Osmania University (OU) has developed a new technique to conserve water to boost groundwater table. The new technique was successfully implemented at OU’s sprawling campus spread over 1,627 acres. It also works during scanty rainfall and deficit monsoon. The technique was developed by OU’s civil engineering department. As part of the technique, OU researchers utilised ARC-GIS software to prepare topographical, drainage and contour maps, land use pattern and land cover map, to iden...

Eight waste water treatment systems will come up around Periyakulam, Selvachinthamani and Valankulam lakes in the city. These systems, to be set up under the first phase of the lake restoration project under the Smart city mission, will be eco-friendly and require minimal construction and space, as per the city corporation officials. Approximately, 63.5MLD of waste water enters all the eight lakes of the city every day. There are 43 inlets in the eight lakes. Most of the contamination is from s...

Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with CSIRO and the University of Texas at Austin, are working on a technology that will work on running seawater through a filter which can give you clean drinkable water and creating enough power to run your smartphone or electric car using a material called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a sponge-like material that has the largest internal surface area of any known substance, which gives it the ability to capture, store and rel...

Researchers at Murdoch University Australia have crafted a new method of wastewater treatment that drastically cuts down on electricity consumption. If successful, the process consumes less than half the electricity currently necessary to execute treatment. The effort exists as collaboration between Dr. Ralf Cord-Ruwisch, Dr. Wipa Charles, two Phd students, and engineers Professor Liang Cheng and Dr. Lee Walker. Together, they have formed BioFilmTec Pty. Ltd. for the new research team. &ldquo...