Los Pinos Neighborhood Storm Drainage
School Sanitary Systems and Water Quality
Montero University Storm Drainage and Feasibility
Montero Guardaria (Daycare)

Michigan Tech students finally built the first masonry walls on the new school property. Michigan Tech CEE students began "working" on these walls in Linda's "Professional Practice" class in1998. In addition, students designed septic systems for a new government school without bathrooms and tackled a system redesign for another government school with a malfunctioning and potentially dangerous septic field. They also conducted drinking water quality studies at the schools. Other class members revised last year’s project of a comprehensive storm drainage study of Los Pinos. Working with the mayor and sub-mayor, they were able to secure city equipment and culvert to begin construction of their design.

Another group studied storm drainage of a large school site in Montero and is developing feasibility site plans for a new university. The final group is developing site plans for a new campus for a guarderia (day care), church and guard living quarters. Septic system redesign is also required for their project. Mike Paddock and Max Schmiege (the Bolivian "Chuck Norris"), Michigan Tech alums and practicing CH2MHill engineers assisted the class.

Suspended Bridge
Los Cunocos Water Supply Team 1
Los Cunocos Water Supply Team 2

This class constructed the spring and pump boxes and installed the solar powered pump as designed by last year's class while the locals laid the pipe. Solar Panels were donated by the Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory at Arizona State University with the help of Michigan Tech alum, Howard Barikmo. Solar water pump and equipment were purchased from Oasis Montana, who helped with the overall solar pump design. Design projects this year are a suspended bridge crossing of a river and a water system design for the mountain village of Los Conucos. RPCV Matt Niskanen of Turner Construction and Michigan Tech Master's International student and PCV Lyle Stone assisted this class.