Water System Construction
Post Trip Plus 1 - We received the first photos today showing the start of construction on the water system. Our local contractor,
Umesh hired an excavator to dig a 20 foot deep water collection well at the edge of the lowest rice terrace in the flood plain of
the river. They will stack 42 concrete rings to build an approx. 1,700 gallon water collection tank. They will install our
submersible pump, trench and lay electrical line to a hook-up in the home of the Water Committee's V.P. Then they will trench
and lay 300 feet of pipe up the hill to a higher terrace where they will construct a 2,500 gallon water storage tank. After they test
the system and calculate the amount of water that can be supplied they will lay water lines to the east and west sides of the
village serving almost 1,000 people. We will update this blog entry with updates until the system is completed.
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