In recent years, the El Guasaule community in Nicaragua experienced a significant population boom, straining the community’s already stressed water system. The residents had serious water scarcity problems when the old hand pump they depended on could no longer supply enough water for the families in El Guasaule. This scarcity crisis meant that, at times, community members would have to travel to collect water as far as Somotillo, a community five miles away. [read more]