In search of sustainable community development through practice: A sustainable potable water project in Colinas de Suiza, Honduras

Abstract

For decades engineering students and professional engineers have attempted to assist communities around the world to achieve sustainable equilibrium1. At Colorado School of Mines, my colleagues and I established an interdisciplinary humanitarian engineering (HE) minor program that incorporates Sustainable Community Development (SCD) practices. This chapter evaluates the lessons learned and challenges faced over an eight-year span of an HE potable water project in Colinas de Suiza, Honduras.