Agalteca has a population of 2,160 residents. A distribution tank is already in place, but another distribution tank is expected. Construction of an AguaClara water treatment plant started on September 30th, 2009. More details about the town of Agalteca and the construction of the plant there can be found here.
Agalteca is unique in being the first plant to be designed largely using the Automated Design Tool.
This is the first AguaClara design to use untapered baffles in the flocculator. The goal is to create a 6 mW/kg energy dissipation rate throughout the flocculator. There are 29 baffles in each of the first two channels to ensure that the water flows through the ports connecting channels, which are at the bottom, correctly. The last channel has 28 baffles because the inlet port is at the bottom and the inlet channel for the sedimentation tank is at the top. The baffles use polycarbonate sheets instead of cement which are easier to remove. This makes draining the system much easier.
The sedimentation tank design is significantly different from previous designs.