The current design of the AguaClara entrance tank was created after difficulties with grit clogging the flocculator at Agalteca and Marcala. The solution to the grit problem was to make a large entrance tank that is effectively a horizontal flow sedimentation tank, which would settle out larger "grit" particles. The entrance tank could be made smaller by making a more effective grit removal system that uses plate settlers that double as flocculator baffles. This section of entrance tank could be integrated into the first channel of the flocculator. By Because of past problems involving grit clogging flocculators, the GRIT team explored grit removal design using plate settlers before flocculation, deciding on an iteration of design called the Channel GRU. It decreases the plant’s plan view area by reducing the size of the entrance tank or integrating it into the flocculator, the plan view size of the overall plant will decrease. This means a decrease in plant construction costs, ensures even flow distribution using creative plate-to-floor geometry, and incorporates chemical dosing and rapid mix after grit removal. This design has been sent to Honduras for construction.