QEERI and CSE provide major water treatment boost for Qatar
08 Feb 2021 - 8:26
QEERI and CSE researchers in the lab.
The Peninsula
A team of researchers from Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), and the College of Science and Engineering (CSE), both part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), has developed a new material for water treatment applications. Carbide Derived Carbon (CDC) has the unique ability to efficiently remove and recover phosphate from treated water, while also removing micro-pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds.
As per the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Nationality Sustainable Development Strategy, there is a mandate for increased use of treated sewage effluent (TSE), and as such, there is a need to ensure that the TSE meets the necessary quality requirements. Pharmaceuticals proliferation in the environment is a problem for environmental and human health leading to issues in the ecosystem and poten