Joint NSF-DST Workshop on Implementation of Sustainable Technologies for Water/Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse, Bengaluru, India, January 7 -11, 2013

1256094Sengup这个项目将通过2013年1月7日至11日在孟加卢市印度科学研究所(IISc)校园举行的研讨会，发展美国和印度在水/废水处理和水再利用方面的研究和教育合作，特别是在分散的非点源背景下。它将识别和分析分散的工程系统，这些系统是被动的，不需要训练有素的人员来操作，只需要最少的维护，非常适合处理非点源，并且可以很容易地安装在农村地区。将特别重视解决在实施水再利用项目方面面临的技术、法规和经济挑战，并确保这些项目得到其服务的当地民众的积极支持。通过试点示范项目，将对几项技术进行评估，以确定一些美国和印度都关注的污染物(地下水中的砷、氟化物和硝酸盐，以及地表水供应中的药物、抗生素、激素和类固醇等新污染物)。该项目还将制定协议，对美国和印度的重要地表水源进行实时监测，以获取常见污染物。还将评估从点源和非点源去除和回收常量营养素(氮和磷)的技术。重点将是为实施和评价一些讲习班与会者开发的技术制定议定书。该项目还将开发课程课程，作为印度和美国研究人员相互交流知识的结果。该讲习班将加强国家科学基金会和印度政府DST之间的战略协作伙伴关系。这次研讨会将为美国和印度在水质和可持续性领域的专家提供一个机会，评估两国面临的水质挑战，交流想法并提出可持续和具有成本效益的解决方案，这些解决方案不仅可以在美国和印度实施，而且可以在世界其他面临类似挑战的地区实施。水的可持续性和再利用是一个全球性的环境挑战。虽然在能够完成目标污染物去除的创新处理技术方面取得了进展，但仍迫切需要评估一个包括适用性、可扩展性、成本、生命周期评估、环境影响和易用性在内的整体系统。此外，美国和印度的水质工程师一致认为，需要更多地关注分散的被动系统，以处理非点源。该研讨会将提供一个框架，涵盖可持续、创新和分散的技术的整个采用范围，从选择到获得监管批准再到技术评估。美国的应急人员包括两名研究生和初级和高级教职员工。

1256094SenguptaThis project will develop research and education collaborations between the US and India on water/wastewater treatment and water reuse, specifically in the context of decentralized, non-point sources through a workshop to be held at the campus of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru from January 7-11, 2013. It will identify and analyze decentralized engineered systems that are passive, do not need trained personnel for operation, need minimal maintenance, are ideally suited for treating non-point sources, and can be easily installed in installation in rural areas. Special emphasis will be given to addressing technical, regulatory, and economic challenges faced in implementing water reuse projects and in ensuring that these projects have the active support of the local population that they serve. Through pilot-scale demonstration projects, several technologies will be evaluated for some contaminants of concern to both the US and India (arsenic, fluoride, and nitrate in groundwater, and emerging contaminants such as drugs, antibiotics, hormones and steroids in surface drinking water supplies). This project will also develop protocols for real-time monitoring of important surface water sources in the US and India for common pollutants. Technologies for removal and recovery of macronutrients (Nitrogen & Phosphorus) from point sources and non-point sources will also be evaluated. The focus will be on developing protocols for implementation and evaluation of technologies developed by some of the workshop attendees. This project will also develop course curricula as a result of mutual knowledge exchange between Indian and U.S. researchers. This workshop will strengthen a strategic collaborative partnership between NSF and DST, Government of India. This workshop will provide American and Indian experts in the area of water quality and sustainability an opportunity to evaluate the water quality challenges facing both countries and exchange ideas and propose sustainable and cost-efficient solutions which can be implemented not only in the US and India but in other parts of the world facing similar challenges. Water sustainability and reuse is a global environmental challenge. While progress has been made in innovative treatment technologies that can accomplish removal of target pollutants, there is a strong need to evaluate a holistic system that includes applicability, scalability, cost, life cycle assessment, environmental impact, and ease of use. Moreover, water quality engineers in the US and India agree that more focus is needed toward decentralized, passive systems that treat non-point sources. This workshop will provide a framework that will cover the entire spectrum of adoption of a sustainable, innovative, and decentralized technology, from selection to obtaining regulatory approval to evaluation of the technology. The US contingency includes two graduate students and junior and senior faculty.