Hello everyone!

A quick update on the progress of the pipeline for those interested...
We have now connected all of the pipes except for the branches reaching to the three tap stands. Last week we finished the pvc in the village and connected the iron and pvc pipes. We also installed all the appropriate valves and poured the concrete tap stands in the village. This week we will hook up all three tap stands to the main pipeline and proceed to test the line with water flowing for the first time! Hopefully we don't encounter any leaks or other problems! After testing it, all that is left to do is fill in the trenches and some minor clean-up work at the catchment and tapstands. We also need to design our drainage plan for each tap stand and excavate accordingly. Our final task will be to train and educate the appointed villagers (from the water committee) to maintain and care for the pipeline after we leave. We aim to have all this accomplished within the next two weeks, which will give us one week remaining to relax and have our inaugeration ceremony in the village before we come back to the States! Wish us luck!