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2nd Exploratory Mtg of the SMA Midday Rotary Water Project Committee
Where: Sapasma, (Head office across from Liverpool)
When: Monday Aug 11th 2008, 1.15pm
Who: Bob Leonard, Laura Stewart & Enrique Orvañanos SMA Rotary. Alfonso Sanchez (Director of Sapasma)
Purpose - SMA Rotary has tasked Bob, Enrique & Laura with defining the “needs” & determining the best proposal, for a major water Project involving the writing of a competitive grant for approx. US$100K .
Rationale: As part of the process of defining the “need” we will meet with as many people as possible that are directly involved in the provision of, or are aware of the need for the provision of, safe drinking water solutions to marginal communities.
Sapasma is the Municipal water organisation, responsible for administering & maintaining supply of water to communities in & around SMA.
Discoveries/discussion/
We explained our goals to Alfonso.
He told us that there were essentially 150 communities in SMA, 80 with water & 70 without.
He said that people believed there were more communities, but that they are really small communities or “casario’s”.
Bob enquired about Cruz del Palmar – popn of approx 1100, but with naturally contaminated wells. He mentioned they are building another well there.
He mentioned that there was essentially no surface water usage that lasted the whole year as all the areas of surface water dry up at various stages before the next rainy season.
The meeting was essentially a short one as Alfonso advised he was not the best person in Sapasma to be talking to. He advised us to make a meeting time with his engineer Ernesto Lopez.
Meeting ended. New meeting time to be advised.
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