G-904

Bottled Potable Water

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Project Description

Region: South America

Country: Ecuador

Location: 8 Villages

Total Budget: $68,250

Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene


SUMMARY

District 4400 from Ecuador is setting up a 2015-2016 District Global Grant of US$ 68.000 to supply bottled potable water to eight poor small communities of around 1.500 population each.

Districts and Clubs can choose the number of communities they want to support. The contribution for one community would be only USD 2.500 in DDF

BACKGROUND

Many small communities in Ecuador do not have access to potable water for its inhabitants. Due mainly to the size of the communities, it becomes technically and economically difficult to be taken care of by the government or by local municipalities. Another costly factor is the distribution of water in the community.

In the best of cases, they have access only to tubed water that comes usually from polluted rivers or ditches.

The RC Tulcán is applying a quick and economical approach to this situation with a project to supply bottled drinking water through purification with a small ozonation equipment.

Until now they have set up 7 of these small water purification plants.

District 4400 learned of this project on the 10th Ecuador Project Fair, recently held in November, 2014 and immediately considered this project as an effective and efficient solution to the lack of safe water in small communities.

Based on the RC Tulcán experience, it has designed a District project seeking to replicate the water purification plants in 8 communities.

Each water treatment plant for a particular community will be handled by a Club.

THE PROJECT

 Process overview: Filtration - ozonation - bottling

 Each water purification unit consists of:

• Input water storage tank

• Clarifying filters

• Ozonation unit

• Contact coil or serpentine

• First activated carbon filter of 5 microns

• Second activated carbon micro filter of 0.5 microns

• Purified water storage tank

 Purified water will be bottled manually in 5 gallons PET reusable bottles, previously washed and disinfected with chlorine.

 Capacity: 1.2 cubic meters per hour

 Families of the community will purchase 5 gallon PET bottles at USD 5 each approx.

 The community will pay for each refill USD 0.25 which will be used to cover operation and maintenance costs of the water purification plant, assuring the sustainability of the project.

 The units will be preferably installed in schools.

 The main responsible for running the project will be the local community directory together with the school.

 Some communities may be able to provide or build a small room for the plant but the project considers providing this installation. The community will contribute with labor for building the room and also for raw water catchment and transportation.

 District and participating local Clubs will receive a complete technical training and, in turn, will impart it to the communities. Also, education on safe water will be given to the communities.

BUDGET FOR EACH UNIT:

Water treatment unit USD 3.500 FOB

Freight, importation duties, nationalization expenses, sales and other taxes (Approx. 47%) USD 1.645

Materials purchased locally (tubing, accessories) USD 1.100

Small room construction (3 x 2 meters) USD 1.800

Others (Approx. 5%) USD 455

TOTAL USD 8.500

Primary Host Partner

District: 4400

Rotary Club of: Quito

Primary Contact: Manuel Nieto

Email: manuelnietoj@hotmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5340

Rotary Club of: La Mesa Sunrise

Primary Contact: David Ballesteros

Email: david.ballesteros@sdsu.edu

Project Status

Paid
This project is "Paid". This means the funds have been received and the project is being implemented.

Project listed for the 2014-15 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #1531730.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

District 4400 DDF

24-Feb-15

-

$14,000

$14,000

La Mesa Sunrise (5340)

23-Mar-15

$8,000

$8,000

$16,000

San Diego Downtown Breakfast (5340)

24-Mar-15

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Rancho Bernardo (San Diego) (5340)

30-Mar-15

$2,000

$2,000

$4,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$5,750

$25,500

$31,250

Total

$68,250

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History Log Entries

14-Feb-15

System Entry

Creation of project page.

24-Feb-15

System Entry

Pledge of $14,000 DDF by Manuel Nieto of the Rotary Club of Quito, District 4400.

23-Mar-15

System Entry

Pledge of $8,000 with $8,000 DDF by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.

23-Mar-15

System Entry

Pledge of $8,000 with $8,000 DDF by David Ballesteros of the Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise, District 5340.

23-Mar-15

System Entry

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

23-Mar-15

System Entry

Project reverted to "Published".

24-Mar-15

System Entry

Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Pauline Lim of the Rotary Club of San Diego Downtown Breakfast, District 5340.

30-Mar-15

System Entry

Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Ed Knight of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), District 5340.

30-Mar-15

System Entry

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

30-Mar-15

System Entry

Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Ed Knight of the Rotary Club of Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), District 5340.

30-Mar-15

System Entry

Project reverted to "Published".

30-Mar-15

System Entry

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

6-Apr-15

by Marge Cole

Rotary District 5340 Foundation Committee approved $11,500. in DDF for this grant proposal at its meeting on April 6, 2015.

29-Jul-15

by David Ballesteros

G-904 Global Grant Safe Water application for Tulcan, Ecuador was submitted to The Rotary Foundation in June 2015 and it is currently under review. Total GG amount is $68,000.

16-Aug-15

System Entry

Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.

3-Nov-15

by David Ballesteros

G-904, Bottled Potable Water, TRF# 1531730, has been approved and currently the Host Club, Quito Rotary, is awaiting the funds to implement the project.

2-Feb-16

by David Ballesteros

This Global Grant,G-904, TRF #1531730, has been approved by The Rotary Foundation and currently awaiting release of funds.

19-Sep-16

by David Ballesteros

G-904, Bottled Potable Water Plants project has installed 5 out of the 8 plants and within 3 weeks will complete 2 more plants in Ecuador. Thus far, this project is on target.

3-Aug-18

by Manuel Nieto

Recently the installation of the 8 potable water plants has been finished. The present status is collecting information for impact evaluation and on the water education trainings for the 8 communities.

24-Mar-20

by Manuel Nieto

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

24-Mar-20

by Manuel Nieto

System Entry: Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.

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