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Mission Statement
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AguaClara is a project in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University that is improving drinking water quality through [innovative] [research], knowledge transfer, Open Source Engineering and Design of sustainable, replicable water treatment systems.
Read more About AguaClara in our Concept Paper.
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News
2007 In Review
[In the Press...]
The AguaClara team designed a water treatment plant for the town of Tamara, Honduras during the Fall of 2007. The foundation stone for the Tamara, Honduras water treatment plant was official set in concrete on January 13, 2008. The water treatment plant will serve 3500 people and will incorporate a long list of design improvements. The $70,000 project is being financed by nine Rotary Clubs with the Somers Rotary Club taking the lead.
In December 2007 the AguaClara team completed the design of a water treatment plant for the town of Tamara Honduras with the goal of beginning construction in January 2008. The water treatment plant will serve 3500 people and will incorporate a long list of design improvements.
The AguaClara team is also providing design assistance for our partner, National Rural Water Association, as they retrofit a failed filter system in Marcala Honduras and convert it into an AguaClara water treatment plant. The Marcala plant will serve 5,400 people. The Marcala construction project is underway and is expected to finish in the late spring of 2008.
Through generous support from the Sanjuan Fund, we have two AguaClara [Engineers Abroad], John Erickson and Carol Serna, who are on assignment in Honduras for a full year starting in August, 2007.
From January 4 to 20, 2008, 18 members of the AguaClara team traveled to Honduras to work on the water treatment project. Anne Ju, a reporter for the Cornell Chronicle spent one of those weeks in Honduras covering the successes of the project. Six of her articles on AguaClara have appeared in the Cornell Chronicle
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Contribute to Our Project
Financial contributions can be made by sending checks to Cornell University with a note designating the funds for the AguaClara project.
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Send checks to:
AguaClara
220 Hollister Hall
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853
QUESTIONS? Contact our project advisor:
Monroe Weber-Shirk (Cornell University) Phone: (607) 255-8445
Student Teams
Team Calendar
Update the Google Calendar with team events. Check the team calendar (OFTEN!!!) for updates on meetings and events that the various teams are having.
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