Proposal for the purification and treatment of rainwater harvested
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The Mexican Coca-Cola industry is promoting the "Schools with Water" initiative, a program that installs rainwater harvesting systems in public schools. The rainwater is filtered and used for handwashing, toilets, and cleaning, thus eliminating the need to purchase water from trucks. By avoiding these purchases, schools will achieve significant cost savings.
Rainwater Schools is a program created by Isla Urbana (since 2018) that installs rainwater harvesting systems in schools with water scarcity, primarily in Mexico. It benefits schools by capturing and purifying rainwater for school use. The system components include first-flush diverters, leaf filters, turbulence reducers, chlorine dispensers, and filtration systems.
The Center for Technological, Industrial, and Service Studies has a rainwater harvesting system in Building B, which serves students in both the regular school program and the CAED (Center for Distance Education). This system collects rainwater and stores it in two 5,000-liter cisterns. It benefits 1,430 students, 54 teachers, and 48 administrative staff, all from both shifts.
This project aims to design a prototype for the most suitable treatment to make the collected rainwater safe for human consumption at the Center for Technological, Industrial, and Service Studies . While the rainwater harvesting system is already helping to address the problem, what methodologies and techniques can be implemented in a second phase to purify the harvested water and make it suitable for human consumption?
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Copyright (c) 2026 Victor Hugo Martínez Flores, JAVIER NORBETO GUTIERREZ VILLEGAS, LUIS ANTONIO MENDEZ SANCHEZ, GELSYS MORAIMA HERNANDEZ GARCIA, HECTOR ARTEAGA HERNANDEZ
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