THE DELIVERY OF THE THREE FILTER FOR THE EL RECREO COMMUNITY
WATER FILTERS A month ago we organised a lecture and a workshop on clean drinking water for the students of the Sustainable Construction Course. We had two specialist from the Blue Energy Group Bluefields, Carlos and Violeta, that helped us organizing and teaching the three days activities. The lecture was given at the BICU on Monday, approaching health issues related to water quality, good sanitation practices and water purification techniques. Some special attention was given to explain the functioning of the biosand filter in order to be well prepared for the practical work of the next day. The biosand filter is a simple and very effective purification technique. It functions based on an active bacterial top layer of the gravel material that is spontaneously created after pouring water from a fixed source through the filter for thirty days. Tuesday and Wednesday we constructed four filters with two different groups of students. They made the entire process: pouring concrete in the molds, sieving and washing the different sand types and installing filters. We did an example using smaller plastic bucket versions, because the concrete molds still needs time to dry. The workshop provided an overview of the current problems concerning the access to clean and reliable drinking water. It is noticeable that a lot can be improved and we feel pleased to make our (small) contribution. This week we organized an event to deliver and install three of the constructed filters at the beautiful community of El Recreo . Violeta, from Blue Energy Group came and gave all the instructions for the proper use and maintenance of the filters. In a few hours we installed the filters were and the group of the community could be informed about preconditions, maintenance and clarify their doubts regarding the system. We would like to give special thanks to Blue Energy Group Bluefields, to Violeta and Carlos that did not save any effort to realize this activity. We are very happy to end it successfully! SHORTSIGHTED EL RAMA // UPDATE 04 // 31-05-2014 // INFO@SHORTSIGHTEDARCHITECTURE.COM