Transfer of new low -cost sustainable technologies for drinking water treatment in developing communities

The transition from laboratory research to pilot -scale tests allows us to develop new water treatment technologies. Some joints Administrator of Potable Water (JAAP) in rural areas do not have adequate water treatment systems (STA). The imperative need to improve treatment techniques in rural areas, allows us to investigate new technologies, to obtain drinking water, both of good quality and in quantity. This research aims to improve the health and well -being conditions of the rural population, through the evaluation, transfer and promotion of appropriate technologies for the treatment of drinking water. With the purpose of implementing an efficient and low -cost clarification system, which can be installed in rural areas, experimentally investigated, hydraulic characteristics of tubular flocculators (FT) coupled to conventional decantation system and filtration using Biochar (FB). To prove the efficiency of the FT, hydraulic and geometric parameters such as speed, length and diameter gradient will be varied and turbidity disposal tests. To prove the efficiency of the FB, four plastic cylinders will be used as filtration columns, each with biochar, activated carbon, gravel and sand. The efficiency of the biochar will be determined by comparing it with the three filter beds. The results will identify the suitable hydraulic characteristics of the FT and FB, to determine the feasibility of implementing them in JAAP. Finally, the results of this study may be used as a tool for the integral management of the applicable water resource in other JAAP of Ecuador.

XVIII UNIVERSITY COMPETITION FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS