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Assessment and Preliminary Design of a Water Supply Project for the Village of Altos de la Paz, Honduras

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Title Assessment and Preliminary Design of a Water Supply Project for the Village of Altos de la Paz, Honduras
Creator Kolk, Stephen M.
Description A Professional Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Water Resources, Policy Management Option, Water Resources Program, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May, 2004 A lack of access to clean, potable water is one of the greatest health threats encountered in third world countries, especially among rural populations. Annually, a staggering number of deaths, many of them children, are attributed to waterborne diseases. The Honduran village of Altos de la Paz is typical in its susceptibility to disease due to a lack of clean water. One way of solving this problem is to access the river used as the primary drinking source higher up in the watershed, upstream...
Date 2010-09-07T18:06:36Z 2010-09-07T18:06:36Z 2010-09-07
Type Other
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1928/11094
Language en_US

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