Assessment of the quality of rainwater collected through a fast-installation family sanitary module (MOSAFARI)

Abstract

This article talks about the evaluation of the rain water quality captured and stored by the MOSAFARI (by its acronym in Spanish) installed in ERIS´ pilot plant “Arturo Pazos” located in Guatemala City. The evaluation showed that the water quality fulfill COGUANOR 29 001 (as its acronym in Spanish) requirements as long as the cleaning step keep soil and leaves out of the ceiling and channel. According to the maximum admissible limit of COGUANOR 29 001, the color fails since the first sample with a result of 25 units Pt-Co because of the accumulation of leaves and soil that the system had since the initial cleaning step. The next results keep increasing as the time without cleaning does too. The other parameters fulfill COGUANOR 29 001 requirements as almost all the sampling period, and only manganese goes out of the maximum admissible limit in the last sample with a result of 0.1 mg/L.