James Chesnut designed and built the PCER Water Tower for Pantanal Partnership in Pocone, Brazil, with consulting help from student engineers.
Each year following the 2010 PCER pilot project in the Pantanal, a collective of designers, architects, environmentalists, and engineers continue to build and educate communities. PCER - H2O is a solar powered gravity feed water delivery system that uses a fast-sand filtration system to reduce the heavy iron content and bacteria in the water that is drafted from the surrounding wetlands. This, in conjunction with a bio-sand filtration system, provides the needed water for utility and consumption.