- AguaClara
AguaClara is a project in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University that aims to improve drinking water quality through innovative research, knowledge transfer, open source engineering and design of sustainable, replicable water treatment systems.
History
AguaClara was formed in 2005 by
Cornell University professor Monroe Weber-Shirk.Plants
AguaClara designs gravity-powered water treatment plants that require no electricity and that are built by our partners. The plants use hydraulic flocculators and high rate vertical flow sedimentation tanks to remove turbidity from surface waters.
La 34
La 34, or "La treinta y quatro," once a numbered plantation run by
United Fruit , is the first site of an AguaClara plant. [" [http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July05/ESW.Honduras.ws.html Students' project in Honduras brought clean water to rural village] ", Cornell University News Service,July 28 2005 .] Construction on the La 34 plant began in December 2004 and was inaugurated in August 2005. The plant serves a population of 2000 with a design flow of 285 Lpm (Liters per minute)Ojojona
Construction on the
Ojojona plant began in June 2006 and was completed in January 2007, serving a population of 2000 with a design flow of 375 Lpm.Tamara
Construction on the Tamara plant began in January 2008 and was inaugurated on
June 15 ,2008 , serving a population of 3500 with a design flow of 738 Lpm.Marcala
Construction of the
Marcala plant began in the Fall of 2007 and was completed in June 2008, serving a population of 5400 with a design flow of 1900 Lpm.ponsors
Sponsors include:
* The Sanjuan Fund
* Ken Brown '74 & Elizabeth Sanjuan
* Rotary Clubs
*Cornell University [http://www.cee.cornell.edu School of Civil & Environmental Engineering]
*Cornell University [http://www.engineering.cornell.edu College of Engineering]
* [http://www.esustainableworld.org Engineers for a Sustainable World]
* [http://www.nrwa.org/ National Rural Water Association]
* EPA [http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/ P3 Award] (Student design competition for sustainability
* [http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June06/Kaplan.awards.ssl.html Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowships] (CU Public Service)Future goals
ee also
Notes and references
*This article incorporates text from the [https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/AGUACLARA/Home AguaClara website] , licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
External links
* [https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/AGUACLARA/Home AguaClara Homepage]
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