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Hey Everyone, As I mentioned in my last email, at the meeting this Wednesday we are really going to get cookin on our project in Nicaragua. The plan is to form two teams, one for the grease trap, the other for the biojardinera. If you're interested in putting in some work on either of these two components I'd recommend you do some research before the meeting. Here are a few articles I've been using: http://nepis.epa.gov/Adobe/PDF/P100FS7K.pdf - EPA Guidelines for Water Reuse https://www.uvm.edu/~ewb/Documents/Grey%20Water%20in%20Developing%20Countries.pdf - Grey Water On Household Level in Developing Countries http://www.sswm.info/sites/default/files/reference_attachments/MOREL%20and%20DIENER%202006%20Greywater%20Management.pdf - Grey Water Management in Low and Middle Income Countries https://books.google.com/books?id=SSsDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=grease+trap+design+developing+countries&source=bl&ots=QkDhaYlDAd&sig=s9IB2oz5ageR2uSGx9BJYZeYHTg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI2Z2p6pLQyAIVhD4-Ch2RrwUj#v=onepage&q=grease%20trap%20design%20developing%20countries&f=false - Design WW Systems in Developing Countries Most of these sources are very long and have over one hundred pages, use the index and the search function to make it less overwhelming. Also, feel free to find your own research sources. Our top priorities right now are as follows: - Design parameters for the biojardinera (appropriate size and retention times for our daily Volumes (~50L/day) - Desired effluent parameters (What do we want the chemical/biological parameters of our water to be after filtration) - What type of plants should we use in our biogarden Hopefully within the next two weeks we will have answers to these questions and we can build a model in the greenhouse and start testing our design. Hope to see you all at the meeting on Wednesday. Thanks, Sean