'Lab in a suitcase' could hold the key to safer water and sanitation
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8942
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Data wastewater treatment waterborne hazards groundwater water quality sewerage
Date
16 July 20
Country
Ethiopia
Summary
Experts from Newcastle University UK, have been working with the Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to ensure waterborne hazards can be identified in a quicker, easier and ultimately cheaper way, anywhere in the world.
Using smaller and less expensive versions of the same type of specialist equipment found in state-of-the-art microbiology laboratories in the UK, the new suitcase lab - believed to be a world first - enables screening of millions of bacteria in a single water sample, instead of running many tests in parallel to look for different pathogens.
Source
Daily Hunt