Funding

Our municipal wastewater contains resources that are in high demand and that can be harvested for further use. Energy can be recovered through methods such as anaerobic digestion of sludge or production of algal biofuel feedstocks.

Phosphorus and nitrogen can be recovered for fertilizer use, offsetting our current sources of nutrients produced from energy-intensive processes. Water itself can be recovered and reused. The geographic intersections between our resource demands and supplies available from municipal wastewater are investigated through this project.

Research Team