#Gracias
#Mercedes
#Cuatro Comunidades

Gracias, Lempira

John, Tamar, and Lic. Arturo presented to an audience of about 20 people in the Municipality of Gracias, Lempira on Tuesday 11.25.08. This was our second meeting to discuss the potential of an AguaClara plant in the community. There was very positive interest, especially from the mayor. We brought the demo plant, but unfortunately it was not functioning well.

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There was also interest for attendees to come and visit the Marcala plant. We are hoping to schedule this for Thursday Jan 15th, to coincide with when the students from Cornell are visiting. We left copies of the presentation with interested people from the health center. Since they are currently working on a budget proposal to upgrade their entire water system, it seems they would be able to provide all the construction costs for the plant.

Mercedes, Ocotepeque

Tamar continued with Lic. Arturo to Mercedes to check on the CCC's. Working alongside Antonio Cuellar, the technician working for APP and the municipality, we visited Limoncito, Miraflores #1 and Miraflores #2.

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Miraflores #2: The CCC was functioning well and the fontanero Jose Eldaza Mancia Alvares has been cleaning out the tube with vinegar every 2 weeks.

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Cuatro Comunidades

Construction continues. This week they put together all of the reinforcement that gets anchored into the floor of the tanks. This includes a re-bar grid inside the floor and columns and uprights that rise up out of the floor and reinforce the walls. On Friday, they poured the floor.

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