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Groundwater Development on the Embera Indian Comarca, Southern Darién Province, Panamá IAH 2012 Congress 16-21 September 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Michael E. Campana Oregon State University The Ann Campana Judge Foundation www.acjfoundation.org [email protected] Talk Organization • Project background and • • • • • • objectives Location The USA team Instruction, project photos Accomplishments Failures Recent events Project Background •Conducted under the auspices of Lifewater International •Invited by Embera Indians of Panamá’s S. Darién Province •Survey trip in March 1999 and “shopping trip” in January 2000 •2-week training trip in May 2000 •Cost: about $30,000 Project Objectives: 1) Teach Water Self-Sufficiency 2) Promote Social Entrepreneurship • Train Embera Indians to drill and • • complete wells with the LS-100 drilling rig (www.lonestarbit.com) Establish ‘cottage industry’ – well drilling, hand pump manufacture and repair Provide on-site instruction Project Location •About 200 air kilometers from Panamá City •Remote area – Rio Sambú valley, dense rain forest •No road access – plane, freighter, or pack animal •Somewhat dangerous – abuts Colombia (FARC guerrillas) Southern Darién – looking west Hand Pump, Puerto Indio The USA Team • Michael Campana (hydrogeologist) • • • team leader, fundraiser Loring Green (geologist) - lead trainer, mechanic, stockbroker Bob Jarrett (engineer) - trainer, mechanic, medic Craig Woodring (engineer) - trainer Loring Green Instructing on the LS-100 More Instruction Drilling the Well Examining Cuttings Installing the Gravel Pack Finished! Accomplishments • • • • Trained 6-man Embera team Team drilled three wells: two producers (c. 100 Lpm) and one dry hole (< 4 Lpm) Team installed one submersible and one hand pump Provided one LS-100, mud pump, 150 m of 10 cm ID PVC, drilling mud, 3 Bush hand pumps, cement, submersible pump, tools Failures • Poor USA-Panamá communications • • with locals; made coordination and planning difficult No follow-up – future trips were canceled because of dangerous conditions (Plan Colombia) Lost touch with team after training Recent Events • In late 2007 learned that the • • Embera team is still active and apparently still drilling (as of 2010) Need more water – population has doubled Possible follow-up trip (2012?) to check on team activities and needs. ¡Muchas Gracias! Thank You! WaterWired blog: http://www.waterwired.org WaterWired Twitter: http://twitter.com/waterwired ACJF: http://www.acjfoundation.org "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill