Simajuleu Water Project

Start Date: January, 2008
Main Contact: Derrick Passe, Nate Fleischhacker, Mark Luckhard. - EWB Minnesota Representatives
Project Manager : Mateo Paneitz, E.D.
Current Status: In Progress

The goal of the Simajhuleu water project is to increase the amount of water available in the homes of community members and to provide a safe water source. The average household in Simajuleu currently shares between 1 and 3 gallons of running water per week, and Engineers Without Borders hopes to raise that amount to match or exceed the international standard of water consumption (16 liters per person per day). The existing water source in Simajhuleu is not potable, and Engineers Without Borders will work to eliminate the high level of contamination in the newly accessible water source.