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Aquaponics Project

 

Project Location (maps)

Project Site [1]



Project location at building 97 [2]

 

Project Constraints

Original Scope

Aquaponics System in a 22’ Growing Dome at the CECMEE Field Station.

Limitations

Northern Arizona University Office of Space Management rejected proposal to have a growing dome erected at the CECMEE Field Station.

New Scope

Design and construct an aquaponics system to be used indoors during the winter months and outdoors during the summer months utilizing Building 97.



The Aquaponics Cycle [3]

 

Tasks

 

Design Alternatives Options & Decision Matrices

System Selection

• Educational
• Space requirements met
• Funding met

  Fish Selection

• Survive in wide range of temperatures
• Withstand higher levels of toxicity
• Other species could be selected after further evaluation of system

  Site Selection

• CECMEE Field Station
• Easier access for stakeholders
• Able to build all 3 systems
• Able to grow edible plants
• System can be mobile

  Plant Selection

• Winter plants
• Plants currently growing (Chard,Endive,Tatsoi,Romanesco,Calabrese,Cauliflower,Lettuce,Spinach)

 

Details of Final Design



System Design

 

CAD Drawings Archive

AutoCad drawings of aquaponic system

 

Gantt Chart and Internal Team Budgeting

 

References

[1] http://www2.nau.edu/nau-map/

[2] Photos taken by Daniel Monar

[3] http://www.howtoaquaponic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/the-aquaponics-cycle.jpg