#Tamara
#Ojojona
Publicity
#Cuidad Espana
#Zambrano
#Flow Control Modules
#Future Work
#Marcala
Tamara
Construction Update: The tanks walls are all in place, except the parts that must be put in place after the platform is poured. All columns are poured and 75% of the forms are in place to support the platform and beams. 75% of the rebar for the beams is installed. They will likely pour the platform and beams next Tuesday or Wednesday, putting us almost a week ahead of schedule.
Purchased 60 12' polycarbonate laminas. These should be enough for the sed tanks but we will probably need to buy more for the floc tank.
Thought about how to orient the sed tank lamella. We suggest using the opposite orientation from that that was used in Ojojona. This will make it easier to probe for sludge through the lamella and will allow us to make a cut out for the effluent launderer more easily. AutoCAD drawings of the different options are attached.
Ing. Lariano, who reviewed the structural design, visited the plant Wed, Fed 27. He will write up a short analysis and approval of the structural design in addition to signing the plans.
FUTURE PLANS
We are expecting a visit from Pedro Ortiz from SANAA next week.
Look over and revise the manual written at Cornell last year for the lamina modules
Design of distribution of flow from plant to three tanks
Support with Yovani (Tamara fontanero) about chlorine and collecting data
Help the Junta with a maintence plan for the sources
Follow up with linea de base for Tamara with Canales
Ojojona
Follow up on monitoring
We went to Ojojona on Tuesday February 26th.
We made some corrections to the table and had them look over them, they seem to be improving with filling in the new tables.
We put in three more sample valves at the end of each sedimentation tank. Now at the T or elbow of each sed. tank before they all connect there is a valve and they can test the turbidity exiting each sedimentation tank instead of just at the end (which they can still do).
There is still no sulfate
Alexis is monitoring AguaBlanca so that we can see if we can put in a float valve there. He is collecting data daily of the solution level in the hipoclorador, turbidity (tank) and cloro residual (tank). He is also checking 4 hours before he chlorinates and 4 hours after the turbidity and the chlorine residual in the tank. We left another turbidimeter with him
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The second capacitation, focusing on the treatment process and the pilot plant, will be Tuesday, March 11.
Publicity
Brochure
Attached is the brochure in its final form.
USAID
We talked to Jacobo and Arturo and they are going to try to get a name for a specific person in USAID that we can make an appointment with and do a presentation over the plant.
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Ciudad Espana
We dropped off some cuadros on Wednesday February 27 to Ciudad Espana so that they could start monitoring the chlorine like they are in Ojojona. We will visit again in the next week to see how they are doing and hopefully install a flotador in the coming weeks.
Zambrano
We visited Zambrano a community near here that seems promising but would need monitoring during the rainy season. Today I will work on putting the communities in a more organized form and organizing pictures and information to put on the wiki.
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Flow Control Modules
So far working on Agua Blanca in Ojojona and Ciudad Espana.
I am hoping to start a guide on how to make the tables for Antonio, so that he can make them without us. We were thinking of having a meeting to capacitate/inform more of the people at APP about the float valves. I am working on a booklet that we can leave with the turbidimeter that explains in more detail the steps to use the turbidimeter, the pH probe and the chlorine comparison.
Future Work
Today Friday February 29 we will make a list of communities and times to visit them this month.
Make a description of the operator (Antonio)
Antonio will think a bit about the ideal operator and the responsibilities that s/he will have and write that up so we have a clear idea to present to communities about what to look for.
Marcala
Fred is currently in Marcala. He will be ready next week to start putting together the floc tank baffles. We are planning a trip to Marcala the end of next week, March 6 - March 8. At least one of us will go and all three of us (Carol, John and Antonio) might go.
