Frequently Asked Questions:
Project
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- Who operates and maintains the plants?
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- Do all the people in the community know where they are getting their water?
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- What are the sources of water for the plant?
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- Why Honduras and not another country?
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- Where can I learn more about AguaClara?
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- How can I get involved?
Costs
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- What are the costs associated with building each plant?
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- Where does the money come from?
Technology
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- What makes a flocculator better than other water treatment methods that are available or could be made available in Honduras?
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- How big is the plant?
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- Can the AguaClara technology be used if there aren't mountains?
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- Is the water leaving the demo plant safe to drink?
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- How long is the chlorine in contact with the water until people drink it?
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- What is flocculation?
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- Why is filtration not used/not necessary?
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- How clean is the water that leaves?
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- How do you get rid of the sediment that settles out in the sedimentation tank?
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- Do you have to turn off the plant to do it?
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- Can you have too much aluminum sulfate used in the plant? How about Chlorine?
Alum
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- Is aluminum sulfate harmful to humans? Animals?
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- Is there aluminum sulfate in the water leaving the demo plant / other AguaClara plants?
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- Does treatment with aluminum sulfate do anything about microbes or other disease carrying agents?
Clean water
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- How do AguaClara plants remove disease carrying agents from the water supply
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- Aside from clay, what other things do AguaClara's water treatment plants remove from the water?
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- How do AguaClara plants remove disease carrying agents from the water supply?
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- Aside from clay, what other things do AguaClara's water treatment plants remove from the water?
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- How long is the chlorine in contact with the water until people drink it?
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- What is turbidity?
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- How turbid can the water be entering the plant, for it still to be clean when it leaves?