IRES: U.S.-India Collborative Research on the Impact of Conversion from Intermittent to Continuous Water Supply in Hubli-Dharwad, India

IRES：美印合作研究印度 Hubli-Dharwad 从间歇供水改为连续供水的影响

• 批准号: 1031194
• 负责人: Kara Nelson
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1031194&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; U.S.; India; Collborative; Research

1031194Nelson University of California-Berkeley IRES: U.S.-India Collaborative Research on the Impact of Conversion from Intermittent to Continuous Water Supply in Hubli-Dharwad, India University of California-Berkeley Professor Kara Nelson will launch a 3-year International Research Experience for Students project that builds on an existing research effort between UC Berkeley and Indian researchers at the Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, a national institute supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research. Each year, four Berkeley science and engineering graduate and undergraduate students will have the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research with Indian counterparts on a significant environmental problem affecting hundreds of millions of urban residents that are without access to safe water. This research focuses on the benefits of converting from intermittent to continuous piped water supply to urban households in the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad, India. In Indian cities, piped water is supplied intermittently, leaving pipes vulnerable to contamination and forcing households to store water. Intermittent supply poses a health threat from increased levels of illnesses caused by poor water quality and limited quantity, as well as an economic burden from the costs of illness and coping. Providing water continuously has the potential to solve many of these problems; however, little information is available on the actual costs/benefits associated with conversion. The overall research goal is to fully characterize the water quality benefits of conversion from intermittent to continuous delivery of piped water in Hubli-Dharwad, which is one of the first cities in South Asia to implement such a conversion. IRES students will conduct rigorous interdisciplinary research using culture-based and molecular tools to detect microorganisms, sensors to measure physicochemical water quality characteristics, and household surveys. In the field, students will gain first-hand knowledge of the challenges of providing safe water as well as the broader context and conditions in one low-income city that is like many others around the world. The proposed research will fill critical knowledge gaps about the potential benefits of converting from intermittent to continuous water supply in piped systems, will identify the mechanism that cause contamination in these systems, including the role that household behaviors play in water contamination, and will develop low-cost, innovative methods to monitor water quality using sensor networks. The project will give motivated students the opportunity to engage in meaningful research for the direct benefit of society. They will develop networks with peers and mentors from the foreign counterpart institutions, and with local populations that will benefit directly from this research. The IRES opportunity will improve students abilities and knowledge in science and engineering while teaching the skills and understanding to enable them to both collaborate and compete in an increasingly globalized world.

1031194尼尔森加州大学伯克利分校 IRES：美国-印度合作研究从间歇性到连续供水转换的影响在Hubli-Dharwad，印度加州大学伯克利分校教授卡拉纳尔逊将推出一个为期3年的国际研究经验的学生项目，建立在现有的研究努力之间的加州大学伯克利分校和印度研究人员在多学科发展研究中心，由印度社会科学研究理事会支持的国家研究所。 每年，四个伯克利分校的科学和工程研究生和本科生将有机会进行跨学科的研究与印度同行对一个重大的环境问题，影响数亿城市居民是无法获得安全用水。 这项研究的重点是从间歇性转换为连续的管道供水，以城市家庭的胡布利和达瓦德，印度的孪生城市的好处。 在印度城市，自来水供应时断时续，使管道容易受到污染，迫使家庭储存水。 由于水质差和水量有限，疾病发病率上升，间歇性供水对健康构成威胁，而且生病和应付费用也造成经济负担。 持续供水有可能解决其中许多问题;但是，关于转换的实际成本/效益的信息很少。 总体研究目标是充分描述Hubli-Dharwad从间歇式到连续输送管道水的水质效益，这是南亚最早实施这种转换的城市之一。 IRES学生将进行严格的跨学科研究，使用基于文化和分子的工具来检测微生物，传感器来测量理化水质特征和家庭调查。 在该领域，学生将获得提供安全饮用水的挑战的第一手知识，以及在一个低收入城市，就像世界各地的许多其他更广泛的背景和条件。 拟议的研究将填补关键的知识空白，从间歇性转换到连续供水管道系统的潜在好处，将确定在这些系统中造成污染的机制，包括家庭行为在水污染中的作用，并将开发低成本，创新的方法来监测水质使用传感器网络。 该项目将使有动力的学生有机会从事有意义的研究，直接造福社会。 他们将与外国对口机构的同行和导师以及将直接受益于这项研究的当地居民建立网络。 IRES机会将提高学生的科学和工程能力和知识，同时教授技能和理解，使他们能够在日益全球化的世界中进行合作和竞争。