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

[email protected]

Abbaszadegan’s work focuses on contemporary water quality issues concerning health-related water microbiology. He is director of the WET Center at ASU and a professor of environmental microbiology and engineering.