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Are you a Princeton student interested in joining the team? Come by our meetings starting in September and get involved! We’ll teach you everything you need to know— and you don’t need to be an engineer. Contact aerivera@princeton.edu or balfaro@princeton.edu with any questions.
Our Project
Our dedicated, multidisciplinary team of students is working to bring clean, potable water to a farming community of 64 families in the foothills of the Peruvian Andes. We have designed a sustainable, 15-km gravity-fed water system that will be owned and maintained by a coalition of over 200 community members, servicing the area for the years to come.
Current Progress
Three summers of implementation have brought water to 200+ people and the local school through a network of 11 distribution lines, 8 pressure breaks, and 64 tapstands. The community is provided with an operations and maintenance guide to perform routine upkeeping and cleaning of the system.
Where We’re Headed
In the summer of 2022, we hope to return to Pusunchás for the final stage of the project: system monitoring and evaluation. The system will be fully owned and operated by the community, and EWB-Princeton will begin a partnership with a new community for another water system project in the region.
Our Blog Posts
Read about our personal experiences working in country, eating potatoes, presenting at the EWB-USA National Conference and more.
Featured Video
Take a tour through the beautiful terrain of Pusunchás from drone footage taken in summer 2018!
Our History
Since 2004, EWB-Princeton has worked with communities in Peru across the La Libertad region, including Samne, La Pitajaya, and Huamanzaña on various water projects.