Joint Research in Urban Sustainability
The waste treatment technology has the potential to improve water quality and community health in emerging countries around the world.
Project leader
Dr Ivan Tam
Dates
May 2016 to March 2017
Sponsors
EPSRC
Partners
NUMED
NU-Singapore
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
National University of Singapore
Description
Waste management often lags behind economic growth in emerging countries.
This leaves peripheral communities without adequate wastewater treatment, poor water quality, and increased exposure to infectious disease.
We have developed a novel, new low-energy waste treatment technology.
The waste treatment technology removes:
- Carbon
- Nutrients
- Pathogens
It can improve water quality and community health in emerging countries around the world.
This project aims to refine this technology and setup a field trial. It will initiate community health assessments of improved water quality.