The document is an annual report of the activities of the MIT Nepali Water Project. The purpose of the project is to improve drinking water quality in Nepal through reduction in contamination of pathogens and arsenic. The major project activities are evaluation of water testing technology to detect contaminants, including finding indicator species for microbial contamination, and investigation of purification technologies that are feasible in a low income region.
Written by students from MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Masters of Engineering Program: Yong Xuan Gao, Chian Siong Low, Luca Morganti, Barika Poole, Soon Kyu Hwang, Heather Lukacs, Tommy Ngai and Hannah Sullivan. Team Advisor: Susan Murcott.
| Description | The document is an annual report of the activities of the MIT Nepali Water Project. The purpose of the project is to improve drinking water quality in Nepal through reduction in contamination of pathogens and arsenic. The major project activities are evaluation of water testing technology to detect contaminants, including finding indicator species for microbial contamination, and investigation of purification technologies that are feasible in a low income region. Written by students from MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Masters of Engineering Program: Yong Xuan Gao, Chian Siong Low, Luca Morganti, Barika Poole, Soon Kyu Hwang, Heather Lukacs, Tommy Ngai and Hannah Sullivan. Team Advisor: Susan Murcott. |
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| Date Issued | 2002-05-28 |
| Subject | |
| Source | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Keyword | Indicator species; Environmental indicators |
| Selector | Conlin |
| Date Of Record Creation | 2004-03-04 08:16:25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2011-01-11 10:13:59 |
| Language | EN |