Progress Report: Water System in Terrabona, Nicaragua

 

 

 

This Water and Sanitation project will be divided into two tasks that will benefit four adjacent villages in Nicaragua:  San Andrés, Los Calpules, Las Joyas, and San Juan.  The San Andrés, Los Calpules and Las Joyas water task will be to construct an electric pump water system with a tap and meter for each home. The sanitation task will be to construct 25 double pit latrines in San Andrés, 20 in Las Joyas, 15 in Los Calpules, and 10 in San Juan. These four communities are found within a 5km radius of each other, allowing work to be done in parallel.

 

Small communities were selected because many Water and Sanitation projects are sited in urban areas. Therefore, smaller, isolated communities do not receive significant assistance. Although these communities are disconnected, they fit into an overall Water and Sanitation plan developed for the Terrabona municipality. These two projects are proposed because they best met the needs of these communities as identified and were proposed by the villagers themselves.