dia 2. Este día Iniciamos cerrando todas las válvulas y llaves existentes luego iniciamos a llenar el tanque (2) pero con agua purificada es decir pasando por el sistema LWTS, esta labor fue hecha por Erlin y el fontanero del Centro Don Antonio el popular “Toñin”, luego de llenar el tanque procedimos a vaciarle 24 galones de Cloro para logar una concentración de 100ppm previo a un análisis de cantidad de agua/cloro, después con paletas de madera revolvimos el agua para logar una buena mezcla del cloro con el agua, abrimos la válvula principal de tal forma que se llenara toda la tubería, dejamos reposar el agua un tiempo aproximado de 4 horas. Después de este tiempo de espera procedimos a drenar la tubería y por ende el tanque, obteniendo buenos resultados ya que vimos como salía el agua totalmente sucia es decir esto nos indicó que las paredes de la tubería estaban siendo totalmente limpias.
Día 3. Iniciamos completando detalles de instalación del sistema, luego se entrenó al operador al señor Antonio quien se encargaría de manejar y operar el sistema este entrenamiento fue dado por Erlin Henríquez quien durante el entrenamiento se inició a llenar el tanque (2), finalmente se hizo la inauguración con el señor Ross Egge quien es el asistente de la dirección de Rancho Santa Fe, también vinieron a la inauguración muchos de los niños que viven en este Campamento. 

[ A report in English about this Project can be found in this link: 
http://www.nph.org/ws/page.php?path=news/archive/2011/honduras/newwaterfilter.php&lang=en ]  
 
 
Photos of this Installation:


 

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