UK & US to work on water projects
30 Oct 2013
Engineers from UK & US universities will collaborate on the ‘clean water for all’ projects to develop new purification technologies.
The UK projects will look at water treatment and purification, water re-use, storm water management, sustainability of supplies and water infrastructures.
‘Clean Water for All’ was announced at the 2013 Global Grand Challenges Summit
The five projects are to be supported by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and additional projects are supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA, with a combined funding of around £800,000 to supplement existing grant awards.
‘Clean Water for All’ was announced at the 2013 Global Grand Challenges Summit, where scientists, engineers and policy makers discussed how engineering solutions could solve the world’s most pressing problems by developing international co-operation and frameworks.
Of the UK universities involved, the University of Glasgow will lead research in the exploration of new technologies such as synthetic biology, nanomaterial science and bio-electrochemical systems and applying them to water engineering.
