What has been the primary focus/project this term?
The Water and Sanitation project group is committed to increasing safe and clean water access across Bharog Baneri by building Rainwater harvesting systems and conducting water testing of common drinking water sources. In addition to these initiatives, we are also working on rebuilding and cleaning heavily-used wells for safe drinking use. Our goal is to ensure that the entire village has water that is not only clean, but also abundant in supply.
"A drop harvested is a crop harvested"
Project Highlights
Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Built 7 rainwater harvesting systems across the village providing several thousand liters of water access for crop irrigation
Filter Distribution
Distributed and installed bio-sand water filters for clean drinking water across Bharog Baneri.
Past Projects
Water Testing
Tested 10+ different locations across the village for coliform and E. coli contamination
Gather Data and Build
We completed 8 remote builds and continued to identify new potential recipients through our general surveying. We geotagged past rainwater harvesting recipients and trained Naresh Ji to manage future geotagging tasks.
Organized a rainwater harvesting system design-a-thon and sustainable development speaker panel in Fall 2021 to create a sustainable impact directly on the UC Berkeley community.
TGIF Grant
Remote Construction
Worked thoroughly with our village contacts and builders to carefully choose recipients based on needs for a remote system.
