In partnership with PhD student Kelli McCourt and Dr. Diana Vanegas Gamboa, students will work individually or in interdisciplinary teams to develop a component of a water monitoring program for and with vulnerable communities in Alto Cauca, Colombia. Students will learn about water pollution in the context of these communities and gain awareness about water issues derived from ASGM in rural Colombia.
Students will engage with researchers to become familiar with the context of water pollution in the rural ASGM communities of La Toma and Yolombó (Cauca, Colombia). This semester students will begin the project by collaborating with Kelli McCourt and Dr. Gamboa to use previously collected data for the creation of educational material on water quality that the Colombian communities can use.
