Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across the world, because it puts major stress on critical infrastructure such as water and sewer lines. Building on his team’s success in India, Daniel Yeh, Ph.D., associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida College of Engineering, is the principal investigator of a two-year, $1.14 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to install a new and improved version of his NEWgenerator in Durban, South Africa.The NEWgenerator generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from wastewater containing fecal organic matter and urine. It will accompany a Community Ablution Block (CAB), which is
This Mini WWTP Cleans Wastewater While Generating Power, Nutrients
A professor from the University of South Florida will install the NEWgenerator in Durban, South Africa, thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Nov 27, 2017
| by Tina Meketa, University of South Florida Communications and Marketing |
