Water is a precious commodity in Guatemala. The village is no exception. There seems to be plenty of underground water; however, accessing this water and bringing it to a place that can be reliably used has been no easy task. Relying on the municipality to provide the water is also problematic. Water is currently rationed by the municipality and turned off completely at seemingly random times. Thus, finding a water source for Casa Cultura has been a priority. Initially, we purchased land which had a water source several miles away. We piped this water through a series of PVC tubes. This process worked, but was awkward and fragile. Several years ago, a well was dug on the property, but yielded no results. So the hole was just sitting there bone dry. Recently a friend with knowledge of the mysterious workings of underground water told us that if we dug the well deeper (to 40 feet) we would find water. At the time, the well was at 12 feet, so we needed to go through the arduous process of continuing to dig deeper by hand. When we hit the 35 foot mark, we thought that at least we would see a little sign of water, but there was none. Still bone dry. Then, miraculously, when we hit the 40 foot mark, we struck the mother load! A huge vein of underground water that is continuously moving. We created an underground storage container for this water and now have piped it into the Casa Cultura building.