Water Well: ‘La Bombera Project’
By Kuntur Deva
‘Water is life!!’
This short, clear and meaningful saying had been repeatedly heard in this part of the world. How true is this!! Back in November last year, with a historical record of 6 months without rain, the seemingly unstoppable river that crosses the southern area of Campo Divino from whose water everything was depending, all of a sudden stopped. Yes, it was silenced for the first time ever since we’ve been here and indeed it created a big shock and desperation! Last time the river stopped was 65 years ago, the locals told us of those days, however for us this represented a tough and challenge in the present.
Some weeks after that episode, the summer storms finally appeared and brought abundant water, freshness, flooded rivers, lakes recovering their levels. However, nature moves in its unique way ‘as we know’ and besides the relief also got several thunderstorms, winds, hail of tennis ball size and by the beginning of 2024 a localized tornado – yes a tornado! also passed by these mountains affecting countless ancient trees and younger ones, trails and roads, the local community’s houses and greenhouses and gardens. It touched deeply everything on its way!!
“Difficulties can never be greater than your capacity to solve them.” – Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti
In the middle of such a situation, inspired by the above quote, Campo Divino’s cosmic team launched a global campaign, with the help of worldwide volunteers connected to the project, targeting to ensure a stable water source with a detailed plan for a Water Well to be constructed.
Water scarcity exist in so many other parts of the globe; a natural phenomenon created by unnatural activities puts the affected areas and ecosystem in a so call ‘Water Emergency’ with all the associated implications. Such an emergency call was largely announced in Calamuchita valley last November. It was time for learning, for coming closer as a community, respecting nature from the starting point and planning better for the progressive utilization of natural resources that support life and everything that it represents.
Special thanks to Mario – our longtime dear friend Geologist – who led and supervised the project with his amazing team Ariel, Sergio and Fito (the drilling machine’s builder) and to Julia from Germany as well for offering her best to let this plan be a reality and name the project with such a beautiful expresión: ‘La Bombera’.
Julia’s testimony:
‘I arrived in a rough dry time in the Divine Land in which the river, the life vein of this magical place, was almost completely dried out. Thanks to universal grace a tiny daily water source could be pumped by the river pump so the plants and herbs in the gardens could somehow survive. The “bombera project” was born in this time and got its name when I mixed up the Spanish word for the pump (la bomba which I called la bombera).
I really felt a deep connection and great motivation to let this big project become true. Due to my knowledge as an osteopath I sensed the drill as a life-force – like the heart in the human body which pumps continuously blood and with it nourishing ingredients and of course the living force to every cell of the body.
The whole project, which started at the end of November, was completed around Easter. For me a significant time coincidence representing new flourishing life energy. We created a donation campaign including a video, fotos, texts and calculations which were sent all around Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, the US and Italy.
The “big” day, 19th of February 2024, was a very warm, sunny and clear day. The big truck, which came from the other side of the mountain, couldn’t pass the very last part of the road, and the transport plan had to be spontaneously and creatively adapted. So, the drilling was delayed until later in the morning. It was a very long, dusty and loud day, which ended around 10:30 pm in the night, having drilled to a depth of 62 meters. Surprisingly for everybody the whole crew stayed overnight in Campo Divino because there was not yet concrete water found. So, we all spent a nice and loving sharing time and night dinner together. In the early morning the crew cleaned the drill and finally we were blessed by the longed-for water fountain…which also created an emotional fountain of happiness and relief in all of us!
This project was a very intense and unforgettable experience which I hardly couldn’t imagine.
The presence, the support, the help, the participation and the motivation of so many people in this project offers me an overwhelming warm inner feeling of gratitude and wide connectedness. The imagination that this water source will bring a secure nourishment for Campo Divino’s inhabitants for years – the plants, the animals and the people – and maybe further to people who really need water in poor areas in this country in the form of connecting projects, makes my heart feel like it is melting.’
Water conservation and its precious availability responds to an Integrated Farming approach plan which enables the functioning of various activities concerning community settlement and growth, land cultivation and development, food and essentials’ production, health, ecology and education, etc. (Please refer to Ideal Farming part 2 given by Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti for further details)
The low energy consumption submersible pump, run only by solar energy during sunny hours, lifts 1,000 liters of pure water to the uphill containers on a daily basis from 60 meters down in the earth. Looking forward to water analysis results!
Immense Gratitude to all!!!