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Research on riverine plastic waste in Indonesia
In Q4 2019, I travelled to Indonesia to do research on riverine plastic waste for the Department of Water Resources. I was accompanied by…
The removal potential of E-Coli in water from septic tanks in Maputo, Mozambique
For my bachelor thesis, I am traveling to Maputo, Mozambique for nine weeks. Here I am doing, in collaboration with Eduardo Mondlane…
Study of arsenic oxidising bacteria in water in Costa Rica
The presence of arsenic in drinking water is toxic and case health problems, the World Health Organization (WHO) set the limit of arsenic…
Recovery of magnesium from industrial waste streams
My name is Coco and for my bachelor thesis, I was very lucky to participate the experimental campaign at the University of Palermo (UNIPA)…
Building a pilot plant to biologically remove manganese from groundwater in Costa Rica
Manganese present in groundwater can cause health problems and sanitary issues, therefore the World Health Organization (WHO) has set the…
Improvement of the chlorination process of PDAM Tirtawening, Bandung, Indonesia
Due to total different water quality standards and disinfection methods over the world, we wanted to go abroad for our Bachelor Thesis to…
Soil moisture estimation using Distributed Temperature Sensing
Soil moisture is a key state variable in surface hydrology and land-atmosphere interactions. It is a storage term in the water balance,…
Modeling irrigation in ancient Americas
Ancient irrigation has had its fair share of studies, particularly on canals on the Peruvian North coast. Despite this valuable research,…
Modeling water in ancient Jordan
As much as elsewhere, in ancient times human survival in the Zerqa triangle in the Jordan Valley depended on human ability to adapt to the…
Irrigation in colonial and post-colonial Africa
Left figure: Gezira system (from Gaitskell 1959) Right figure: Kano system Aiming at full control over farmer actions was a shared…