The water treatment and environmental biotechnology research at USN focuses on water quality parameters and biological water treatment processes. The group aims for a deep understanding of biological, chemical and physical phenomena in bioreactors.

The research activities cover cost efficient water treatment and infrastructure solutions to reduce water-related environmental problems and associated risks to human life. This includes research work to develop efficient water treatment solutions for new circular economy value chains to monitor, assess and manage the integrated water system and protect its critical assets, from source to tap water, and further to wastewater treatment. 

Furthermore, new and innovative technologies for resource recovery in the form of water, energy, nutrients from wastewater are important aspects that have most relevance in the global environmental perspectives. In a nutshell, our research projects work contributes to identifying and establishing resilient and sustainable water management and infrastructure solutions to achieve UN’s sustainable development goals. 

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