Student Work: Potable Water for La Pitajaya

By Engineers Without Borders on June 25, 2012, noon
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Princeton University's chapter of Engineers Without Borders is implementing a potable water project in Peru.

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Video feature: Potable Water for La Pitajaya .

Students in the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders have scouted their newest project: building a pipeline to bring drinking water to 150 residents in the village of La Pitajaya, Peru. According to the students, the residents have no source of clean water and resultant sickness is common in the isolated community.

Student Work: Clean water for Peru .

Last summer, the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-PU) traveled to La Pitajaya, Peru, to construct the first phase of a potable water system.

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When Josh Umansky-Castro joined Engineers Without Borders as a freshman, he traveled to the remote mountain town of La Pitajaya, Peru, to help build and maintain two water distribution systems serving 21 families.

Student work: Engineers Without Borders, Peru .

Seven Princeton students in the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders traveled to Peru in summer 2013 to complete the first phase of a water system in the small mountainous community of La Pitajaya Alta. After six weeks of working with the community members, clean potable water was brought to every family in the community. In summer 2014, the Engineers Without Borders team completed the second part of the water system in La Pitajaya Baja, the lower part of the community.

Student work: Engineers Without Borders in La Pitajaya .

In summer 2015, six students from the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders traveled to northern Peru to close out what has been a five-year partnership with the community of La Pitajaya. The students have constructed two water distribution systems for the upper and lower parts of the village, bringing a constant source of clean drinking water to every family.

Student work: Engineers Without Borders, Peru .

In the summer of 2014, six students from the Princeton Engineers Without Borders chapter traveled to Peru to complete the second phase of a water system in La Pitajaya Baja, a small mountainous community in the La Libertad region. After six weeks of working with the community members, clean potable water was brought to every family in the community. Improvements were also made to the water system in La Pitajaya Alta that they had completed in 2013.

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