On mission to El Salvador
During my first weeks in Costa Rica I was immediately requested by IHE Delft to be part of a mission to El Salvador. The capital of San Salvador is at the moment suffering from quality problems in the drinking water. These are probably the result of algae growth due to low flows in the river, high temperatures and occasionally nutrients used in upstream agriculture. More then one million inhabitants are dependent on the water supply from the river and the dry season will only end in the month of May. Therefore, together, with ANDA, the national water company, and several ministries in El Salvador we, IHE Delft and TU Delft, will searching for short term and long term solutions for a more sustainable water supply in San Salvador.
On the Photographs, you can see the algae in the river and the problems that are present to remove them by filtration.
View of river with algae
Filters trying to remove algae
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