| In 2007, 97% of the Puerto Rico's population used improved drinking water systems from the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) and approximately 125,130 persons of the rural areas do not have access to improved drinking water systems. This situation has intensified the efforts for innovation or improved technologies for drinking water treatment, with effluents of better quality and sustainable.;This study contributes to the production of sustainable drinking water to rural communities of Puerto Rico, ensuring drinking water with low sanitary risk and water that meets drinking water bacteriological standards. This was done through the selection of communities with drinking water problems, the evaluation of Experimental Drum Sand Filtration (EDSF) system as a sustainable option to solve the drinking water problem based on the available data and information, and the development of a strategy to find the best location for EDSF system using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). |
