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Increased water availability from
laguna Cachu Cachu in Marcahuasi

Together with The Nature Conservancy, the German development cooperation implemented by GIZ and the San Pedro de Casta Community, we were able to store and infiltrate rainwater to increase the water availability of the population in dry seasons, through the rehabilitation of an ancestral dam with an efficient damming quantity of 27 thousand m³ in the Cachu Cachu lagoon, located in Marcahuasi.

Year: March - May 2019

Location: San Pedro de Casta. Sector: Marcahuasi, Huarochirí, Lima.

Increased water availability from<br>laguna Cachu Cachu in Marcahuasi

Our objective

Rehabilitate an ancestral dam
to efficiently store water from
the Cachu Cachu lagoon
during rainy seasons.

We did it! These were the goals achieved!

Meta 1

Rehabilitation of a 28 m long dam to store 27.17 m³.

Meta 2

Construction of works of art: a spillway and an overflow channel.

Meta 3

Development of two workshops: one on operation and maintenance, and the other on monitoring of the ancestral infrastructure.

Meta 4

Sustainability agreement: an operation and maintenance agreement and a conservation agreement.

We contribute to the SDGs

Agua limpia y saneamiento-6
Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles-11
Alianzas para lograr los objetivos-17

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