I had extended my sabbatical by a year for this project, but I finally had to leave. Once the rainy season started, Br. If the rising water, which rose to only an inch or so from the top of the dam, had breached it, the whole thing would have been washed away. The resulting lake is spectacular. It backs up about two and a half miles from the dam and is 30 feet deep at its deepest.
People now have an assured source of water during the entire year.
Otten and crew survey the site for an earthen dam that stabilized the water supply for wheat farmers in Zambia. Bert Otten, SJ, had the opportunity to introduce his solar cookers to women's groups in Tijuana this summer before returning to Seattle University to teach electrical engineering.