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Assessing risk and adapta.on needs for climate and water resources
protec.on in rural Andean communi.es
Laura Read
PhD Candidate, Climber Scien.st
July 13, 2013 Huaraz, Peru
Mo.va.on to be a Climber Scien.st
Observa-ons
1. Common regional water problems in rural communi.es
2. Lack of technical knowledge and resources
3. Lack of local data collec.on to “prove climate change”
Scope of Work
1. Work within a group of communi.es to access funding
2. Hold workshops and explore par.cipatory monitoring
3. Test feasibility of a mobile data collec.on system
Scope of work: two projects Project 1: PorMolio of community water problems in the Tres Cuencas Commonwealth • Ac.vi.es: Diagnos.cs of quan.ty and quality issues • Goal 1: Iden.fy common themes to access regional funds • Goal 2: Pilot community scale data collec.on
Project 2: Building capacity to address conflict in Paron
• Ac.vi.es: workshops for community percep.ons of water problems and risk; pilo.ng data collec.on
• Goal 1: Develop a watershed-‐scale water management plan • Goal 2: Organize the community to prepare for risk
Project 1: PorMolio of water issues
Mo-va-on – Why do this? • Exposure to regional and
interna.onal funds • Understand how water
systems are changing at a regional level
• Scale projects between communi.es with similar issues
Tres Cuencas Commonwealth
• Collec.ve organiza.on of 19 rural communi.es and 8 municipali.es in three watersheds: Santa, Pa.vilca, and Fortaleza rivers
• Formed a na.onal en.ty solely to address impacts of climate change on water and land
• Lack technical knowledge to receive government funding for adapta.on projects
Project 1: PorMolio of water issues
Process – How we do this • Meet with campesina
community members and listen to their concerns
• Measure water quan.ty and quality in irriga.on canals, reservoirs, springs
• Gauge interest in self-‐monitoring within the campesina infrastructure
Pilot example: Canrey Chico Concern Ac-on
Water supply for irriga.on Measuring flow in canals
Drinking water during dry season for the popula.on
Explore quality and quan.ty in spring sources; map sources
Water quality for animals Measuring quality in canals
Loca-on pH Phosphate (ppm) Nitrate Nitrite
Alkalinity (ppm) Flow (L/s)
Canrey A 7 30 1 0 40 0.672 Canrey B 7.2 35 N/A N/A 35 N/A Canrey C 7.2 25 N/A N/A 25 8.7
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Preliminary outcomes
• Lack of informa.on is a common theme – Communi.es have a general idea of their problems and what projects they want, but lack of data obstructs progress
• Water for irriga.on is the major concern in 5 of 6 communi.es sampled – Storage and changes in rainfall dura.on – Human and animal health (drinking water) are also cited
Future work: Mobile technology to collect informa.on
• Communi.es with high levels of interest and organiza.on afer diagnos.c visits will be chosen to pilot mobile database collec.on project
• Goal: community members collect data regularly and send it to the database via 1) text message; 2) hand-‐wrigen data logs (where cell service is unavailable)
What data does the community want to
collect?
Install basic instruments for
collec.on
Send a text message with the data and an associated code
Data is stored on the internet and
accesible to the municipality, NGOs,
and other organiza.ons
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Scope of work: two projects Project 1: PorMolio of community water problems in the Tres Cuencas Commonwealth • Ac.vi.es: Diagnos.cs of quan.ty and quality issues • Goal 1: Iden.fy common themes to access regional funds • Goal 2: Pilot community scale data collec.on
Project 2: Building capacity to address conflict in Paron
• Ac.vi.es: workshops for community percep.ons of water problems and risk; pilo.ng data collec.on
• Goal 1: Develop a watershed-‐scale water management system • Goal 2: Organize the community to prepare for risk
Project 2: Capacity and conflict in Paron (Cruz del Mayo Community)
Mo-va-on – Why do this? • Ongoing conflict could
escalate as resource availability changes
• Community wants to be organized to face challenges (water, conflict, risk)
• Water demands are increasing, usage is not “efficient”
Process – How we do this • Held two diagnos.c
workshops for 1) water; 2) risk percep.on
• Follow up field workshop on data collec.on
• Introduce community to exis.ng hazards and Peru laws/rights for risk protec.on
Project 2: Capacity and conflict in Paron
Preliminary outcomes: water
• Community wants to develop a management plan for all 15 canals
• Interested in collec.ng climate and water data
• Our group ain gauge, temperature gauge, flow meters expected to be installed
What are the failures of the community, and of you and your
families, to resolve these problems?
% of total
No agendance at the mee.ngs 13.9 Disorganiza.on 11.4
Failure of the dirigentes 15.2 Failure of all par.es 11.4 Lack of aJachment 24.1 Lack of capacity 24.1
What is the major problem in the community with respect to water?
% of total
Shortage 48.8 Cost 3.03
Realloca.on of water 21.21 Conflict 27.27
From a survey of 45 workshop a=endees
Preliminary outcomes: risk
• Risks iden.fied as: avalanche, floods, plagues on crops, animal sickness
• Vulnerabili.es as: lack of capacity, organiza.on
• Community and mayor formed a civil defense commigee to address physical risks
Con.nuing work in Paron
• Watershed op.miza.on model: managing demands
• Pilo.ng mobile data collec.on in Cruz del Mayo
Final Thoughts
• Communi.es have a sense of the problems but lack technical data to support claims
• Interest in measuring data comes from wan.ng to adapt (needing to)
• Irriga.on supply and water quality are emerging major concerns in TCC communi.es
• Scaled projects can benefit a group of communi.es, encourage informa.on sharing
Acknowledgements
• Cesar Portocarrerro and Marlene Guerrero
• The Mountain Ins.tute, Fidel Rodriguez
• Daene McKinney, University of Texas
• Devyn Powell, Tufs
Pictures on pictures
La Mancomunidad Tres Cuencas (Three Watersheds
Commonwealth) • Something
something history background Fidel
• Organizing together gives small communities greater resources and political power