Meet the Hydrogeologist {Mark W. Eisner} Talk (April 15, 2013)
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Overview of Presentation
Options for the Project
- Spring Impoundment: cost known, do field work in dry season, no driller needed, location guided by observation (rivulets)
- Groundwater Borehole (Best Option): requires specialized training & equipment , need plan for uncertainties (i.e. cost, depth, design), drought/sanitary protection, want to account for possible cracks in borehole
GW Recharge originates from precipitation
- Borrowing storage may be necessary
How to build a borehole
- Screening above the rock (Saprolite)
- Casing off the saprolite (Bedrock Borehole) - Best Option
~ Water comes from fractures, cheaper option, drought/sanitary protection
What to look for:
- Change to a beige color
- Voids underground
- Rate of penetration is increasing
*Know how the other wells are built and how well they perform
Latrines
- Consider protection from contaminants
~ Account for casing below, possibility of turbidity that may bring more bacteria/pathogens, guarantee clear, colorless stream of water
Project design considerations
- Work in the dry season
- Drill deeper than you think
- Large borehole diameter improves reservoir
- Clear and colorless quality
Question and Answer Session
Q: What might you do if you drill and you have bacteria or contamination after the quality test?
A: Chlorinate the well and perform a test pump assessment, then resample
Q: Why steel over PVC casing?
A: Plastic has greater odds of cracking. You want to send the bottom of the pipe as hard against the rock as possible to minimize potential leakages and contaminants around the pipe and into the well
Q: What other precautions to think about?
A: Drill deeper than you need/know. Chlorinate as soon as the drilling is done. The shallower the well you encounter, the larger you might want to make the diameter of the well (if your height is too small).
Q: Are there any design rules dealing with the diameter of the well?
A: Yes….[you need to take into consideration] how many people are gonna use it? 570 people…20, maybe 10 gallons per day per person?
*PR/IT Committee
-Set up Haiku social event
- Hygiene Project/Posters for Isongo Community (?)
*Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee
-Write up one more grant
*Research Committee
- Need to finalize borehole design
General Announcements
-Connecting Communities Events - April 26 (11:00-2:00 PM)
~ Email Zach (@ umbc.ewb@gmail.com) if you can attend as an EWB representative
- URCAD abstract has been approved; Dalton and Chris are presenting (around noon) on April 24
- T-shirts are in (email secretary (Madison) at UMBC.ewb.secretary@gmail.com if you signed up for/ still want a t-shirt)
- Quadmania** - This Weekend 10-10pm
~ Selling EWB glass cups
~ Working on EWB poster board
~ Print out brochures for Quadmania
~ If anyone can volunteer during Quadmania, or help out with the posterboard PLEASE contact Zach @ umbc.ewb@gmail.com or myself, @ UMBC.ewb.secretary@gmail.com
*PR/IT Committee
- Rock the Boarders (event work in progress) - confirmed date April 18
*Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee - N/A
*Research Committee
- Confirmed final decision: Borehole
- Have list of materials and costs for borehole but need additional details
- Goal: Still working on finalizing design
General Announcements
- Fr. Chris may be going to visit the U.S.
- URCAD abstract has been approved; Dalton and Chris are presenting (around noon) on April 24
- T-shirts are in (email secretary (Madison) at UMBC.ewb.secretary@gmail.com if you signed up for/want a t-shirt)
- Google earth is completed (will be sent to list serve)
Discussion
-Looking into guide about clean water projects, products, and pumps
~ For more information: ww.clean-water-for-laymen.com
- Reminding that our responsibility for the design and water sanitation project, making sure its easy to maintain by the community; want a sustainable solution
Upcoming Events
* Hydro geologist Speaker - April 15
- Possible flyers or make announcement during class
- Get title, headshot, abstract information about speaker
- Get spotlight for next monday
* Global Forum Innovation @ College Park - Sat., April 6
- For more information: innovation2013.com
*Engineering Skill Workshop @ College Park - Sun., April 7
- Ex. Auto-repair workshop
Goals (for Committees and General Body Members)
- Try to be more involved in hands-on experience with activities relating to our project (ex. concrete mixing)
- For summer to send to Kenya
~ Bring things such as sanitation kits and pamphlets
~ Get images, data and dust (?) form water sources in the Wet season during summer
~ Get data on elevations, possible soil testing data
* EWB @ UMBC: umbc.ewb@gmail.com
Isongo Water System Project ~ PowerPoint Presentation (Overview)
*By EWB Research Committee
*Issues:
- High Nitrate Levels (1.5-2.0 mg/L), unprotected \water source,
unsanitary latrines
* Goals - to provide clean water solution for the community
*Two Alternatives:
- Bore Hole
~ Pros: Better long term strategy, best water quality
~ Cons: higher cost, more maintenance
- Spring Head
~ Pros: Low cost, less impact on environment
~ Cons: Lower quality of water, difficult to funnel water through pipe
* Using Decision matrix —> decided on BORE HOLE
- Total: ~ $33,600
- Labor: preparing the site, hiring driller, test pumping, etc.
- Materials: hand pump, gravel, metal cage, well screen/casing, concrete basin
* Other possibilities:
- Composting Toilets
-Metal gate installation
- Building basin for spillage
Committee Updates
*PR/IT Committee - N/A
*Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee
- Working on paperwork for URCAD Application
*Research Committee
- Decision for solution: Bore hole (still subject to change)
Goals
* Update EWB poster board with new pictures and information from assessment trip
*PR/IT Committee
- Post donators’ names on the EWB Tumblr and Facebook page (?)
- Make EWB flyers to hand out
- Connecting with other student organizations, hosting more social events with them
*Contact UMBC departments for donations (e.g. African studies department, fine arts department, etc.)
*Get more details on cost estimates from Fr. Chris?
Contact
* EWB @ UMBC: umbc.ewb@gmail.com
Committee Updates
*PR/IT Committee
-Discussed general goals for this semester:
~ Having more joint events with other organizations (e.x. African Student Association, Culturally Allied Student Association, Society of Women Engineers)
*Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee
- Grant narratives due at the end of the month (updates are in progress)
- Prefer to use bore-hole in grant writing
*Research Committee
-Working on a timeline
- Requesting for information from other committees, i.e. Chris and Dalton’s trip
General Announcements
* Main Focus: Finding a solution to our Isongo Project
*Implementation Trip - Next January
*Wednesday, 11 AM (ITE 233) - Chris and Dalton’s talk about the assessment trip
*Saturday, April 13 - Campus activity fair (Looking for people to coordinate), talk about EWB project
*Rock the Borders Project (Thursday, April 18)
Discussion (Brainstorming solution ideas)
*Looking into bore-hole (?), spring head, skyfall
*Using a design matrix in decision-making
*Compositing Latrine
Goals (for Committees and General Body Members)
* Planning out more community services
-Reach out to the Habitat for the Humanity (for team building and promoting EWB)
*PR/IT Committee
- Work on joint events with other organizations
- Putting together a “hygiene” project?
*Fundraising/Grant Writing Committee
- Finalize grants due by the end of February
- Meetings, Wednesday Free hour (Fireside lounge), bi-weekly
*Research Committee
- Prepare decision matrix and present to group in next meeting
- Put together a short presentation about the options for project’s solution
- Meetings, Tuesday (5-6 pm)
PowerPoint Presentation (Overview)
*Main mission: to implement economically and cost effective solutions for areas in need of help (ex. water sanitation)
*EWB: international organization, implementing economically and cost effective solutions (ex. water sanitation) for areas in need of help
*Current Project: Water Sanitation for Community in Isongo, Kenya
-Goal: to provide clean water source
-Assessment trip —> Completed in Winter break
General Announcements
* Biweekly GBMs: Every Monday starting TODAY, @ 4-5:30 PM
Assessment Trip Update
*Assessment Team:
- Lee Blaney, Ph.D
- Duane Wilding, PE
- Dalton Hughes
- Chris Mullen
*Local NGO - Simiyu House
*Focus: creating clean, secure drinking source in the area of Isongo
*Community wants:
-To protect water source (used for drinking, cooking, hygiene)
-To purify their water
*Data collected
-Bacteria tests (ex. for E.coli)
-Chemical Analysis (phosphorus & nitrogen levels)
-Results: showed high levels of bacteria & chemicals
* Interviewing Isongo Residents
- Found contamination, safety hazards from their latrines (unimproved, unprotected)
- Found issues in using water for hygiene, and food/drinking
* Visit to Masinde Muliro University
- Bonded/talked w/ fellow engineer students in Kenya
* Proposed Solution
-Educate residents on the project, and the hygiene and water sanitation
- Dig a borehole
-Construct a spring box
Goals
* Raise awareness across UMBC Campus
-URCAD
-URA
*Fundraising Goal: $26,000
-Airfare
- Construction Materials
- Lodging/Food
*Join a committee today:
-Fundraising & Research
~ In charge of obtaining info/research for the project at hand
-PR/IT (Public relations/Information Technology)
~ Organizes information, maintain websites (tumblr, facebook, twitter, google docs, etc.)
~ Working on the hygiene sub-project
-Fundraising & Grant Writing
~ 2 big grants due (need to get information organized form trip) by end of February
~ Fundraiser idea: Sell/make engraved glass cups (from Isongo) in the breezeway
~ Reaching out to local engineering firms, giving presentations about our project
Contact
* EWB @ UMBC: umbc.ewb@gmail.com
Committee Updates
* PR/IT Committee
- Camille has been emailing companies from the EWB conference
General Announcements
* Overview of Assessment Trip Itinerary
- Meet w/ local leader, university students and local government of Kakamega (get an
idea of project & basic needs of community)
- Days on trip to assess area (January 16-24, 2013)
- Objectives
~ Rebuild contacts
~ Collect info
~ Test water supply
- 3 Days:
~ Water testing, site mapping, surveying existing water sanitation infrastructure
Goals
* Assessment Trip Travel Team
- Create a check list for health services, immunization shots, etc. required for
assessment trip
- Fill out the remaining forms for the trip
- Find flights for the set date of the trip
* Short term
- Compile info. packet regarding the social norms, cultural “Do’s and Don’ts,” and
the community itself
* Long term
- Fundraising/Grant-writing Committe
~ Need to raise money via fundraising events
- Talk to more companies, for next semester
- T-shirts (get design/order for spring semester)
Committee Updates
* PR/IT Committee
- Has contact list (~ 3 pages)
- Possible idea of Seniors mentoring students that will be their replacement
General Announcements
*Regional Conference
-EWB will require 5% cash from the community
- Want to hear about the grants and pre-assessments, making sure we are listning
to the community
- EWB would like to see multiple assessment/implementation trips
- Need to ensure sustainability, and show involvement with the community (for
interview)
* Important Dates
- Next general board meeting: December 3, 2012
- Phone conference: November 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Goals
*PR/IT Committee
- Continuing/maintaining the Google docs, dropbox
- Designate committee to be in charge of updating presentations with new info. from
the assessment trip (work w/ Research Committee)
* Spring Semester Meetings
- Set date and time for first meeting
- Set travel team/officer meeting
- Have things to show to current/new general board members to get more invovled
in EWB
- Plan a trip to the USGS (near campus)
Committee Updates
* PR/IT Committee
- Contacted 4-5 possible professional engineer candidates
* Fundraising/Grant-writing Committee
- Have list of ~ 45 companies to contact
* Research Committee
- Worked on finalizing pre-assessment form
General Announcements
- Chris and Dalton were selected as candidates for the assessment trip
- Rough estimate of dates for the trip: January 15-25, 2012
Goals (for Committees and General Body Members)
* Read through objectives of an assessment trip (refer to EWB-USA site)
* PR/IT Committee
- Have a confirmed professional engineer that can go on the assessment trip
- Have brochures printed/ready to send to companies, departments, etc
* Fundraising/Grant-writing Committee
- Look up/decide on fundraising ideas
~ Possibly working with the fire department?
- Look up gear/equipment donations for the trip
- Send letters to the department and company
* Research Committee
- Focus on finalizing the pre-assessment form
- Research on what we’re going to do in Isongo
- Acquire general info. about Isongo
General Announcements
*8 applicants for assessment trip
*Lodging/Food (possibly) guaranteed on the trip
*Still waiting to hear from EWB-USA, regarding the grants
* Individual budget will be prepared/ready by tomorrow (November 2, 2012)
* Updated Power Point (by Camille) that can be sent to groups/organizations
*Grant writing (needed update?)
Goals/Reminders
* Short term goals:
- Need update on pre-assessment form
- Decide on the specific days/dates for the trip
- Get a professional engineer/someone familiar with Kenya to come in and talk to the
members
* Long term goals:
- Work on getting service events planned (ex. Habitat for Humanity)
