The “Caico Alto” Community in Cochabamba Bolivia is comprised of 45 households (225 inhabitants). The main economic activity in the area is the dairy milk production. There are a total of 270 cows in the community (an average of 6 cows per household). The Municipality has recently drilled a borehole for the community that has the potential of producing 4 l/s. It is up to the community to exploit the borehole. The community demands the design and construction of a water distribution system capable of distributing the well water to all the families so they can use it for domestic purposes as well as small productive activities at the household level. This study develops four different scenarios (alternatives). All of them employ a pumping station that uses an electrical submersible pump and a locally manufactured pressure tank (“torre hidroneumática”). [authors abstract]

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