By revolutionizing microbiological-based technologies for wastewater treatment, Professor Bruce Rittmann and his colleague demonstrated the possibilities for removing contaminants, cutting costs, reducing energy consumption, and even recovering chemicals and nutrients for recycling.

Associate Professor Cody Friesen is the founder and CEO of Zero Mass Water, which makes hydropanels^TM that use sunlight and air to produce drinking water “off the grid.”

Assistant Professor Giuseppe Mascaro models present rainfall data to improve future forecasts of how extreme weather will affect urban living.

Professor Rolf Halden’s and his team, were the first to investigate the fate of contact lenses disposed into our wastewater treatment systems. They learned that wastewater plants fragment them into microplastics, which accumulate in sewage sludge creating up to 20–23 metric tons of wastewater-borne plastics annually.

The monsoon season in the deserts of the southwestern U.S. is known for bringing torrents of water, often filling dry stream beds and flooding urban streets. Professor Enrique Vivoni’s research dispels the myth that water generated by monsoon storms is mostly swept away into large rivers, with very little of it percolating into underground aquifers.

By revolutionizing microbiological-based technologies for wastewater treatment, Professor Bruce Rittmann and his colleague demonstrated the possibilities for removing contaminants, cutting costs, reducing energy consumption, and even recovering chemicals and nutrients for recycling.

Associate Professor Cody Friesen is the founder and CEO of Zero Mass Water, which makes hydropanels^TM that use sunlight and air to produce drinking water “off the grid.”

Assistant Professor Giuseppe Mascaro models present rainfall data to improve future forecasts of how extreme weather will affect urban living.

Professor Rolf Halden’s and his team, were the first to investigate the fate of contact lenses disposed into our wastewater treatment systems. They learned that wastewater plants fragment them into microplastics, which accumulate in sewage sludge creating up to 20–23 metric tons of wastewater-borne plastics annually.

The monsoon season in the deserts of the southwestern U.S. is known for bringing torrents of water, often filling dry stream beds and flooding urban streets. Professor Enrique Vivoni’s research dispels the myth that water generated by monsoon storms is swept away into large rivers, with very little of it percolating into underground aquifers.