A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will help Kansas State University researchers create new resources from sewage. The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced awards totaling $27.5 million for water infrastructure projects in 13 states, including Kansas. All the projects awarded by the Department of Energy focus on developing treatment techniques to produce renewable power, extract any chemicals and fertilizers from wastewater, and reuse water locally, while minimizing energy consumption and waste. The project at K-State receiving federal funding involves using what’s called an Integrated Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR). Associate professor of civil engineering Prathap Parameswaran said this technology enables carbon material in wastewater to be converted into something useful.
Source: themercury.com
