With a generous financial support from eight wastewater treatment utilities in Sweden as well as from Svenskt vatten (via VA-kluster Mälardalen), Sahar Dalahmeh started a research project focusing on development of analytical method for extraction, identification and quantification of microplastics in sewage sludge. Different extraction protocols (acids, base and enzymatic extraction will be tested and… Continue reading New project: development of analytical methods for extraction, identification & quantification of microplastics in sewage sludge
Author: Prithvi Simha
Interest of Swedish Wastewater organisations to learn about pharmaceutical fate during sewage sludge post treatment storage & reclaimed water recycling in agriculture
Fate of pharmaceuticals during sewage sludge storage and composting and Use of reclaimed water in agriculture: Potential, technologies, implementation, regulations and other aspects, were among the topics presented in Annual Intranet workshop VA- kluster Mäladalen 22-23rd of august 2019. Sahar Dalahmeh hold the lectures and very active discussion followed the presentations. For more information, please… Continue reading Interest of Swedish Wastewater organisations to learn about pharmaceutical fate during sewage sludge post treatment storage & reclaimed water recycling in agriculture
Wastewater irrigation for sustainable Water-food- energy nexus
Sahar Dalahmeh, researcher at the group was invited as a key note speaker in the International Workshop in Water, food and energy nexus organised within the 10th national conference of environmental chemistry in Tianjin in China 16-19th August 2019. In her talk, Sahar highlighted the important potential of using wastewater for irrigation for food production.… Continue reading Wastewater irrigation for sustainable Water-food- energy nexus
Insecta Conference, Potsdam 5-6 September
On the 5th and 6th of September Giulio attended to the Isecta conference in Potzdam (Germany). The conference gave valuable insights and the latest finding on the topic of insects for food and feed covering several aspects of the sector, from the legislation point of view to basic research and optimisation of rearing systems. At… Continue reading Insecta Conference, Potsdam 5-6 September
Ett bokkapitel om Salmonella i avlopp har publicerats inom ramarna för det globala vattenpatogenprojektet.
Kapitlet tar upp förekomst, epidemiologi, analystekniker och behandlingsteknik för att inaktivera Salmonella i olika avloppsfraktioner. Du hittar kapitlet på nedanstående länk. Hasan, R., Nordin, A.C., Shakoor, S., Keenum, I. and Vinneras, B. 2019. Salmonella, Enteric Fevers, and Salmonellosis. In: J.B. Rose and B. Jiménez-Cisneros, (eds) Global Water Pathogen Project. http://www.waterpathogens.org ( A. Pruden, N. Ashbolt and J.… Continue reading Ett bokkapitel om Salmonella i avlopp har publicerats inom ramarna för det globala vattenpatogenprojektet.
Book chapter within the framework of the Global Water Pathogen Project about Salmonella in relation to wastewater
The chapter brings up, occurrence, epidemiology, analysing techniques and treatment technology. The chapter is available at the link below Hasan, R., Nordin, A.C., Shakoor, S., Keenum, I. and Vinneras, B. 2019. Salmonella, Enteric Fevers, and Salmonellosis. In: J.B. Rose and B. Jiménez-Cisneros, (eds) Global Water Pathogen Project. http://www.waterpathogens.org ( A. Pruden, N. Ashbolt and J. Miller (eds)… Continue reading Book chapter within the framework of the Global Water Pathogen Project about Salmonella in relation to wastewater
Kretsloppsteknik at the 3rd IWA Resource Recovery Conference
Between 8th and 12th September, Björn and Prithvi were in Venice to take part in the International Water Association‘s 3rd Resource Recovery Conference in Venice. Prithvi had an oral presentation where he talked about the pilot testing of the alkaline urine dehydration technology at Pori Brigade in Finland. At the conference, Prithvi also co-chaired the… Continue reading Kretsloppsteknik at the 3rd IWA Resource Recovery Conference
Student field visit to Prof. Håkan Jönsson’s house
Earlier today, Prof. Håkan Jönsson, Pernilla Tidåker, and Prithvi Simha coordinated a student (from the Sustainable Food Systems master’s program at SLU) visit to a garden and a house owned by Håkan, who has designed a local system where most of the plant nutrients from the household are recycled back to the garden and used… Continue reading Student field visit to Prof. Håkan Jönsson’s house
Course: Innovation systems in circular Bioeconomy, Helsinki
Alice Isibika and Prithvi Simha, PhD students at Kretsloppsteknik were in Helsinki 19 -23 Aug. 2019, to take part in the NOVA course, Advanced Course of Innovation Systems in Circular Bioeconomy. The course was organised by Professor Anne Toppinen, University of Helsinki: Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. The course, largely taught from the perspective of… Continue reading Course: Innovation systems in circular Bioeconomy, Helsinki
Kretsloppsteknik vid det 28: e SuSanA-mötet
Flera från kretsloppsteknik deltog i det 28 Sustainable Sanitation Alliance mötet i Stockholm som en tidig start på världsvattenveckan. Parallellt med mötet som hade deltagare från hela världen kunde vi ha ett möte med Gustavo Heredia, VD för Aguatuya i Bolivia. Sanitation360 är vår grupps universitetsstartup som arbetar mer implementering av urinsorteringsystemet och diskuterar med… Continue reading Kretsloppsteknik vid det 28: e SuSanA-mötet