Sanitation System Invented by ​University of South Florida Begins Commercialization

The latest version of the University of South Florida's NEWgenerator is on its way to South Africa to begin the process of entering mass production. The solar-powered machine generates nutrients, energy and water by safely recovering them from human wastewater – a technology built to address global sanitation concerns. The USF Technology Transfer Office signed a licensing agreement with WEC Projects of South Africa in September 2020. Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Daniel Yeh and his team just shipped an updated version of the NEWgenerator to Soweto — a South African township that receives its water and sanitation services from the city of Johannesburg. The off-grid