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El Tormento Comm. Water System

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Project Description

Region: South America

Country: Ecuador

Location: El Tormento, Manabí

Total Budget: $51,340

Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene


Purpose: To develop sustainable, community water systems in poor, rural communities with no safe water supply.

Situation: In Ecuador, about 40% of the populations is without ready access to safe water. Most of these people reside in rural areas such as the isolated community of El Tormento located about an hour and half from Bahia de Caraquez in the hilly parroquia of San Isidro in Manabí province, Ecuador. Tormento has approximately 300 inhabitants spread among fifty families. The village exists largely out-of-sight off of paved roadways, and families survive mainly from working small, rudimentary, family farms that hand-cultivate small quantities of cacao, coffee, corn, plantain and fruits with a few chickens, pigs or a cow. Dwellings of less than 600 square feet composed primarily of bamboo or wood barely shelter tri-generational families and neglected primary schools lack minimal instructional materials, equipment and professional staff. There is no public transportation, and older students must travel to high school in San Isidro. These villages are off-the-map economically and there are no local health services or police presence. The inhabitants' predicament became even more desperate when the 7.8 earthquake of April 16, 2016, devastated the economic structure of the entire province and destroyed local, hand-dug, community water wells. Consequently, more communities have no reliable, continuous water source and residents must seek water from infrequent, dirty, tank trucks and the occasional purchase of treated water in refillable jugs hauled from San Isidro.

Proposal: Because the regular consumption and use of safe water is essential for rising out of poverty, these water projects will implement a successful strategic model developed and replicated by the Bahia de Caraquez Rotary Club in six previous Rotary Foundation Global Grant community water projects. The projects will construct communitywide water systems that include well development, pumping and pressure system, water treatment and storage, distribution pipelines reaching each dwelling and school, and water meters placed for each consumer. Necessary components to ensure system sustainability include the legal formation of a community-elected, governing water board in each community which will receive comprehensive training from representatives and consultants sponsored by the national ministry of water SENAGUA about necessary topics including system management, operation and maintenance, water chemistry and chlorination, financial and personnel administration, system security, community relations, and water consumption fee collection. Technical training about the operation and maintenance of the community water system and basic tools will be provided by the construction contractor to individuals selected by the water board. Hygiene training and curriculum will be provided by Host Club Rotarians to school teachers who will instruct students and present at community forums about best practices to maintain proper hygiene and protect water quality using in part a curriculum developed by a previous Rotary Foundation project of the Rotary Club of Quito which the Rotary Club of Bahia de Caraquez has successfully implemented with each previous community water project. All equipment and materials for these projects are readily available in Ecuador.

The Rotary Club of Bahia de Caraquez will solicit, sponsor, host and coordinate two Rotary Foundation Global Grant projects, one in Tormento and the other in San Jacinto. Rotarians of "Bahia" will coordinate and monitor water system construction, including contracting with a proven hydrological engineering contractor whose company is certified by SENAGUA, as well as manage and supervise the training programs for the water board, water system technical operation and maintenance, and water protection and hygiene. These trainings will be provided by Rotarians through established collaborations with the construction contractor, the local Canton Sucre government, and the national ministry of water (SENAGUA). The Project Committees for these projects include past club presidents who have successfully coordinated previous Rotary funded community water projects following the model described above, and include a civil engineer, an educator and financial administrator, each with years of practical experience and professional training in their area. Two committee members are Technical Cadres for The Rotary Foundation in the areas of Water and Sanitation and Basic Education and Literacy.

Sustainability: Project outcomes will be sustained by the:

1. Democratically elected community water board who will be invested with legal authority and obligation to supervise all system operations and financial administration, promote positive community relations and set water consumption charge rates and collect payments based on metered water usage.

2. The local government of Cantón Sucre and the national water and health ministries will collaborate to support the legal formation of the water board, provide multi session trainings for water board members, monitor project activities, and assure legal compliance with water and health requirements.

3. Hygiene training will be provided by the Host Rotarians to local school teachers using a proven curriculum developed by a previous Rotary Global Grant project to raise community awareness and increase knowledge about how water becomes contaminated, its safe use and maintenance and the consequent protection of individual health. The teachers will teach the curriculum to all students as well as to adults at community forums. This information will motivate parents and other community members to monitor the system's operation and participate in water board community meetings.

4. Water system technical training will be provided to individuals designated by the water board to operate, maintain, repair and protect the water system for the long term.

5. The Host Rotary Club will inform news and media sources about the project and its community ownership model to generate greater system transparency and oversight.

Beneficiaries: The projects' beneficiaries will be the approximately 300 residents in Tormento. Beneficiaries will also include the teachers working in the schools and future residents who will likely migrate to the community when they learn that the safe water system is functioning. In particular, children should directly benefit from reduced water borne illnesses which should contribute to better school attendance and greater achievement.

Measurement of Results:

• The completed construction of the community water systems.

• The number of dwellings and schools regularly receiving safe water.

• The improved attendance of children at school.

• Completion of the full battery of training designed for the community water boards

• Completion of the technical training for water system operation, maintenance and repair.

• Completion of hygiene training for teachers, its instruction to students and at community meetings.

Preliminary Budget:

Description Tormento

Water well development and testing $6,284

Distribution pipeline and connectors 21,728

Storage tanks, placement and accessories 1,568

Electrical energy supply 1,064

Pumping system equipment and accessories 1,512

Chlorine treatment system and accessories 5,425

Pressure reduction chamber 1,052

Connections to dwellings and water meters 5,443

Subtotal: Construction and Equipment 44,076

Project management 1,000 1,000

Project monitoring and evaluation 1,000

Training 1,000

Signage 500

Subtotal 47,576

Contingency 2,379

Total $49,955

Project time frame: April, 2019-June, 2021

Primary Host Partner

District: 4400

Rotary Club of: Bahía de Caráquez

Primary Contact: William F Stumbaugh

Email: bill.usdrmxec@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5010

Rotary Club of: Eagle River Area

Primary Contact: Mary Paul

Email: mapaulpt@gmail.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2019-20 Rotary Year.

The TRF Grant application number is #1987584.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Bahía de Caráquez (4400)

16-Jan-19

$500

$670

$1,170

Central Chester County (Lionville) (7450)

21-Jan-19

$4,000

$0

$4,000

La Jolla Golden Triangle (5340)

20-Feb-19

$2,000

$0

$2,000

Pocatello-Gate City (5400)

12-Mar-19

$5,000

$5,000

$10,000

Emmett (5400)

14-Mar-19

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Buhl (5400)

14-Mar-19

$500

$500

$1,000

Eagle River Area (5010)

17-Mar-19

$5,000

$5,000

$10,000

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

$9,000

$12,170

$21,170

Total

$51,340

DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

16-Jan-19

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

21-Jan-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Pledge of $4,000 by Vasanth Prabhu of the Rotary Club of Central Chester County (Lionville), District 7450.

21-Jan-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Pledge of $31,910 by Bill Stumbaugh of the Rotary Club of Santee-Lakeside, District 5340.

21-Jan-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

21-Jan-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Pledge of $4,000 by Vasanth Prabhu of the Rotary Club of Central Chester County (Lionville), District 7450.

21-Jan-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

20-Feb-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Pam Russell of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340.

12-Mar-19

by Marianne Barker

System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 with $5,000 DDF by Staci Hernandez of the Rotary Club of Pocatello-Gate City, District 5400.

14-Mar-19

by Marianne Barker

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Kathy Buck of the Rotary Club of Emmett, District 5400.

14-Mar-19

by Marianne Barker

System Entry: Pledge of $500 with $500 DDF by Jana Rodgers of the Rotary Club of Buhl, District 5400.

17-Mar-19

by Brad Gamble

System Entry: Pledge of $5,000 with $5,000 DDF by Brad Gamble of the Rotary Club of Eagle River Area, District 5010.

17-Mar-19

by Brad Gamble

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

16-Aug-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.

2-Nov-19

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.

2-Feb-20

by William F Stumbaugh

Project implementation progressing at typical rate and manner. Water well initial perforation completed; flushing, cleaning and development in progress. Pipeline arrived and stored for later placement. Rainy season has begun and limits regular access to community.

16-Apr-20

by William F Stumbaugh

Project implementation is on hold with no construction or other activities due to the stay at home order because of the pandemic.

2-Jul-20

by William F Stumbaugh

Beginning to resume project implementation now that the controls against movement due to the COVID pandemic are loosening. Recently distributed 200 masks to the community. The well is completed and the distribution pipeline is layed. Remains to connect to power source, install treatment component, consumption meters and storage.

16-Sep-20

by William F Stumbaugh

The construction of the community potable water system is now near completion after months of quarantine and work stoppage. Anticipate the public inauguration soon.

2-Dec-20

by William F Stumbaugh

The construction of the El Tormento community potable water system is nearly complete. We determined that it was necessary to purchase and include an electric transformer solely for the operation of the wel pump after testes of the system connected to an existing transforming serving several ho,es did permit the level of current required and also jeopardized the electric service to the dwellings. The cost for this addition will be nearly $1,000 for the transformer and necessary parts and supplies to mount it on an exiting power pole. We expect to conduct a community inauguration of the new system soon. We are also completing the first 12 month progress report to the zRotary Foundation.

2-Dec-20

by William F Stumbaugh

I am embarrased to admit that I didn't take the time to proof read my last entry about this project and left uncorrected several spelling errors. I sincerely apologize to all the supporters of this project and others who may read the entry.

16-Feb-21

by William F Stumbaugh

The construction of the community potable water system was completed and reported in the 12 month Progress Report to The Rotary Foundation last September, 2020. The project continues with monitoring and evaluation activities. Due to the pandemic, schools have remained closed for almost a year. This has prevented the implementation of the planned, school-based, personal hygiene and water protection curriculum. Ministry of education may combine schools and try to connect some to the internet, but most of the families do not have internet access, nor do many have sufficient capable, electronic devices. an opcion is that Rotarians present the curriculum at community meetings after the rainy season.

4-May-21

by William F Stumbaugh

There has not been any significant progress since the last report, primarily due to a great surge in COVID infections and the national force quarantine of citizens. Schools remain closed, and the uncertainly about when and how well they will reopen is still largely unsettled. The El Tormento community has no ready access to the Internet nor the electronic equipment to participate in the limited virtual instruction offered by the government. The public inauguration of the water project and the hygiene education component remain to be completed when the quarantine is lifted.

16-Jul-21

by William F Stumbaugh

Status remains unchanged since the last report. New community water system continues to function as planned. The COVID situations is slowly improving as more people are vaccinated, yet the schooling for El Tormento children remains closed and as a result requires that the implementetion of the hygiene education component remains on hold.

2-Oct-21

by William F Stumbaugh

Project status remains unchanged.

16-Dec-21

by William F Stumbaugh

Extreme dry season has effected the water well production. Studying options. Also hygiene education continues on hold while waiting for schools to open again which have been closed now for two years due to COVID .

16-Dec-21

by William F Stumbaugh

Began project. Well produced foul smelling water. Reviewing option to capture river at source.

16-Mar-22

by William F Stumbaugh

Problem arose with water well which ran low during dry season. Implemented temporary pipeline bringing water to the well from river upstream. Plan to construct a captation system when rainy season ends around July, 2022.

16-Jun-22

by William F Stumbaugh

Project status remains unchanged. Rains continue to prevent work to develop secondary water source.

3-Sep-22

by William F Stumbaugh

The rainy season nows appears to have ended, and work on the second phase of water system constrution is now occurring. This involves the construction of cistern to receive the water from the river capture, its pumping up to a 70 degree slope to a ridge where a second cistern and tanks are placed. Also being constructed is the placing of powerline poles and the placement of cable to power a water pump. When this phase is completed, then the third phase will involve the construction of a distribution network of pipeline to various residences and school.

2-Jan-23

by William F Stumbaugh

In process to complete the installation of the captation of water from a creek to supplement the water well. Even though a hydrological study indicated that the well selection site was appropriate, the well alone has not produced sufficient quantity of water to meet community demand.

2-May-23

by William F Stumbaugh

Continue to await the end of the heavy rains to complete the construction of supplemental water line.

16-Jul-23

by William F Stumbaugh

Preparing final report to TRF.

2-Oct-23

by William F Stumbaugh

This project is completed and now terminated.

17-Jan-24

by William F Stumbaugh

This project was completed last year, and the Rotary Foundation Global Grant Final Report submitted. The project is terminated.

21-Jan-24

by William F Stumbaugh

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

21-Jan-24

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.

21-Jan-24

by William F Stumbaugh

System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.

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