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AguaClara is an Engineer= ing Project Team at Cornell University dedicated to creating high-reliabili= ty, low-cost solutions to global water problems. This site contains documen= tation for all of our past & present research activities, as well as ou= r goals for the future. To learn more about the project, visit our website = at aguaclara.cornell= .edu.
Despite functioning on the same basic process, there are major differenc= es in design between what is effective in the developed world and what is f= easible in the Global South. Almost all of the plants in the developed worl= d rely on large amounts of electricity to monitor and operate. However, in = the developing world, access to a reliable source of electricity is both do= ubtful and prohibitively expensive. AguaClara plants use gravity instead of= pumps, and mechanical devices instead of electrical monitors, to run the p= lant. Since the plants are designed to be constructed using almost exclusiv= ely locally-available materials and labor, AguaClara communities also avoid= the risks of failure or shut-down that plague other projects dependent upo= n overseas expertise and supplies. Up-to-date plant designs are freely avai= lable and customizable using the open-s= ource AguaClara Automated Design Tool, accessible via our online interface<= /a>.
AguaClara at Cornell is a center for Research= a> and Design= of sustainable engineered processes to provide clean dri= nking water for communities everywhere. As opposed to point of use devices = that provide water to individuals, AguaClara systems provide drinking water= at the municipal scale. Cornell student research teams focus on Researchin= g, Inventing, and Designing using state of the art process control to automate parametri= c testing. Experimental automation makes it possible to explore a wider par= ameter space per unit time, allowing student teams to thoroughly test their= ideas and to quickly adapt their hypotheses to respond to new results. The= research teams generate new knowledge that is used to improve AguaClara de= signs and create new treatment processes. An important incentive to student= s in AguaClara research teams is that they get to see the results of their = work built and used to benefit people. Click here to see student reflections from the most recent trip to= Honduras.
To get a downloadable Fusion 360 file of the 20 L/s Plant, visit this li= nk: http://a360.co/2e0MtZK