IRES: U.S.-Germany Collaborative Research and Education on Riverbank Filtration Systems for Drinking Water Supply

这项由乔治亚大学的Pi Chittaranjan Ray提出的国际学生研究经验(IRES)计划将支持美国学生参与以成功运行河岸过滤(RBF)供水系统为中心的假设驱动的研究。RBF在欧洲已经实行了一个多世纪，在美国越来越频繁地使用，因为根据EPA的规定，城市使用RBF来获得用于去除病原体的过滤信用。美国学生将与德累斯顿应用科学大学的托马斯·格里斯切克和杜塞尔多夫水厂的保罗·埃克特领导的德国团队合作。在为期三年的时间里，每年有四名美国学生与德国研究人员和学生一起，通过在德国进行为期八周的暑期教育和研究活动学习河岸过滤(RBF)，那里的供水使用RBF。这项研究的重点将是了解径流径流所涉及的过程，以及河流动态(冲刷和堵塞)和水温变化如何影响抽水的质量和数量。将作出招聘努力，从主要合作机构以及格鲁吉亚大学招聘女生和代表性不足的少数族裔学生。

This International Research Experience for Students (IRES) proposal from PI Chittaranjan Ray of the University of Georgia will support U.S. students' participation in hypothesis-driven research centered on successful operation of riverbank filtration (RBF) systems for water supply. RBF has been practiced for over a century in Europe, and it is being used more often in the U.S. as cities use RBF to receive filtration credits for pathogen removal under EPA regulations. The U.S. students will collaborate with German teams led by Thomas Grischek of the University of Applied Sciences in Dresden and Paul Eckert of the Düsseldorf Waterworks. In each year over a three year period, four American students, working with German researchers and students, will learn about riverbank filtration (RBF) through an eight-week summer education and research activity in Germany where RBF is used for water supply. The key focus of the study will be on gaining an understanding of the processes involved in RBF and how river dynamics (scouring and clogging) and water temperature changes can affect the quality and quantity of water pumped. Recruitment efforts will be made to recruit female students and under-represented minority students from key collaborating institutions as well as from the University of Georgia.