Water in San Miguel: Problems & Solutions [] Caminos de Agua

Friday, December 13, 4pm
Sala Quetzal, Biblioteca, Relox 50a

Talk in english
by Dylan Terrell, Caminos de Agua Executive Director

As a San Miguel resident, it’s essential to understand the water issues and solutions affecting our region.
Attend this talk in which Dylan Terrell, Founder and Executive Director of Caminos de Agua, will present the problem of the regional water issues, exploring their widespread effects and outlining potential solutions and strategies.

You’ll gain insight into the multifaceted nature of the water issues throughout San Miguel and the greater watershed region, how to ensure safe drinking water at home, an introduction to the work of Caminos de Agua, and how you can support the broader community.

Following the presentation, there will be a Q&A session, allowing you to engage directly with Dylan and ask specific questions about the topics discussed.

Caminos de Agua is a community-focused, data-driven, and science-oriented NGO based in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. We work in partnership with at-risk communities to obtain adequate supplies of safe, healthy drinking water, and we were founded in 2011 with the mission of “Improving human health and community well-being through adequate and affordable access to clean water.”

To date, we have directly impacted more than 50,000 people throughout Mexico through our solutions and countless more through our educational programming and materials.

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Caminos de Agua is a community focused, data-driven, and science-oriented non-governmental organization (NGO) based in San Miguel de Allende. We drive to empower local at-risk communities to obtain adequate supplies of safe and healthy drinking water. Today, Caminos de Agua is a team of ten full- and part-time employees, plus several graduate-level engineering and public interest interns from Engineers Without Borders UK and other universities and institutions. We’re a mix of expat residents and Mexicans, technologists and community organizers, researchers and educators, united by our concern for public health and welfare. Caminos de Agua is organized as a registered nonprofit in both the U.S. and Mexico. At Caminos de Agua, we believe that access to safe, healthy drinking water should be a fundamental human right. We help communities at risk confront challenges of water quality and scarcity through:

1. Water monitoring 2. Education 3. Community-led solutions 4. Research and development 5. Activism