In this study it was shown that baseline hydrologic data can
be collected in collaboration with a rural community to characterize
local water resources. Women from the community
helped conduct pumping tests and participated in a water-use
study that provided data necessary for the use of a groundwater
flow model. The model was used to explore how the
aquifer would respond to the development of the local water
resources in the form of drilled wells. The model was also used
to explore how continued development of water resources to
supply growing demand would affect those resources and to
insure that this development did not negatively impact the
environment. Drilled wells would provide relief from insufficient