The Following Was Posted Saturday, September 18, 2004
We Didn't Know a Pozo from a Hole in the Ground
Our main job was to dig. A pozo must be at least 4 meters to pass inspection. But at that depth, we had not gotten past the relatively impervious clay to the sediment layer which acts as a final filter before the treated liquid leaves the system and makes its way to the groundwater. So we had to go an additional 80 cm. We weren't sure what, if any, additional filtering material would be placed in the well. We didn't really want to think about decomposition of wasterwater. But we did know that once our digging was complete, the masons would line the inside with bricks. And we knew the dimensions. At 4.8 meters deep and 1.8 meters in diameter, we removed 37.6 cubic meters of dirt, one shovel at a time.
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Our main job was to dig. A pozo must be at least 4 meters to pass inspection. But at that depth, we had not gotten past the relatively impervious clay to the sediment layer which acts as a final filter before the treated liquid leaves the system and makes its way to the groundwater. So we had to go an additional 80 cm. We weren't sure what, if any, additional filtering material would be placed in the well. We didn't really want to think about decomposition of wasterwater. But we did know that once our digging was complete, the masons would line the inside with bricks. And we knew the dimensions. At 4.8 meters deep and 1.8 meters in diameter, we removed 37.6 cubic meters of dirt, one shovel at a time.
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Ey tío me llamo Germán y la verdad, no tengo ni papa de inglés pero me encanta Bolivia y quisiera contactar contigo (por si tuvieras otro blog pero en Español). Tampoco sé si eres Yankee o Latinoamericano. Bueno, espero que este sea el principio de un bonito intercambio cultural. Un saludo desde España (Madrid)
Germán
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