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.
Plant Sites | AguaClara and Sustainability | {show-card:deck=Home|card=4}Get a design
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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.
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Innovative Research
AguaClara Technology is uniquely capable of producing high quality drinking water from turbid surface waters without using electricity.
Learn more.
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Scalable Design
The AguaClara Design Tool is a free software that minimizes cost-per-design by automatically generating AutoCAD drawings upon request.
Click here to learn more.
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Automated Design Tool
We don't design each plant from scratch. Instead, we do research to understand the fundamental processes of water treatment and invent scalable, reproducible tools that can be combined to form a complete water treatment plant. Then, our Automated Design Tool does exactly that. The ADT is free software that allows users to receive customized AutoCAD plant designs based on inputs like flow rate and region of the world.
More about the Design Tool | Design Philosophy | Why Open Source?
Accessing the Automated Design Tool
In keeping with AguaClara's philosophy of open design the Design Tool source is now available for use via an online interface here. You will need updated versions of AutoCAD in order to use the files that the Design Tool will send to you.