7.3. Operations Stage
7.3.1. Months 12 - 15:
- Begin operations per checklists found in 'Guide to Wastewater Recycling in Tropical Regions'
- Begin operational testing
- Continue log book
- Continue training program
- Final construction inspection and sign-off after 3 months of operations
Materials & Equipment list to begin operations:
Equipment:
- log book, drawing paper, pens, pencils
- quick test kits for nutrients
- first aid kit
- boots
- gloves - leather & rubber
- brushes
- sponge
- scissors
- paint brush
- gardening tools - spade, hoe, rake, cutter
- maintenance tools - hammer, screw drivers, wrench
- specially designed wheelbarrow for macrophytes
- normal wheelbarrow
- watering cans
- buckets
- 100 meter hose with valve and connector
- squeegee to clean floor of piggery & structures
- weigh scale 0 - 100 kilos
- fish net
- stove & large pots if snails are harvested
- bug-proof storage containers
Materials:
- stakes & net for duck pens
- soap, disinfectant
- first aid kit
- reagents for quick test kits
- fish stock
- piglets
- startup pig feed
- ducks
- tree saplings
- vegetable seeds
7.3.2. Months 16 - 18
- Site modifications to take account of results. These represent a key part of the project.
- Continue operations
- Continue documentation and education
- Harvest first crops
- Pathogen testing results
- Nutrient uptake results
- Operational assessment