Nuevo Union Water Treatment Facility

Every day, millions of villagers throughout the Peruvian Amazon live without access to clean water. In fact, out of a population of 34 million people in Peru, 16 million people (48% of the population) lack access to safe water and 14 million people (42%) lack access to a safe toilet.

Without access to clean water, villagers are exposed to waterborne illnesses like typhoid fever, cholera, giardia, dysentery, E. Coli, and salmonella. Beyond that, because of their compromised immune systems, the same villagers are vulnerable to other deadly diseases, like dengue fever and malaria. All of these deadly diseases are often caused by eating or drinking contaminated food or water. Some of them, can even kill within hours. And the worst part of this tragic narrative, each of these diseases are preventable.

Public health workers are saying it is becoming more frequent that villages are being affected by these diseases. This devastation is linked to increasingly frequent and extreme weather events, a shortage of vaccines, but most critically a lack of clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Although our communities are in the some of the most remote regions of the Amazon and most have no access to piped/treated drinking water or safe human waste disposal, we are actively teaching about the risks of unclean water and building water treatment facilities where they are most needed.

By providing to this initiative, you will actively be supporting one of the most influential communities in the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest Basin. Through the building of a water treatment facility in Nuevo Union, we aim to educate key leaders on the perils of using unclean water in daily activities. We will also supply containers that will allow for easy transportation of clean water back to their homes where they can utilize the treated, clean water for cooking, sanitation, wounds treatment, and cleaning of household tools.

We are so grateful for the community of Authentic Life Church and look forward to partnering with you in this initiative. Please contact us if you have any questions, or if you would like to expand your reach at 913.912.2998. If you would like to donate online, please know that there is a 2.3% fee on all donations by our financial carrier. We would prefer to receive checks and will provide receipts in a timely manner if you send check donations to the following address. Please make checks out to “Missions in the Amazon” and attach a note with your desired purpose of the check, along with your contact information (phone number and email address):

Missions in the Amazon, Inc.

P.O. Box 4583

Olathe, KS 66063

Below, you will see the exact costs of each component of the water treatment facility and comparable photos of a previous water treatment facility that we built, along with photos of a community of Nuevo Union:

Clean water project – Gravity filtration

* The water project will provide clean water daily to approximately 60-100 families daily. For the clean water project to work, the following must be built:

• 1 well built with bricks, 7 meters deep by 1 meter in diameter.
• 1 2,400 liter tank at ground level
• A 7-meter-high iron tower
• 1 2,400 liter tank on the tower
• 2 electric pumps
• 2 large filters

Details of materials and costs in USD.

Well:

*1 thousand tubular bricks – $500

*30 bags of cement – $300

*40 bags of stone – $500

*40 bags of white sand – $200

*Construction labor – Approximately $1,000

*Land and river transport freight – Approximately $500

Receiving Reservoir:

*10 bags of cement $100.00

*2 fiber tanks – $1,200.00

*Labor – Approximately $100.00

Tower:

*25 2-inch iron pipes – $625.00

*4 2-inch angles – $180.00

*2 3/4 galvanized pipes – $30.00

*2 4-inch plates – $70.00

*20 kg welding – $160.00

*6 gallons of paint – $150.00

*12 gallons of sealant – $ 120.00

*1 1/4 iron plate – $300.00

*Construction labor – Approximately $2,000.00

*Land and river transport freight – Approximately $1,000.00

Filtration System:

*2 large filters – $1,600.00

*Chemical products – $ 100.00

*Activated carbon and gravel – $250.00

*8 1-inch wrenches – $120.00

*10 1-inch PVC pipes – $100.00

*10 meters of 2-inch hose – $100.00

*2 1-inch electric pumps – $1,000.00

*Administrative Costs for Bank Wires and Taxes – Approximately $695.00 (Subject to change based upon time of donation and construction, bank wire fees, and USD to Soles conversion rate).

Total cost $12,000 – $13,000.00 US dollars