Kamenicë, a rural village in Korçë, Albania, currently lacks a formalized wastewater treatment system. The water utility UKKO, sponsor of this project, has recently been tasked with providing wastewater treatment services to the community. Framed as a case study, this project explored the perceptions of residents towards the potential development.  Expert interviews, participatory mapping, and photo documentation were used to understand the village’s geographic characteristics. Interviews with residents and other community members provided insight into Kamenicë’s history, culture, and socioeconomics as well as people’s experiences, perceptions, and opinions of wastewater. The resulting case study can be referenced to supplement social considerations of wastewater treatment development.

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Creator

• DeAngelis, Morgan Ellen
• Aldarondo, Dasia Ali
• Han, Fang
• Herrmann, Ryan Joseph

Subject

• Environment
• Water
• Sustainability
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121517-072642

Keyword

• Rural development
• Water resources development

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Dodson, Leslie Lynn

Year

• 2017

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• UKKO JSC

Date created

• 2017-12-15

Location

• Korçë

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-18