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AguaClara is a Cornell University project that is improving drinking water quality through innovative research, knowledge transfer, and design of sustainable and scalable water treatment systems. AguaClara water treatment plants are designed to treat turbid surface waters at the municipal scale, built using local materials, and operated without electricity. AguaClara partners with local institutions who build, operate, train, transfer, oversee, and monitor the water treatment plants to ensure long term sustainability. AguaClara plants have a one-time construction and capacity-building cost of less than $20 per person. The monthly annual fee for operation and maintenance is approximately $1 $2 per familyperson.
The Challenge, Approaches, and the AguaClara Niche
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AguaClara has already proven to be successful at treating turbid surface water on the municipal scale. Working with Agua Para el Pueblo, a Honduran NGO, AguaClara has designed a water treatment plant plants that is are working effectively and providing safe, clean water to 2000 people in Ojojona, Honduras. Two more plants are under construction in the Honduran towns of and 3500 people in Tamara (sponsored by Rotary and the Sanjuan fund) Honduras. Our largest design to date is a 2000 L/min plant in Marcala (sponsored by IRWA with construction supervision by IRWA and ADEC and serving 5400 people) and Tamara (sponsored by Rotary and the Sanjuan fund with construction supervision by APP and serving 3500 people).
Our goals
Having shown that the AguaClara technology is successful in Honduras, we plan to expand to additional municipalities in Honduras and to begin extending to other countries in Latin America. Our goal is that AguaClara plants serving a total of at least 1520,000 people be constructed in Honduras by the summer of 2009. Our partner in Honduras, Agua Para el Pueblo, will need financing of approximately $300,000 to meet this goal. Recognizing the global demand for this technology, we seek to develop a network of Implementation Partners who are dedicated to knowledge transfer and capacity building and who can help disseminate the technology in other countries. Our growth model emphasizes South to South spread with strategic North to South collaborations. We propose holding a workshop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras this summer to meet with NGOs from Latin America and to begin the training process with new regional partners. Our 3 year plan includes starting a second launch site in Africa or Asia.