This month, at Caminos de Agua, we are commemorating our 10th Anniversary as an organization. To celebrate, we’ve been bringing you stories that illustrate how our work on water issues has evolved over this past decade of impact. This week, we want to talk to you about a widely overlooked aspect of water access: sanitation, and what it means for families to provide a dignified bathroom for their children, especially in the face of extreme water scarcity.
Read MoreWatch the story of Alfredo and Celia who come from Llano Verde – a rural community an hour and a half north of San Miguel, which suffers from extremely severe water scarcity conditions. The issue is so severe there that families would often resort to drinking out of rain puddles or other equally desperate measures to access water.
Read MoreThroughout this month that Caminos de Agua is celebrating 10 years of existence, we are bringing you stories highlighting our decade of innovation and impact. This week, we’re bringing you critical updates on our Aguadapt water filter, one of our most significant technological developments, designed and produced by us right here in San Miguel, that removes 99.99% of biological contaminants from the water. This award-winning innovation has gone from small artisanal production to make rainwater safe for drinking in our region to a professional production providing clean water access to communities well beyond our watershed, now moving towards large-scale commercialization.
Read MoreOver the next 6 weeks, we are bringing you stories documenting our decade of impact. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn more about our Water Monitoring Program – our first, and longest running, program, which continues to help us identify and better understand our region's water problems to this day.
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