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Sustainable water treatment

Sustainable water treatment

Finding ways to use algae as a water purifier is the focus of new research at UNM.

Early research stages

Early research stages

A UNM undergraduate student just completed a small scale study on how well algae responds to different surfaces.

Microscope Imaging

Microscope Imaging

Preliminary SEM image from the cotton biofilm reactor.

Arsenic and algae: finding sustainable water purification systems

Undergraduate student awarded NMWRRI research grant

By Rachel Whitt September 21, 2017

Categories: Front Page School of Engineering Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Chemical & Biological Engineering

Tags: Research

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