Water and Environmental Technology (WET) Center
The National Science Foundation Water and Environmental Technology Center at Arizona State University was established to promote scientific research that will ensure the quality of water by pooling the resources of the university and industry.
Human societies have eternally been associated with sources of water. These waterways bear witness to the everlasting story of human struggle and success, and also show the scars of human plight at the hands of nature. The quality and quantity of water used in a society truly reflects its evolutionary stage.
Focus areas
The center’s research program provides research and knowledge in the following areas:
- Environmental microbiome and public health
- Microbial and chemical contaminants monitoring in water
- Pathogen inactivation and removal technologies
- Microbial detection technologies
- Microbial fate and transport to subsurface
- Taste, odor, arsenic and DBPs removal
- Water reuse and groundwater recharge
- Wastewater-based epidemiology
- Environmental toxicology and ecological health
Director
Morteza Abbaszadegan
Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
A long-term regional ecological research water quality partnership with multiple valley cities and municipalities.
Legionella, Mycobacterium & E. coli detected in Arizona source water
Plaque forming assay for the detection of freshwater algal viruses
Cell culture for the detection of infectious animal viruses
Advanced Oxidation Processes for contaminant mitigation
