Instead of class in the morning as we usually did, we instead had a trip in the morning to CORAASAN (Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santiago, literally “Water and Sewage Corporation of Santiago“), a company that was in charge of the public water system in Santiago. The president of the company claimed that the water within the company was safe to drink, but outside of the system is questionable because of the quality of the pipes. Additionally, there is a lack of trust in CORAASAN; this can be seen in the community’s attempt to fix broken pipes by their own means instead of waiting for the company to fix them, thus compromising the quality of water. He suggested that one way of cleaning the water was to boil the water for a few minutes to kill off any bacteria.

After a tour around CORAASAN, we had lunch and had the afternoon off to finish our papers. That night, I ate with classmates at Marchena, this time ordering a double hamburger. We were ripped off of a few pesos, so it was slightly frustrating (we did not get back change).