Steve Solbrck - Safe Water Plus Honduras

Our program on Veteran’s Day was presented by Steve Solbrack. His topic was the Safe Water Plus Honduras Program.

He’s been interested in the Rotary safe water programs for some time, and he showed us some pictures of completed pro

jects in Haiti. He’s been on site at some of the earlier projects, and has visited the sites in Homduras. The current project is in Western Honduras, and is a joint effort of 16 Rotary Clubs (including us) who have committed $800,000.00 to the project. Each of the water system locations has special needs; there is no “cookie-cutter” solution to a village’s need for safe water. Some systems installed are very simple – a well with a hand pump – while others are complex piping from a mountain spring.

 

Steve had a Powerpoint showing some examples of installed, working systems. The type of system is selected and designed by the Rotary crew on the site. The capacity of the system, the availability of dependable electric service, the training of the local maintenance people, and  the topography of the area all enter into the decision about the