EL MUYUYO WATER PROJECT
El Muyuyo is a small rural community located in the Manabi Province of Ecuador that was impacted by a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 2016, which damaged existing water infrastructure. Engineers Without Borders Santa Barbara Ventura Professional Chapter is teaming up with local NGO, Engineers in Action (EIA) to assess and implement a water development project serving the El Muyuyo community.
TANZANIA OLMOTI WATER PROJECT
The Tanzania project, initiated in 2013, was the first project completed by the EWB-SBV chapter. EWB-USA SBV designed and constructing a 6km pipeline connecting two storage tanks (one in the center of the Olmoti community and the other at the Olmoti clinic) as well as several distribution sites to meet the drinking water demand of the clinic and surrounding Maasai tribes.