Water Treatment, Done Sustainably
AguaClara is a multi-disciplinary program at Cornell University that designs sustainable water treatment systems ideal for resource-poor communities in the global south and green communities everywhere. Gravity-powered, affordable AguaClara technologies currently provide clean water to over 25,000 people in communities around the world every day.
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Open Source Engineering
Free as in gravity: AguaClara design services are provided free-of-charge, and all of our work is publicly documented so anyone can use it.
Read more about our open-source design philosophy.
Innovative Research
AguaClara Technology is uniquely capable of producing high quality drinking water from turbid surface waters without using electricity.
Learn more.