Residuals Management

Residuals Management

The AguaClara facilities produce residuals from the entrance tank and sedimentation tank, high turbidity waste water from back washing the filter, and chemical waste from preparing chlorine solutions. These waste streams have been ignored by AguaClara because they are innocuous. Depending on national regulations it will be necessary to have a residuals management strategy. We need to provide an environmentally sound strategy for dealing with all facility residuals.

Current & Future Research

Current research is looking into the physical and chemical composition of waste streams from the entrance and sedimentation tanks, as well as filter backwash water and precipitate residue resulting from chlorination. Once the character of these outfalls has been determined (or at least approximated), a viable strategy for treating and releasing them can be devised.