Juan Guzman, Josiah Hinterberger, Juan Mantilla Quintero, Erica Marroquin, Disha Mendhekar, Ibrahym Sabha, Claudia Vesga Rodríguez, Victoria Zhang, Monroe Weber-Shirk
Abstract:
Conventional water treatment technology often have fixed costs too high for small communities with demands less than 5 L/s. The goal for the 2016 AguaClara summer program was to design scaled-down processes and fabricate an inexpensive 1 L/s plant. This pilot plant employs conventional flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection methods, but accomplishes each step using innovative materials and methods to maximize space efficiency and minimize cost.
