Evaluating the benefits of inline chlorination in Honduras
Amy Pickering, Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
The Pickering Lab is looking for a URAP student interested in working on an in-line chlorination project in Honduras. The project evaluates the Cova Circuit Rider model as an effective model for scaling up access to inline chlorinated water in Central America. We will evaluate this model through an impact evaluation of the Cova program, with and without additional community incentives, in Honduras. A second objective of the project is to understand chlorine taste acceptability thresholds in rural communities. We will investigate this question using a chlorine taste detection and acceptability experiment in Honduras.
Role: The student will assist with developing study protocols, coding surveys, reviewing data, cleaning data and analyzing data. Learning objectives include water quality testing methods, developing household and water sampling surveys, coding in SurveyCTO, and statistical data analysis.
Qualifications: We are looking for a URAP student with interest and/or experience with water quality or other relevant lab work, survey implementation, and with Spanish language proficiency. There may be an opportunity to continue to work during the Summer of 2025 and spend time in the field site, so there is a preference for students who would be available and interested in the field work summer opportunity.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Hannah Wharton, Ph.D. candidate
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Related website: http://pickering.berkeley.edu
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