The purpose of this Interactive Qualifying Project is to propose a practical, short-term solution to the water scarcity faced by the citizens of Matenwa, a mountainous village of La Gonave, Haiti. This report details our research concerning the selection of an appropriate rainwater harvesting method to solve the water shortage problem, a plan for physically implementing and maintaining this system, and ways to cultivate community participation in this implementation. -

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Fu, Ruoqing
• Wang, Jun Chao
• Dupuy, Morley A.
• Espaillat, Luis Rafael

Subject

• Environment
• Water
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-053111-152653

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Sustainability
• Water-supply--Environmental aspects
• Water resources development

Advisor

• El-Korchi, Tahar
• Addison, W. A. Bland

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-05-31

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-01-27