The canton Pedro Vicente Maldonado is named after a famous Ecuadorian scientist and is located in north, central Ecuador in a region of tropical forest and farms. In Pedro Vicente Maldonado, there are six, small schools, each with adequate water access, but the water is contaminated. The schools are Pinchincha with 60 students, 24 de Septiembre, 140, 20 de Marzo 40, Bella Esperanza, 115, Union Lojana, 114, and Paquisha with 130 students. Water-borne diseases directly affect student health, learning and economic livelihood.
The Quito Colonial Rotary Club proposes to install new water treatment systems at each school. Working with an engineer they have identified a system that will serve each school. Club members previously met with Pedro Vicente Maldonado community and school representatives to develop an implementation plan. Community leaders will sign an agreement describing the acquisition of the system and the community’s assumption of the obligations to operate the water systems, perform on-going system maintenance and repair, and to purchase and utilize the required treatment chemicals. The plan provides for the of training community members about the system operation, maintenance and repair. The plan projects that water systems can be installed thirty days after receipt of funds.
Budget
The total project cost is $16,130. This amounts to $2,683 per school for six schools.
Funds will be used to acquire the following for each school:
• Diaphragm dosage dispenser for chemicals, 110 volts
• Tank for hypo calcium chloride solution, 120 volts
• Filter (sand and activated carbon) and valve system for back wash
• Three sacks of sand
• 25 kilograms of activated carbon
• Water level control for inside of well to protect water pump (schools already have water pumps) | 
