Agostina Alasia (28) and Samantha Soap (27) met while studying industrial design National University of the Coast And they are creative Water rain, A system for single-family homes that Collects, filters and purifies rainwater Comes from the roof of the house. After this process the water is ready to be stored in the system reservoirs. Before the washing machine will need.

Two young women have been working together since 2017 on this project, which received a final grade of 10 in 2020 and which also They won the FV Company Entrepreneurship Fund competition Who donated 500,000 pesos to fund the projects.

“The project, which we presented in the competition of the Entrepreneurial Fund, was implemented in 2019-2020 and was also ours. Thesis for the Bachelor of Industrial Design. We are both from different cities in the interior of Santa Fe and we coincidentally had rented apartments in the same area of ​​the city. “As time went on, we got to know each other better and decided to continue working together because we are completely opposite and complementary,” Agostina Alasia told LA NACION.

The project was born of what is known as Cientibecas, which is a Research Initiation Program Universidad Nacional del Litoral is aimed at advanced students of all professions who wish to practice research. To access the program it is necessary to submit a work plan that responds to the ongoing investigation, along with the academic history of each of them. Both the plan and the average have points and thus the university sets the merit rule for the selection of which students receive a scholarship.

How Aqua Rain works

ᲡSystem Works autonomously And does not require the user to take any action. You only need to take care of the periodic maintenance based on the mobile app that we send you Messages to the user mentioning the cleaning of filters, Especially when it detects by GPS that precipitation is approaching. Equipment made from recycled and recyclable materials, Re-use rainwater safelyAnd calculations made by designers Drinking water consumption per person is reduced by 11% per day.Takes advantage of existing installations and expands through modules.

Why is collected water intended only for washing machines?

“Using rainwater as a truck is an idea that came from design Many homes and apartments that usually have this sector in addition to housing, And because so many modifications to the building do not have to be made to connect to the device. Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person, for example. To ensure this does not happen, but is still used in high-demand activities, We decided to concentrate on the washing machine. This device has a large water consumption“But this is a volume that can be accumulated and allocated so that it is not consumed by mistake,” explains Samantha Sposnik.

Another attribute is that The content of salt, chlorine or lime in rain water is zero, While the content of mineral salts dissolved in drinking water is usually high. Definitely As for soft water, you need less soap per bath.Thus reducing its value.

“The jury unanimously supported the Aqua Pluvia project; We considered the following criteria: expediency, socio-productive and / or environmental impact, innovative and destructive nature of the proposal. However, it should be noted that the public also participated in the elections through the competition website, “he explained. Diego WignerFV Commercial Manager.

ᲔOne The aim of the competition was to translate the projects into specific commitments: That is why the winners received cash prizes to enable them to materialize their initiatives. The initiative was aimed at inviting entrepreneurs to come up with creative projects that provide real, effective and sustainable solutions to water care and energy saving problems, and that these projects can be transformed into concrete initiatives.