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In order to help AguaClara grow into a professional organization, it was necessary to create a single document that will give interested engineers a succinct technical description of Aguaclara plants and processes. The document will be has been integrated into the AguaClara Design Tool, and it will automatically tailor tailors equations and variables to a specific design. This will allow allows engineers and other interested local officials to reasonably estimate the feasibility of constructing an AguaClara plant in their community.

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The complexity of sedimentation requires that it be broken down into the following sections:
1. Inlet pipe
2. Slopes (bottom geometry)
3. Plate settler support frame
4. Plate settlers
5. Plate settler modules
6. Effluent launder
7. Sludge Drains

There will also be a summary of The Materials List section will summarize the materials needed for construction. This practical resource currently covers the Entrance Tank, the Flocculator, and the Sedimentation Tank. As a compact source of information, this section provides at-a-glance access for all users of the Design Tool, whether AguaClara members or users from around the world, to compare plant designs.

Finally, there will be a more general discussion of the capabilities of the AguaClara process. This section will discuss why a process that achieves such high turbidity removal without any input of electricity at all whatsoever is truly revolutionary. It will also touch on current research efforts focused on further improving effluent water quality (for example, the development of floc blankets and filtration systems).

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