Project: Secondary Location

Project Name: Quirragua, (Province of Matagalpapa, Municipality of Matiguas, Nicaragua) integral drinking water project
Village or Town Matiguas
District or State Province of Matagalpa
Nearest Airport Managua, Nicaragua
Country Nicaragua
GPS Coordinates

13.157853

-85.561981

Project Summary

Project ID :  170
Owner : Agua Para la Vida (APLV)
Country : Nicaragua
Go to : Application (Proposal)
Status : Completed

Project Verification

Self Verified? : No
By 3rd Party? : Yes (2 times)
Last On : Mon, 23 Aug, 2010
(8 months after completion)

Funding

Site(s) (2)

Photos and Documents

Quirraguapuesto
Quirragua Pu...Quirragua Puesto
"Puesto" means water stand.
Pdf
Project Repo...Project Report by the Nicaraguan team (in Spanish)
Quirraguadistribution
Quirragua Di...Quirragua Distribution
The distribution system runs from the tank to the household faucets
Quirraguatank
Quirragua Ta...Quirragua Tank
The distribution tank has a capacity of 5,000 liters.
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Main Project Report

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Peer Reports (2)

Attachments

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San_isidro-71
Discoverer Discoverer
This man discovered the spring site in Quirragua, which supplied water to Quirragua, El Carmen, and San Isidro.
Quirragua-23
Maintenance ...Maintenance Hatches
That might not be the proper term for these... but I believe these are access hatches so that obstructions can be removed and/or the site can be cleaned when necessary.
Quirragua-21
Spring Cap Spring Cap
The spring cap is very large. on the left one can see the runoff tubes and on the right is the start of the tubes that carry the water to the water tanks / communities.
Quirragua-8
Pipes (Tuber...Pipes (Tuberias)
Esteban from APLV shows Jackie from APLS how the system works at the Quirragua spring site.
Quirragua-22
Runoff Tubes Runoff Tubes
These are the tubes that are for the excess water
Quirragua-18
Girl Drinking Girl Drinking
a girl drinks a glass of water at the spring site

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