First... Can we tell you how hot it is down here? It so HOT.... Enough about our discomfort. We know you don't care ;-) We won't leave you in suspense... El Rosario is 90% back up and running! After some tense negotiations, Habitat and the Colonia came to an agreement for the Colonia to pay a nominal fee to operate the system until a sale price is reached. Fred, Linda Williams and Sara did a great job helping to reach this agreement (photo of meeting above). We also established electricity back to the water house today, along with replacing the pump to the well. All with great cooperation from the El Rosario Colonia committee. Linda and Gary removed the old filters and cleaned the system. We partially filled the raw water tank and ran water through the system.... Only one small leak near the water meter, but otherwise the system is in great shape! Linda Williams, Sara, and Claudia trained in Health and Hygiene today the committee members (along with some children in picture above). The training went very well. Tomorrow we will return to El Rosario to sign a new covenant, flush out the system, train the operators, restart the system, and drink clean water! Oh.... and CELEBRATE! We'll tell you the story later of how Fred, Linda S, Gary, and Carlos (one of the children) pushed our van to jumpstart it after the battery died!
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