Welcome to the Centennial Rotary Club's WaterRico Project!

 Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September of 2017. The entire water supply to most of the island was compromised and became unhealthy for human consumption. Out of that tragic occurrence, WaterRico was born.

WaterRico is an all Rotarian project to provide 1000 (now 1200) in-home water filters to the residents in need of healthy water in the town and area around Moca, in the northwest corner of Puerto Rico. The filters consist of two 5 gallon buckets, one on top of the other with a hollow, nano tube, micro filter in the middle. The filter kits are purchased from Aqua Clara Corporation of Michigan and assembled in Puerto Rico.

WaterRico Phase 1
This was as an exploratory trip in May, 2018 for three Rotarians (at personal expense) to evaluate the need, resources, acceptance, and feasibility for this project in Puerto Rico.

WaterRico Phase 2
In November, 2018 we successfully accomplished the installation of 100 in-home water filters.  The cost of this phase was $8,000. This was funded by two Rotary Club donations and a $4000 District 5450 Grant. This prototype project had three Rotarians from our district (at their own expense) travel to Puerto Rico and fabricate and distribute the filters to 100 households.

Phase 3 Completed - The Face of WaterRico
September 16th, 2019 update:

This lady is a citizen of Puerto Rico who
was very hard hit by Hurricane Maria
nearly two years ago. The tears of gratitude overwhelmed her as she was receiving a
free water filter from the WaterRico Project.
While on limited funds, she no longer has to purchase bottled water to have clean,
healthy water. 1200 in-home water filters
were constructed by our club members in
Puerto Rico between September 8th-14th
with the help of the Moca and Aguada, PR
Rotary Clubs and local residents. Special appreciation goes to our in-country
Adminstrator, Julio Rivera and Moca
Mayor, Kiko Avilés.

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Project co-Directors

Marc Garfinkel
John Peterson