Our project supported the work of the Empresa Pública Municipal de Telecomunicaciones, Agua Potable, Alcantarillado, y Saneamiento de - Cuenca (ETAPA-EP) to protect water sources in Quingeo, Ecuador. We designed a set of strategies to promote awareness among three groups - in Quingeo about the impacts of common cattle ranching practices on the water supply. We conducted interviews and collected survey data - from two different communities to understand the audiences' perceptions of these practices. The data revealed that the community members - are unaware of the factors that promote harmful ranching practices and of better alternatives. We proposed and tested community outreach - activities and provided recommendations to ETAPA about how to continue promoting awareness in Quingeo.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lopez, Paris L
• Turcotte, Joseph Amaro
• McQuade, Timothy

Subject

• Environment
• Water
• Infrastructure

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022819-125338

Palabra Clave

• Web sites--Design and construction
• Application software--Development

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2019

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• ETAPA/MICPA

Date created

• 2019-02-28

Ubicación

• Cuenca

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright