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Beyond the physical design and construction of water treatment plants, the AguaClara project also focuses on knowledge transfer. This allows the receiving communities to be self sufficient and sustainable in plant maintenance and operation. Our plants are built with local labor with attention paid to educating plant operators and other local people about the technology. Over this past summer, an operator training workshop was held to explain the technology to local plant operators. AgauClara operates off of the ideals that education is the best path to the success of a AguaClara values education as the most valuable element of a successful development project. If the community understands the importance of clean water, the operators understand how the use the technology works, and the community took takes part (financially and physically) in building the plant themselves, then the chances of the community sustaining the technology are much higher.
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