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Michael E. Campana Oregon State University The Ann Campana Judge Foundation acjfoundation

Groundwater Development on the Embera Indian Comarca, Southern Darién Province, Panamá IAH 2012 Congress 16-21 September 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Michael E. Campana Oregon State University The Ann Campana Judge Foundation www.acjfoundation.org aquadoc@oregonstate.edu.

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  1. Groundwater Development on the Embera Indian Comarca, Southern Darién Province, Panamá IAH 2012 Congress16-21 September 2012Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Michael E. Campana Oregon State University The Ann Campana Judge Foundation www.acjfoundation.org aquadoc@oregonstate.edu

  2. Talk Organization • Project background and objectives • Location • The USA team • Instruction, project photos • Accomplishments • Failures • Recent events

  3. Project Background • Conducted under the auspices of • Lifewater International • Invited by Embera Indians of • Panamá’s S. Darién Province • Survey trip in March 1999 and • “shopping trip” in January 2000 • 2-week training trip in May 2000 • Cost: about $30,000

  4. Project Objectives:1)Teach Water Self-Sufficiency 2) Promote Social Entrepreneurship • Train Embera Indians to drill and complete wells with the LS-100 drilling rig (www.lonestarbit.com) • Establish ‘cottage industry’ – well drilling, hand pump manufacture and repair • Provide on-site instruction

  5. Project Location • About 200 air kilometers from • Panamá City • Remote area – Rio Sambú • valley, dense rain forest • No road access – plane, • freighter, or pack animal • Somewhat dangerous – abuts • Colombia (FARC guerrillas)

  6. Southern Darién – looking west

  7. Hand Pump, Puerto Indio

  8. The USA Team • Michael Campana (hydrogeologist) - team leader, fundraiser • Loring Green (geologist) - lead trainer, mechanic, stockbroker • Bob Jarrett (engineer) - trainer, mechanic, medic • Craig Woodring (engineer) - trainer

  9. Loring Green Instructing on the LS-100

  10. More Instruction

  11. Drilling the Well

  12. Examining Cuttings

  13. Installing the Gravel Pack

  14. Finished!

  15. Accomplishments • Trained 6-man Embera team • Team drilled three wells: two producers (c. 100 Lpm) and one dry hole (< 4Lpm) • Team installed one submersible and one hand pump • Provided one LS-100, mud pump, 150 m of 10 cm ID PVC, drilling mud, 3 Bush hand pumps, cement, submersible pump, tools

  16. Failures • Poor USA-Panamá communications with locals; made coordination and planning difficult • No follow-up – future trips were canceled because of dangerous conditions (Plan Colombia) • Lost touch with team after training

  17. Recent Events • In late 2007 learned that the Embera team is still active and apparently still drilling (as of 2010) • Need more water – population has doubled • Possible follow-up trip (2012?) to check on team activities and needs.

  18. ¡Muchas Gracias!

  19. Thank You! WaterWired blog: http://www.waterwired.org WaterWired Twitter: http://twitter.com/waterwired ACJF: http://www.acjfoundation.org "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

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