By Jennifer Ungemach | CATIS Mexico Team Member
We have our first rainwater cistern finished THANKS TO YOU! The first cistern was built at our training center to capture rainwater from the roof of our water laboratory- where we do a lot of water quality testing for the region.
We are gearing up for the building campaign in the northern part of the state. With the funds raised in December, we have enough money to build the first ten rainwater cisterns. That's a third of our goal for the year. We hope to build them all by the rainy season (starting as early as June), so time is ticking!
This first build is essentially a "training of trainers." By building first at our institute, our own crew gains more experience for future rainwater cistern builds. Our crew is being trained by Rafael, a long-time expert who has accompanied dozens of families building cisterns with the support of the local Rotary Club. Three Rotarians visited our site last week to see the progress and "talk shop" as adaptions are being considered for the design based on user feedback. Drafts of new educational materials were examined- one of the challenges of rainwater harvesting in schools and other public spaces is that there is a constant need for new people to learn about the simple maintenance. These new materials will help educators talk about the water crisis here in our aquifer as well as teach about the rainwater cisterns.
Again, thank you for making this work possible. Be on the look out for more updates in the coming months!
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