Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - (Page 32) AQUA CHOCOLATE NO MAS Water Treatment in Honduras BY FRED STOTTLEMYER, INTERNATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION WHEN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT Rider Lupe Aragon and IRWA volunteer Fred Stottlemyer visited the small mountain town of Marcala Honduras in 1997, the town’s mayor, holding up a bottle of chocolate colored water, asked, “Can I clean up this water with filtration?” After examining the water, Lupe and Fred advised the Mayor that they felt it was going to be necessary to use chemical coagulation prior to filtration. This initial visit occurred prior to Hurricane Mitch ravaging the country, and it was over a year before Lupe and Fred had the opportunity to return to Marcala. On their second visit, they were surprised to fi nd that with the advice of Honduras engineers and the support of a North American development group, the town had proceeded with construction of an up-flow fi ltration plant. The new plant was now in ruins after the walls had collapsed, apparently during the backwash process when the tanks had to be fi lled to the brim. On a visit a year later, the IRWA team found that the fi lters had been rebuilt but were no longer in use due to the fact that they were not effective in reducing the high turbidity levels of the Chiflador river source water. The people continued to draw the chocolate water from their water taps and had apparently given up on ever having clean water. 32 • Fourth Quarter 2008
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 Contents From the President Rural Water: Where are We Headed? The Future of Water in America Bank Collateral Controls in Nervous Times Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? Aqua Chocolate No Mas Why Even Small Water Systems Should Have Personnel Policy Manuals Safe Drinking Water Regulatory Update 2008 NRWA Industry Event Throwing My Loop Advertisers.com Index to Advertisers From the CEO Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 (Page Cover1) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 (Page Cover2) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 (Page 3) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 (Page 4) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Contents (Page 5) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Contents (Page 6) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Contents (Page 7) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 8) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 9) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 10) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 11) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 12) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the President (Page 13) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water: Where are We Headed? (Page 14) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water: Where are We Headed? (Page 15) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Rural Water: Where are We Headed? (Page 16) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - The Future of Water in America (Page 17) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - The Future of Water in America (Page 18) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - The Future of Water in America (Page 19) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bank Collateral Controls in Nervous Times (Page 20) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bank Collateral Controls in Nervous Times (Page 21) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bank Collateral Controls in Nervous Times (Page 22) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bank Collateral Controls in Nervous Times (Page 23) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 24) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 25) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 26) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 27) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 28) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 29) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 30) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Bottle of Water or Billion Dollar Bully? (Page 31) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 32) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 33) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 34) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 35) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 36) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Aqua Chocolate No Mas (Page 37) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Why Even Small Water Systems Should Have Personnel Policy Manuals (Page 38) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Why Even Small Water Systems Should Have Personnel Policy Manuals (Page 39) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Why Even Small Water Systems Should Have Personnel Policy Manuals (Page 40) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Safe Drinking Water (Page 41) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Safe Drinking Water (Page 42) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Regulatory Update (Page 43) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Regulatory Update (Page 44) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Regulatory Update (Page 45) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - 2008 NRWA Industry Event (Page 46) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - 2008 NRWA Industry Event (Page 47) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - 2008 NRWA Industry Event (Page 48) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - 2008 NRWA Industry Event (Page 49) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 50) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 51) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 52) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 53) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 54) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 55) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 56) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 57) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 58) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 59) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Throwing My Loop (Page 60) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Advertisers.com (Page 61) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Advertisers.com (Page 62) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page 63) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page 64) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - Index to Advertisers (Page 65) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the CEO (Page 66) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the CEO (Page Cover3) Rural Water - Quarter 4, 2008 - From the CEO (Page Cover4)
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