My name is Caitlin Grady and I am a rising senior at Virginia Tech. I have been working in the Virginia Water Resources Research Center since April 2008 and this summer I have the pleasure of working through an NSF REU grant, under Dr. Tamim Younos, on a project in the Dominican Republic. This project is to analyze and prepare a cost benefit analysis as well as a design for a rainwater harvesting system at the Punta Cana Ecological Foundation, which is a part of the Punta Cana Resort and Club. This project will evaluate water consumption and potential water harvest from rainwater while also looking into design components and cost of construction. I am currently in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic collecting information about water use and roof type as well as current plumbing constraints and how this system could be implemented. This could, in the future, become a model to resorts in the area on how to conserve and re-use water.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Greetings from the Dominican Republic
My name is Caitlin Grady and I am a rising senior at Virginia Tech. I have been working in the Virginia Water Resources Research Center since April 2008 and this summer I have the pleasure of working through an NSF REU grant, under Dr. Tamim Younos, on a project in the Dominican Republic. This project is to analyze and prepare a cost benefit analysis as well as a design for a rainwater harvesting system at the Punta Cana Ecological Foundation, which is a part of the Punta Cana Resort and Club. This project will evaluate water consumption and potential water harvest from rainwater while also looking into design components and cost of construction. I am currently in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic collecting information about water use and roof type as well as current plumbing constraints and how this system could be implemented. This could, in the future, become a model to resorts in the area on how to conserve and re-use water.
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