State Water Commission Ing Rolando García Rodrigo Varela. Meeting March 2nd
By our Oaxaca Staff Nelly Fernandez Tellez
Today, El Maestro Juan José Council INSO, Mr. Carlos Placencia Forum Water Oaxaca, the former agent Etla Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo María Soledad Díaz. and I, we held a meeting with the director of the State Water Commission (CEA) Ing Rolando García Rodrigo Varela.
During the meeting, the director of the CAA told us that the state has more than 80% of treatment plants that do not work and therefore water is not treated, that is why the CEA currently has a program to monitor treatment plants. This program is to conduct an assessment visit to the site of treatment plant, and generate a general opinion of the state that tells the plant and make recommendations to the various actions that must be done to rehabilitate the plant, or if is considered, building a new facility that meets the guidelines established with the Mexican standards.
Juan Jose gave the preliminary estimate of the costs of steps required in Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo Etla, (acquisition of land for the project, generation of the executive project, construction of silver treatment, operation and maintenance) will be presented to the Governor, Mr. Gabino Cue Monteagudo.
The directors agreed to a visit by the CEA to the treatment plants located in Etla, and for our part we conclude the record start integrating it takes to enter this institution and received some financial resources for construction the new treatment plant.
Monday, April 11, 2011
VISIT TO THE COLONY BRAVO AHUJA- Oaxaca city
VISIT TO THE COLONY Bravo Ahuja.
By our Oaxaca staff Nelly Fernandez Tellez
On Wednesday 6 April, he visited the colony Bravo Ahuja, where it intends to implement systems to capture rainwater for eight families. The reason for the visit was to take pictures of the houses, the beneficiaries and ceilings.We did a route which covered all the houses of the beneficiaries, most of them made collecting cans to sell and PVC recycling. They perform and the collection of rainwater but very rustic, in cans, buckets and all receptacles in which to store water, which is why they want to get the rainwater harvesting in a more formal with tanks and tanks, gutters and pipes.
La Maestra Rosa Lidia Barroso Moreno, who was the first to be approached with trepidation INSO to implement the project Capturing rainwater in your home develops some of the actions environmentally friendly alternatives such as: instead of chlorine for whiten the clothes she wears ash water according to his testimony helps to whiten the clothes and also reduces the amount of detergent you use. It also has vermicompost, compost conventional organically reared chickens, ways of saving and recycling water, for example, the wash water used to water the garden or for toilet, water from the clothes used for washing floors.On the other hand, Mrs. Avelina Ines Barroso already has dry toilet and also recycles water, your house is made of ferrocement and has organic shapes.
The other members of the project are:Hortencia Mendoza GarcíaCarlos Alvarez BautistaEva Susana Hernandez Vazquez .- In addition to her home 5 people live with her. Esther Pascual Lopez .- With her 8 family members live together. Norma Aguilar Gaytan .- There are 6 people in your home. Berenice Delgado Torres - regularly are 5 people in her house.
Each of the women members of this group is very excited and is eager to work on the project "Rainwater Collection" are moving to acquire resources from government institutions and other potential donors have even talked to the president City of Santa Lucia and pretend to have a conversation with the Governor to ask for your support.
However, they are constantly training and attending courses and workshops in order to overcome and be more environmentally friendly.
By our Oaxaca staff Nelly Fernandez Tellez
On Wednesday 6 April, he visited the colony Bravo Ahuja, where it intends to implement systems to capture rainwater for eight families. The reason for the visit was to take pictures of the houses, the beneficiaries and ceilings.We did a route which covered all the houses of the beneficiaries, most of them made collecting cans to sell and PVC recycling. They perform and the collection of rainwater but very rustic, in cans, buckets and all receptacles in which to store water, which is why they want to get the rainwater harvesting in a more formal with tanks and tanks, gutters and pipes.
La Maestra Rosa Lidia Barroso Moreno, who was the first to be approached with trepidation INSO to implement the project Capturing rainwater in your home develops some of the actions environmentally friendly alternatives such as: instead of chlorine for whiten the clothes she wears ash water according to his testimony helps to whiten the clothes and also reduces the amount of detergent you use. It also has vermicompost, compost conventional organically reared chickens, ways of saving and recycling water, for example, the wash water used to water the garden or for toilet, water from the clothes used for washing floors.On the other hand, Mrs. Avelina Ines Barroso already has dry toilet and also recycles water, your house is made of ferrocement and has organic shapes.
The other members of the project are:Hortencia Mendoza GarcíaCarlos Alvarez BautistaEva Susana Hernandez Vazquez .- In addition to her home 5 people live with her. Esther Pascual Lopez .- With her 8 family members live together. Norma Aguilar Gaytan .- There are 6 people in your home. Berenice Delgado Torres - regularly are 5 people in her house.
Each of the women members of this group is very excited and is eager to work on the project "Rainwater Collection" are moving to acquire resources from government institutions and other potential donors have even talked to the president City of Santa Lucia and pretend to have a conversation with the Governor to ask for your support.
However, they are constantly training and attending courses and workshops in order to overcome and be more environmentally friendly.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Water for Humans Expands Board of Directors
Water for Humans had a Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, March 24, 2011. Present were the two board members, Rick McKenney and Stan Brown, and the Seattle University law students, Misha Sandusky and Joseph Helt, who are helping us with our IRS 1023 application.
At the Board Meeting, we adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy which includes an annual statement to be signed by each board member. We also expanded the Board of Directors to include our Advisory Board. The following are now members of the Water for Humans Board of Directors:
2 Year Term -
April Atwood, PhD
- Susan Bolton, PhD,PE
- Brian Setzler, MBA, CPA
- Tressie Wood, MS, PE
1 Year Term -
- Stan Brown, MBA
- James Fox, PhD
- Rick McKenney, MBA
- Hector Saez, PhD
Thursday, March 24, 2011
What Can I Do to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Others?
The worldwide water crisis seems so daunting. While Water for Humans and many other like-minded organizations are doing what they can to heighten awareness and bring useful information to people that helps them address the clean water crisis, this is a problem that affects billions of people on a global scale.
But each one of us can change our personal lifestyle habits in subtle, easy ways that can free up enormous amounts of water. Examples include --
Taking a 4 -minute shower. (The average American takes at least an 8-minute shower and uses 20 gallons of water, four times as much water as someone in the developing world uses all day.)
Find out if your home has a water leak. Check your water meter. Then wait two hours without using any water. Then check the meter again. If the reading changes, you’ve got a leak. (According to the EPA, water leaks in U.S. homes account for more than 1 trillion wasted gallons per year.)
Turn off the water facet when you are brushing your teeth. (According to the EPA’s WaterSense program, the average bathroom faucet flows at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. So, a single person can save an average of 8 gallons of water each day by simply turning off the faucet when they brush their teeth.)
Take more showers and fewer baths. (A full bath can take 70 gallons to fill, according to the EPA, while a 5-minute shower will only wash away anywhere from 10 to 25 gallons.
Learn about easy, every-day ways you can save water. Visit http://tinyurl.com/6zuqoso and see what simple changes you can make to conserve our planet's most precious resource.
Then, when you watch stories on the news about people whose lives are ravaged by unsanitary water, you can feel good that you are doing something to help alleviate this worldwide crisis. Join Water for Humans to address this humanitarian initiative that will save lives. Thank you!
- In the Developing World, most people do not have running water.
- 2.5 Billion people do not have access to a toilet or a latrine.
- Diarrhea kills more than 4,000 children each day, AND 90% of them these children are under 5 years old. Water.org estimates that diarrhea kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
But each one of us can change our personal lifestyle habits in subtle, easy ways that can free up enormous amounts of water. Examples include --
Taking a 4 -minute shower. (The average American takes at least an 8-minute shower and uses 20 gallons of water, four times as much water as someone in the developing world uses all day.)
Find out if your home has a water leak. Check your water meter. Then wait two hours without using any water. Then check the meter again. If the reading changes, you’ve got a leak. (According to the EPA, water leaks in U.S. homes account for more than 1 trillion wasted gallons per year.)
Turn off the water facet when you are brushing your teeth. (According to the EPA’s WaterSense program, the average bathroom faucet flows at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. So, a single person can save an average of 8 gallons of water each day by simply turning off the faucet when they brush their teeth.)
Take more showers and fewer baths. (A full bath can take 70 gallons to fill, according to the EPA, while a 5-minute shower will only wash away anywhere from 10 to 25 gallons.
Learn about easy, every-day ways you can save water. Visit http://tinyurl.com/6zuqoso and see what simple changes you can make to conserve our planet's most precious resource.
Then, when you watch stories on the news about people whose lives are ravaged by unsanitary water, you can feel good that you are doing something to help alleviate this worldwide crisis. Join Water for Humans to address this humanitarian initiative that will save lives. Thank you!
World Water Week-- Update
I hope you all know that this week is World Water Week. For us the week started off with an event at Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle on Monday Evening. We had an information table where we met over 50 + new folks interested in our work in Oaxaca. We also had new promotional materials designed by Jeffrey Hostert Graphic Design. This was followed by a talk by Robert Glennon. Robert spoke about the current state of drinking water here in the US and how we are potentially headed for some challenging times with respect to access to adequate safe water.
Then on Tuesday we again hosted a table at Seattle City Hall. Again this event was a success in that we met a lot of new faces and we were happy to hear that some of the folks who came to the event already knew about us, but did not know exactly what we are doing. On the upside we had to print up more handouts as we almost ran out by 11am.
We now have a new sticker to help promote our work
Then on Tuesday we again hosted a table at Seattle City Hall. Again this event was a success in that we met a lot of new faces and we were happy to hear that some of the folks who came to the event already knew about us, but did not know exactly what we are doing. On the upside we had to print up more handouts as we almost ran out by 11am.
We now have a new sticker to help promote our work
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
IT's World Water Day :)
March 22 is World Water Day. Please swing by Seattle City Hall, as we will be there as part of the cities and county's efforts to support Water awareness. We will have an information table setup to help us spread the word about our work.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Robert Glennon keynote speaker at Chief Sealth International High School’s World Water Week Event
www.westseattleherald.com
Robert Glennon, author of NYT bestseller “Unquenchable” and a U. of Arizona Professor of Law and Public Policy, will be among the featured speakers during World Water Week, presented by Chief Sealth International High School students at the school March 21-25.
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