So the fancy-pants laboratory finished the analysis of the
water quality for the well that we’re digging.
And… it’s inconclusive. The
minerals, vitamins and other physical properties of the water are in great
shape. Unfortunately, they did detect trace
amounts of bacteria like E coli. So my new assignment in all of this is to
become a scientist and figure out what our options are. It looks like I going to have to meet with
the national water provider (ENACAL) to see how they treat the water, the Ministry
of Health to find out what the parameters are and an organization call SILAIS
(no clue what they do). In my
not-quite-yet profession opinion, I believe we can chlorate the water at the
source and then boil and/or filter it before human consumption. While this does sound like a pain, I just
need to remember that their current access to water is a contaminated river so
this will be a noticeable improvement.
Anyway, Washington is sending me the check to continue the
project! I’m going to buy another
thousand bricks and a couple bags of cement tomorrow.
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