AguaClara Philosophy of Design
Designs must...
- be constructable using local labor
- be constructed using locally available materials
- use generic suppliers rather than specialized components
- operate without electricity
- minimize use of valves to reduce costs
- consider cost and performance
- be robust
- optimize to obtain low-cost and high-performance
- be operator friendly
- Unit processes must be observable whenever possible (no sealed reactors)
- must be possible to operate plant without doing math
- chemical dosages are set directly
- maintenance operations must be doable by 1 person
- direct reading indicator of plant flow rate
- chemical dosing control point must be close to flocculator
- have no small parts that can be easily lost
- have removable parts for inspection and maintenance
- be sized so that all tanks are accessible by a human for inspection