SOCIAL IMPACT OF WASTEWATER

TREATMENT FOR WETLANDS OF FARM

PAMPOJIL-AGROPECUARIA ATITLN
S.A.
San Lucas tolimn, Solol.
CAFECOLA PRODUCTION IN PAMPOJIL FARM
Finca Pampojil Agropecuaria
Atitln SA was credited
during the current 2014 with
environmental standards
Rainforest Alliance, beholding
as social policy approach to
compliance aspects governing
the fair treatment and good
conditions for workers,
occupational health and
safety and good community
relations.

Finca Pampojil-Agropecuaria Atitln S.A. it is located in the town of San

Lucas Toliman, Solola department. It is an agricultural complex composed of
more than 380 acres located predominantly in the living area classified as
humid subtropical lower montane forest, right where coffee production stands
tall territory; given the favorable climatic conditions for product quality.
During the last harvest 2013-2014, over 26,000 quintals of coffee were
processed in the wet mill farm Pampojil supported in the supply chain of a
cumulative 17,365 Total field collaborators. This activity results in the
production of honey 23 cubic meters of water contaminated with dissolved and
suspended organic matter processing time.
To provide a means of disposal of these wastes a system of natural purification
by artificial wetlands in which it develops a function of time was put into
operation in 2013 a complex ecosystem composed of vertebrate and
invertebrate animals, various bacterial colonies vegetation (plants vetiver )
substrate as a niche, and water as the nutrient medium that attracts and
provides sustenance to the above biotic organisms; while the quality of water
resources for reuse in irrigation of coffee cultivation farm Pampojil recovers.

What are the main positive impacts of proper disposal of liquid

waste from coffee processing?
Decrease incidence of diseases related to water
The stagnation and poor sewage disposal favors the reproduction of disease
vectors; of noteworthy for the conditions of the area the presence of
mosquitoes, a situation that exposes communities to risks from dengue or
chikungunya virus recently. The flow of water purification process below a
substrate in constructed wetlands estate Pampojil not favor the breeding of
insects, which contributes to maintaining the health of the residents of the
surrounding area.

Artificial wetland farm Pampojil, San Lucas Toliman, Solola

Landscape purification system offered by farm Pampojil-Agropecuaria Atitln SA

Contact us
Agropecuaria Atitln S.A.
Guatemala City, Diagonal 6; 10-1 10
district, Management Center Las
Margaritas, Tower II.
www.agratisa.com

Maintenance of the landscape and ecological balance

Lake Atitlan and surrounding suburbs with land Pampojil: farm San Lucas
Toliman population of Agua Escondida, farms Pachuj, Patzibir and Patzun,
Volcan Toliman and Cologne Pampojila are important to the life and
economy of the area, because the people the neighboring towns live directly
or indirectly of natural resources gives the site. Taking advantage of the site
to obtain subsistence products and a resource for generating foreign
exchange for their extraordinary beauty.
Increased water supply from Lake Atitlan for local communities
4.67 hectares of coffee cultivation farm Pampojil are watered during the
harvest season with treated water in artificial wetlands, which favors the
resource availability from Lake Atitlan. The zone has abundant water
resources so that resource reuse increases the available supply for
neighboring communities also exploring the vital liquid from the same
source.

The zone has abundant water resources so

that resource reuse increases the available
supply for neighboring communities.

Maintaining cordial relations with neighboring communities.

In the recent past the wastewater of coffee mills were set at a built creek (dry
at harvest time) in order to facilitate infiltration. However; This practice led
to disagreement with neighboring towns, parting spread odors and insects.
The readjustment management allows maintaining cordial relations with
neighbors, favoring the work environment, since it has the support of local
personnel for the development of agricultural practices of this institution.
Approach with technical bodies for the socialization of the
proposed wastewater treatment benefited coffee
The treatment system Pampojil farm honey water has been socialized with
both partners Agropecuaria Atitln SA as with other private production units
in the region, favoring the dissemination of technology to be implemented in
other places; indirectly by multiplying the previously described positive
impacts to other communities.