As an alternative, we are starting a project in the Keyetume-Lufunve villages near Mukono. We met Sarah, a young Peace Corps volunteer there, who has a degree in water engineering. She has been assigned to the villages for two years and will be here until October. She has designed a plan for a gravity feed water system to supply the villages. The Church will fund the project in partnership with Keyetume Community Based Health Care. We hope that this project can serve as a model for other villages we will look at in coming months.
A protective structure has been built around the spring that will provide the water for the system. It serves as a run-off for the collection box so that the stream flow is never completely interrupted. From this point it continues to run down hill as a natural spring with the same flow as before.
A 40 cubic meter collection box has been built with a structure to house the submersible pump. The stream fills this whole system before flowing on to the protective structure.
The water will then be pumped 600 meters to the top of this hill overlooking the villages.
From there it will be gravity fed to taps in the villages, the medical clinic and three schools. This will supply easily accessible, potable water to approximately 2500 people in the area.
The project will save the villagers from having to hike up this steep trail from the spring carrying 42 lb. water cans. They will be able to draw water from taps near their homes freeing time for the children to do better in their studies.
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