The Universitat participates in the creation of a database of bacterial isolates in sanitary water
23 june 2016
The Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT) of the Universitat de València, the Aïgues de Barcelona General Society and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation work in the project ‘Drinking Water Library’, aimed at creating the first database, for the MALDI-TOF technology, of micro-organism isolates in sanitary water. The identification of this type of aquatic plants supposes a qualitative improvement for the evaluation of the microbiological quality of water.
Saving oxygen to consume less
1 june 2016
The interdisciplinary research group of Calidad de Aguas, CALAGUA composed by the staff of the Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA-UPV) and the Department of Chemical Engineering (IQ-UV), developed the programme LoDif BioControl, that introduces different algorithms that reduce the power consumption of the EDAR up to 40% in the aeration process.
Water for Everyone
23 may 2016
How can we prevent water from being wasted day after day? According to the experts, water saving could significantly increase, if the energy use is taken into consideration. Furthermore, the greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced. Not only in consumption, but also in the treatment and urban distribution of water. The research was developed in California, pioneer region in water distribution and management.