The Young Academics Track 2021

We have developed a solution not only to detect the leakages in the sewage pipelines, but also to optimize the sewage treatment, so you can easily and happily decrease 70% of your water waste and recycle it. Our solution is thereby based on remote monitoring and optimization of membrane bio reactor sewage treatment using Machine Learning.

To control the immense water loss in Ghana’s water supply system in rural areas, we propose implementing a smart pipeline installation.

PipeData application is visualization software that allows construction workers in Accra, Ghana to view 2D and 3D pipe maps at the construction site. Thus, the number of broken pipes is reduced and as a result, water is saved!

The immense water loss in Ghana’s water supply system is due to a lack of knowledge of pipe locations. We therefore decided to come up with an application system that will show the location of these pipes. With our solution, a person only needs our app to be able to tell the presence or absence of a pipe in his or her location.

There has been a drastic demand for phosphorus. Phosphorus deposits are entirely dependent on imports and are therefore vulnerable to market fluctuations. One of many measures for reducing dependency is the recovery of Phosphorus from often unexploited national Phosphorus sources. Our solution combines two waste products, aluminium foil and depulped coffee cherries, to recover phosphorus from municipal wastewater!

Worldwide about 42% of the land is affected by drought and in India, it’s more than 50%, of which 6% is exceptionally dry. At the same time, the rising population is directly proportional to the demand for crop production, which necessitates a massive amount of water. We therefore propose Lignin based Bio-absorbent Capsules as a green and sustainable solution to increase soil moisture retention potential and crop yield.

Most of the wastewater treatment plants in South Korea are managed by the government. After several treatment processes, the treated water with qualified quality is discharged into surface water. We thought this discharged water from the wastewater treatment plant can go directly through further treatment processes and used for cosmetics products.

Northern Care is a Waste to Resource company. Our focus is to turn sewage sludge ash into resources that can be used in the agricultural and construction sector.

Protecting the environment and humanity from the toxicity of hexavalent chromium (Cr+6) in wastewater while recovering these non-renewable resources for reuse in the industry: a step to the circular economy.

BG+ is a simple absorption column designed to reduce the Hydrogen Sulfide in Biogas while also completely purging the Iron Chloride from the sludge. With this small device installed into the Sludge Treatment facility, we estimate that approximately 26% of the Hydrogen Sulfide can be eliminated from the biogas before entering the desulfurizer, significantly reducing operating costs and the desulfurizer’s workload.

Currently, FeCl3 are used to dehydrate sludge from anaerobic digestion. FeCl3 is combined with SO42- and S ions in Sludge to form FeS Fe2S3, which exists in solid form in the sludge.The use of FeCl3 reduces odor by suppressing the generation of H2S in the form of a gas.

Welcome to SludgeX, a startup team of bright master’s students from around the world with the goal of optimizing the sustainability of wastewater treatment plants around the world! Our short 3 minute video will introduce you to our vision, then you can read details about how we envision the start of our journey towards changing the way we think about how sludge can be managed in a sustainable future.

Ekatvam is an early-stage social start-up focusing on ensuring participatory water management that is sustainable in nature through a multi-stakeholder platform called MIDAS. Currently, it is incubated at Digital Impact Square, TCS Foundation initiative in Nashik, Maharashtra

We are ReTeto, an early stage start-up that offers a new sustainable roofing alternative, providing the favelas in Rio de Janeiro with long-lasting roofing solutions, while reducing the plastic waste otherwise ending up in the ocean.

With respect to flooding and natural wetland conversion issues in Accra, constructed wetlands was identified as a major tool to help reduce stormwater runoff intensity, hence reducing flooding impacts. These systems will be placed around flood-prone areas and in-between low lying and high lying areas in Accra, Ghana. Constructed wetlands are a sustainable means of treating stormwater and have proven to be more economical and energy-efficient than traditional centralized treatment systems.

Floodizens; meaning citizens for flood fights, is an application that will integrate a robust citizen science based early warning system and a decision support tool. The citizens will help in data collection through photos into the app showing rainfall and temperature from weather stations, blocked sewer/storm sewer system points before and during a flood, where and extension of the flood during a flood incidence.

Sustainability of any form of life on the earth is linked to water. The availability of fresh water is crucial in the survival of humanity. Therefore, it is vital to assess the available water resources and determine the water budget. This is why we are developing a systematic and real-time monitoring system of quality and quantity of surface water using geospatial technology.

The novel approach of research for the decontamination of waste-water finds a pioneering success which resulted a promising option for the preservation of aquatic life even in this era of mega industrialization, simply by rapid detoxification of heavily contaminated waste-water even the production unit exhaust effluents.

Efficient water monitoring tools provide ways to detect pollution before it happens – yet common sensor technologies are not portable nor user friendly. We propose the detection of emerging pollutants by using colorimetric affordable test strips using a simple and spot in dip- check method. The fabricated strips enable the detection by simply dipping the probe in test water and observing naked eye color change – which can then be further analyzed by a simple mobile app.

Development of cost-effective and inclusive digital water management solutions, driven by monitoring and remote sensed data. This solution includes crowd sourcing, that can aid Indian water mission with water conservation and the reduction of non-revenue water.

At Peater, we develop an autonomous, self-sustaining
IoT monitoring system specifically designed for peatlands. Our sensor network continuously monitors the health of peatlands on several attributes and transmits the data back to the farmer. Thus, the farmer can get a real-time insight of the wellbeing of their peatlands, and be notified when risk of wildfire or drought is detected. Peater saves nature’s most vital CO2 capture tool before it’s too Late!