Our group is very active in scientific cooperation research, through the RESCIF network and through projects funded by ARES, related to floods and water distribution, in Haiti and in the Philippines.
In Haiti, we mainly collaborate with the Université d’Etat d’Haiti on flood-risk related issues, which aver very important for the coutry, especially considering that their situation has not significantly improved 10 years after the terrible earthquake. Another project, in collaboration with the NGO Join for Water concerns water distribution in rural areas in Haiti, through the development of a web-based application for an improved management.
In the Philippines, activities are oriented towards water distribution, through better pumping wells, improvement of distributed water quality for an increase of public water consumption instead of bottled water, and improvement of the distribution network.