[IQP] An Attempt to Optimize IDAAN’s Water Treatment Plant Process

Sponsor: IDAAN / Footprints Possibilities
Student Team: Flint Eller, Benjamin Wheet, Zach Manfredi, William Kennedy

Abstract: Water treatment plants in Panama lack centralized data analytics and chemical processes. Our team worked with Panama’s national water authority, IDAAN, to help optimize these processes by collecting data to analyze trends between chemical usage and offer recommendations to improve the treatment of crude water into potable water. Despite repeated attempts to communicate with our sponsor and agency officials, including multiple visits to agency offices, we never received the necessary data to complete our analysis or the project. Our reflection on the experience taught us how to adapt to changes in the real world.

Links: Final Report

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