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Engineers Without Borders (EWB)• From a backyard conversation to 12,000
b ld idmembers worldwide
• EWB mission statement
• Chicagoland projects
L C G l Fl d A• Las Cruces, Guatemala Flood Assessment
Changing our World One Community at a TimeChicago Professional ChapterChicago Professional Chapter
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Concern America, Local Partner
In Las Cruces since 1994 with a focus on:
• Healthcare clinics
T i i f ill h l h• Training of villagers as health promoters
Approached EWB in 2008, f ll i fl d ifollowing a severe flood in Las Cruces
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Las Cruces GuatemalaLas Cruces, GuatemalaPopulation Apx.17,500
2,800 families2,800 families• Ladinos • Qeqchi • Mam• Mam• Kaqchike
P i il A i lt l &Primarily Agricultural & Ranching Jobs
• PeanutsPeanuts • Sesame
seeds • Papayasp y• Cattle
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LasDrainage Ditch
Las Cruces
Main Road
Cavern Entrance
“El Tragante”
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October 2008October 2008Tropical
depressiondepression
produced 18 days of intense rainfall
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7,000 residents were
displaced for a month
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Flood depths over 10 ft occurred inundatingoccurred, inundating homes up to their roofs
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Before During
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Only one well out of 10out of 10
tested did not contain e colicontain e. coli
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Framework for a SolutionFramework for a Solution
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M t I t t?Most Important?
l lMaintain a local perspective.
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• NASA / USGS Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)• Aerial and satellite photography • Land cover• Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)
• NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
Land cover
• Watersheds
• Tropical 3 hr rainfall (2.5 miles gridded)
• Guatemala Instituto Nacional Sismologia• Monthly rainfall totals (30 miles away)
• Isohyetal maps (regional)
• UN Food and Agricultural Organization
• Soils
• USGS Caribbean Water Science Center
• Inter‐American Bio‐diversity Information Networky
• Google Earth
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LLow Spot “Outlet”p
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Framework for a Solution• Understand the Problem
Was this an extreme event?• Was this an extreme event?
• What’s a typical event?
What event significantly impacts the community?• What event significantly impacts the community?
• Understand the Constraints• Limited engineering alternatives
L k f f di• Lack of funding
• Lack of Resources
Hi t i it i• Historic community issues
• Lack of national support
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What’s Next?• Project report (March)
• Fund‐raising
Addi i l• Additional survey
• Final design plans and specificationsFinal design, plans and specifications
• Implementation?
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Changing our World One Community at a TimeChicago Professional Chapter
David Kendall [email protected] Lee von Gynz-Guethle [email protected]
