projects.

Mission.

El Agua Es Oro is a project with three objectives:

1. To expose and promote the true value of water,

2. To research the water crisis in Cochabamba, Bolivia through community participatory involvement.

3. To design a human-center design solution based on a social entrepreneurial model.

the water problem in Cochabamba.

Screen Shot 2020-10-20 at 11.02.59 PM.pn

The water problem in Cochabamba, Bolivia has three main causes: 1. Climate change threatens the cities water supply with uneven rain patterns causing unpredictable water source. 2. Poor water management & infrastructure has been a long standing challenge and 3. The socio-economic condition that determines household water access. This project focused on the latter, we start where we can have an impact.

the problem.

The problem were we see opportunity is on the household chore of, hand washing clothes for periurban women.

400L of safe Water turned into grey water discharge

15 hours time consuming chore

$2.30 USD sunk cost

*metrics presented on a weekly basis

the solution.

The solution we propose is based on human-center design and social entrepreneurial innovation offering a mobile laundry and water recycling service to improve peri-urban water access and resilience.