CIVVSNSF CBET
Characterizing the Effects of Supply Hours and Pressure of Intermittent Piped Water Supplies on Water Quality.
Summary
More than one billion people regularly receive water through distribution systems that are operated intermittently, ie for fewer than 24 hours per day, with an estimated 17 million waterborne disease cases potentially associated with this practice worldwide each year.
This research is developing a fundamental understanding of the microbial ecology of intermittently operated water distribution systems to inform operational or construction risk reduction strategies. Funded by US NSF and EPSRC, this project is a collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Sheffield.
Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Project dates
Start date: 01/01/2019
End date: 31/12/2021