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Engineers Without Borders Technical Seminar - Panimacac Potable Water

Posted by jen on 06/04/2012 12:00 am  /   Technical Session

Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit, humanitarian engineering organization.  The mission of EWB-USA is to support community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders. These projects are to help a community with the basic necessities of life. 
Due to the growth of the community and a lack of government action, Panimacac has experienced water shortage over the past years.  An unprotected spring provides drinking water to a community of approximately 250 inhabitants.  The open spring collection system has led to health problems such as intestinal diseases. The current water system was put in 1968, since this time the village has tripled in population. Some of the homes in the village were only receiving water for a few hours in the middle of the night. 
 
As a joint effort between the North Texas professional chapter and the SMU student chapter of EWB, a water storage tank and an new distribution system has been constructed to provide the community additional water storage capacity and delivery.  This new system will provide the village with additional water supply and minimize water borne disease
 

Julie Jones is here to discuss the final stages of implementation of the water system.   She co-founded the Northwest Arkansas EWB-USA Professional Chapter and the University of Arkansas EWB-USA Student Chapter in 2005, and she is now president of the North Texas Professional Chapter. She was the Arkansas State Representative for the South Central Region of EWB-USA from 2005-2009, Vice President from 2009-2011 and she currently serves as President if the region. She is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 

 

Ms. Jones attended the University of Arkansas where she received her B.S. in Civil Engineering and her M.S. in Civil Engineering, both with an emphasis in Environmental Engineering. Her thesis was on Factors Affecting the Operation and Maintenance of Biosand Filters for Rainwater Treatment in Developing Countries. This research was done for filters in Zaragoza, Colombia in the Amazon region. She is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, and she works at Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers, Inc. in Dallas for the Water Resources Division.

 

Ms. Jones has worked on projects for numerous municipalities including Dallas, Garland, Richardson and Irving. She has worked on several large thoroughfare projects as the hydrology and hydraulics design engineer. These types of projects include roadway and guideway drainage, hydrology and hydraulics studies, and FEMA studies. Some of these projects include Hydrology Study Town of Flower Mound, Texas, DART Orange Line, DART Blue Line, and various FEMA and roadway drainage studies. For the Hydrology Study Town of Flower Mound, Texas she completed the hydrology study for the Town of Flower Mound, for all 25 streams within the town. This is approximately 155 miles of streams. The flows along the stream and the locations that the floodplain begins according to the cities criteria were given. The study involved modeling using WMS and HEC-1 programs used for analyzing ultimate conditions. GIS files were used in the development of the models, and shapefiles of the streams and basins were created. The DART Orange line was a design build project. She assisted in the designed of the guideway drainage. The DART Blue line was a design build project. She assisted in the designed of the roadway drainage, roadway design, soundwall, and tract power sub-stations.

Ms. Jones specializes in the field of hydrology and hydraulics, and is familiar with FEMA requirements.

                 

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