PUC - Panama
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| Location | Austin, TX |
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| Introduction | Team Panama is assessing project options in the villages of Montanuela, El Blanquillo, and Los Llanos and in the Veraguas province of Panama. The team is exploring options of implementing a sand filtration system, chlorination disinfeciton, ceramic filtration, and UV disinfection, all of which would provide safe drinking water to the community. The second project is to build a pedestrian bridge for children to get to school in Los Llanos (which also serves as the school for the village of El Blanquillo). About 50 students attend this school from March to December, and they have to walk an extra 1 or 2 hours to get there since there is no bridge and the river crossing is very dangerous. The third project is to build a solar panel for the school to provide electricity for lighting, a DVD player, and a TV which can receive a national educational channel, Tele-Basica. The team is comprised of nine UT undergraduate engineering students in the fields of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, all with a wide range of technical interests and specialties within their fields. |
| Interests | Team Panama is assessing project options in the villages ofMontanuela, El Blanquillo, and Los Llanos and in the Veraguas provinceof Panama. One of the projects is to provide potable water for 90people in the village of Montanuela. The team is exploring options ofimplementing a sand filtration system, chlorination disinfeciton,ceramic filtration, and UV disinfection, all of which would providesafe drinking water to the community. The second project is to build apedestrian bridge for children to get to school in Los Llanos (whichalso serves as the school for the village of El Blanquillo). About 50students attend this school from March to December, and they have towalk an extra 1 or 2 hours to get there since there is no bridge andthe river crossing is very dangerous. |