Engineers Without Borders

Project Meeting October 2, 2007

October 22, 2007 at 9:04 pm | In Meeting Minutes |

Start Time: 6:30 PM

End Time: 7:30 PM

Attendance: Evan Miles, Nikhil Prem, Kendra brown, Trevor Takaro, Josh Miner, Malia Kupillas, Kelly Wilson, Chris Dunn, Tristan Huff, Nicholas Hogle, Nick Moses, David Rodriguez, Jesse Badart, Robert Elder, Alejandro Nunez, Alfonso Jimenez, Violet Lindstrom, Kelly Vickmann, Kay Mattson, Kelly Kibler, Birdie Cornyn, Jessica Varin, Aparna Shrivastava, Douglas Van Bossuyt

I. Introductions

II. Progress on TAC (Technical Advisory Committee)

A. “Quality control” with national EWB organization

B. Preliminary plans for our upcoming trip due to TAC soon

III. Meeting time & place

A. Changed to Mondays, 6:30 PM, STAG 109

IV. Details about design

A. We must decide what can reasonably be accomplished during the two week winter trip

B. Rejected ideas (for the time being):

1. Pumping rejected by EWB OSU (still considered by community)

2. Large concrete tank rejected by community

3. Small concrete tanks (for schools) are a maybe; household tanks will come first

C. Gutters on each house

1. Roofs must be designed to hang gutters

D. Pipes from gutters to 55-gallon barrels

1. Barrels will help settle sediment and debris out of water

2. Barrels are easier/cheaper to replace than emptying sludge from a large tank

E. Barrels feed to a 5 – 10 kL above ground plastic tank at every house, or group of houses

1. Need answers to some important questions: Location relative to house? Foundations? Excess water overflow?

2. Must be large enough to sustain a family for roughly 100 days

F. Additionally, Potters for Peace filtration pots will remain to clean the water

V. Traveler increase?

A. Five travelers so far

B. Coffee harvest is taking place in December, so it will be difficult to get local volunteers: we may need two more travelers

VI. Organic Growers Club

A. A short-term, local rain catchment project – a test run for the El Salvador project

B. Two attendees are interested in taking over from the main project team