Assessment of Using Low-frequency Ultrasound Device for Domestic Drinking Water Disinfection

Microorganisms may cause problems in drinking water distribution system (DWDS). It is hard to control and always forms the biofilm, which can result in the deterioration of drinking water quality. At household’s tap, due to the favorable conditions, which incurs an easier formation of biofilm. Therefore, the idea of secondary disinfection at...

Feasibility Study on Deep Seawater Solutions for Manado: ROTEC

Due to climate change and growing cities, water scarcity is becoming one of the futures biggest problems. On top of that, the population and prosperity of cities around the equator are growing fast. Meaning that the need for electricity, cooling and drinking water will grow fast in the following decades. ROTEC’s vision is that these growing...

The structure of biofilm grown in a drinking water distribution system with heat exchange analyzed with scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

Due to climate change, our society must become more climate resilient, and this is also the case for drinking water distribution systems. Climate change implicates that temperatures of the atmosphere are getting higher. This may lead to that the drinking water may become warmer. One of the consequences of climate change is that alternative ways...

Sustainable Dala: Showcase of a sustainable water infrastructure

The goal of this project is to develop a design for Dala’s water system that deals with challenges of the township in a sustainable way. Dala is a township of Yangon, Myanmar’s economic centre. It is located directly South of the central business district (CBD), across the Yangon river. The area is now largely underdeveloped, but in 2021 it will...

The Arsenic Project: A multidisciplinary Project in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, active research for arsenic started in 1996, after the first case of arsenic poisoning was reported in a rural community. Arsenic concentrations present in drinking water cause chronic poisoning, which depending on the exposure, lead to several life-threatening long term effects. It is however unknown to what extent this...

Master Project Mozambique

Novos Horizontes started seven years ago in Mozambique and is part of Communities of Fusion. The Communities of Fusion, in this report, includes: Novos Horizontes, Eggs for Africa, Rapale International School, Ebenezer College and Arcapula. All these organizations are located in one area (farm) and work together. The main activity of Novos...