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By JEFF WAGNER
If you have installed a clean water
system in Appalachia with Living Wa-
ters for the World, are thinking about
installing a system there next year, or
are contemplating whether LWWmight
work in other areas of the U.S., read on:
The model under which LWW teams
have been operating in this country is
changing for 2012.
Since the frst Appalachian systemwas
installed in 2004, LWW has seen installa-
tions in that region grow to a high of 21
in 2011.
What we learned in those seven years
is that it takes a tremendous amount
of volunteer efort to lead and oversee
the level of activity the U.S. saw in 2011.
Recruiting and sustaining the Network
Coordinating Team (NCT) leadership
necessary to successfully operate at that
scale is exceedingly difcult.
At the December 2011 meeting of the
LWW Committee, a transition plan was
approved to change how LWWwill work
in the U.S. The plan was developed over
the past year by the Appalachia NCT,
working with the LWW Field Operations
team and LWW Committee, to ensure
that work in this country will continue.
For teams working in Appalachia, or
other areas of the U.S. where the Spirit
may lead them, the changes that will af-
fect you are:
•Therewill be noNetworkCoordinat-
ing Team available to oversee U.S. work.
Similar to our International model in
countries without active NCT’s, Initiat-
ing Partners will be responsible for iden-
tifying locations of need, working with
local partners to form a sustainable ap-
proach to clean water, and being fnan-
cially responsible for the complete scope
of their work.
* New teams wishing to work in the
U.S. will be required to attend Clean
Water U to ensure a consistent level of
training and approach for IP’s doing U.S.
work. A training module is being devel-
oped to address diferences between in-
ternational and U.S. work.
• Financial grants will be available to
assist IP’s in developing new work areas.
These grants are made possible by re-
using the USDA grants the Appalachia
NCT received.
• Well drilling is no longer provided
to be consistent with our overall LWW
mission scope.
• LWW will continue to maintain a
blanket liability insurance policy for
U.S.-based projects.
• A limited level of LWW staf support
is available to support IP’s in their U.S.
eforts.
Living Waters for the World remains
committed to serving people in the U.S.
who do not have ready access to safe wa-
ter. We are active in seven communities
in Appalachia, and IP’s are actively look-
ing at areas outside Appalachia where
need exists.
Jef Wagner of Louisville, Ky., is information
technology administrator for LWW. Contact him
at
jef@livingwatersfortheworld.org.
LWW to change its U.S. operating model
Transition seeks to assure that work will continue
By RALPH YOUNG
Are you confused trying to read and
interpret your water test results from
the Test America reports? Then you will
enjoy reading the two-part LWW Tech-
nology Blog entries on “Reading Test
America Reports.”
In this two part series, you will learn
the meaning of all those abbreviations
such as RL (Reporting Limit), MDL
(Method Detection Limit), ppm (parts
per million), and ppb (parts per billion),
as well as others.
You will also be introduced to the
World Health Organization (WHO)
Guidelines for DrinkingWater standards
and how Living Waters for the World fol-
lows those guidelines.
By the time you read both parts of this
Technology Blog Posting, you should
be able to interpret this chart shown at
right.
The easiest way to connect to the
Technology Blog is by clicking on the
link on Living Waters for the World web
site. You can also connect using this
link:
http://lwwtechnology.wordpress.com/
From this page, you can subscribe to
Technology Blog entries and receive
email notifcations when new articles
are posted.
If there are any comments or ques-
tions about the Technology Blog, please
contact Ralph Young at
ralph.young@liv-
ingwatersfortheworld.org
.
Ralph Young is a CWU 103 lead instructor,
leader of the Design Sub-team, LWW’s Network
and Sustainability Services Coordinator and an el-
der at First Presbyterian Church of Paducah, Ky.
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