Andrade, M., & Keibler, M. S., & Rivard, J. (2020, June), High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34725

\bibitem{asee_peer_34725}
  Andrade, M., \& Keibler, M. S., \& Rivard, J. (2020, June), \emph{High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--34725

Mary Andrade, Michael Scott Keibler, and Josh Rivard.  "High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/34725 Internet.  13 Mar, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_34725}
  Mary Andrade, Michael Scott Keibler, and Josh Rivard.
  "High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/34725 Internet.  13 Mar, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In July 2018, the University of Louisville sent a team of 8 students, a faculty member and a staff member to Calca, Peru to meet with indigenous, marginalized communities to support and assist them in their efforts to address water access issues and concerns. 
This project developed out a need to increase global opportunities at a four-year, mandatory co-op engineering program that offered few opportunities for global exposure. The result was the development of a semester-long course which culminates in a 16 day in-country experience. This program utilizes three partners: the indigenous communities, a local non-profit organization (Andean Alliance) that facilitates the relationship and the university. 
Students utilize a consulting model to work with the Peruvian community to assess an extensive problem and identify and define a subset of the problem where they can effect change. Students integrated the use of drones, a GIS computer system, and flow calculation systems to create a document and map that identifies and quantifies water loss and canal damage, this data can be used to apply for federal funding to correct canal issues and improve water usage among the farming communities that were targeted. 
Program improvements developed from technical issues from the first trip and a stronger understanding of the community needs. The semester course incorporated higher technical training, the addition of drone training and a technical support staff member. Future trips will incorporate additional technology and build upon the base map that was developed. It will also incorporate training with community members to increase data collection throughout the year and to inspire ownership of the project and the results. 

AU  - Mary Andrade
AU  - Michael Scott Keibler
AU  - Josh Rivard
CY  - Virtual On line 
DA  - 2020/06/22
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - High Altitude Water Shortage Issues in Peru
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