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Improvement of water supply system in worker camps

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Peru
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Project SDGs:
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
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Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy
Progress to Date: 5,872 m3/year Reduction in well water consumption
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Labour Organization
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Dec. 31, 2014  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.elaguanosune.org
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: El Agua nos Une
Profile Completion: 95%

Project Overview

UNACEM, aware that the highest direct consumption of water from its Atocongo plant came from the domestic use of the camps, decided in 2015 to initiate a project to reduce water losses in its supply system and thus improve its operational efficiency. The project included several opportunities of improvement, reducing water losses in reservoirs, replacing more than 80 m. of tap water and sewage pipelines with filtrations, improving intra-domiciliary connections, including the…

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UNACEM, aware that the highest direct consumption of water from its Atocongo plant came from the domestic use of the camps, decided in 2015 to initiate a project to reduce water losses in its supply system and thus improve its operational efficiency. The project included several opportunities of improvement, reducing water losses in reservoirs, replacing more than 80 m. of tap water and sewage pipelines with filtrations, improving intra-domiciliary connections, including the installation of a kit of valves and new accessories in 80 homes, cancelling 8 irrigation points in which groundwater was used and implementing a monitoring system.

Project Results

Reduction in well water consumption 5,872 m3/year

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Financial Resources: Between $10,000 - $50,000 USD
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación COSUDE, ONG Agualimpia, Empresas socias (2015). Guía de buenas prácticas para el uso eficiente de agua en empresas SuizAgua Andina Perú. In: http://bit.ly/GuiaBuenasPracticasSuizAguaPeru

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AGUALIMPIA ́S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO CONSTRUCT NETWORKING BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMMUNITIES, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION. AGUALIMPIA PROVIDES: i) COACHING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERMENTS, ii) HYGIENE EDUCATION IN RURAL AND PERIURBAN AREAS, … Learn More

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