Sustainable Environment and Water Utilization Processes

Water treatment& utilisation	Environmental Engineering	Bioprocessing & Bioengineering	Ecotoxicology and analysis

Research activities in this focus area consider:

• Wastewater treatment and beneficiation using biological, chemical, catalytic, membrane-based technology, plasma-based technology, and other energy-efficient methods. The focus will be on development of methods/strategies/materials for treatment and beneficiation of industrial, domestic, and municipal wastewater towards enhancing sanitation and effective disposal of these waste materials;
• Production of clean potable drinking water from industrial wastewater and municipal wastewater using membrane-based technology such as nanofiltration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse/forward osmosis, electrodialysis plasma-based technology, and other energy-efficient methods. The focus will be on development and evaluation of methods/strategies/materials;
• Development of monitoring devices or techniques for determination of toxic and environmentally unfriendly compounds/substances in environmental processes and techno-economic evaluation of these strategies/processes/devices/techniques;
• Development and evaluation of strategies for valorization of waste materials (solid, liquid, gas, biomass) into value-added products (food, chemicals, materials) using biological/biotechnological concepts.

Leader: Prof Evans Chirwa; Assistant Leader: Prof Ndeke Musee

Team members: Prof Daramola, Dr Brink, Dr Tichapondwa, Prof Willie Nicol, Prof de Vaal, Dr Merckel, Dr S. Mokwatlo, and Dr Samuel Iwarere