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Youko Fujikawa, Associate Professor, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University
The spread of an arsenic removal technology using an iron bacteria treatment technique in rural water services in Vietnam
Research grant
- Project Description
The objectives of this project are to apply low-cost arsenic removal techniques using an iron bacteria treatment method (that have been studied for many years) to rural water services, confirm the advantages, and with the assistance of Vietnamese government agencies, widely spread these techniques. Mainly in the northern regions of Vietnam where ground water has high concentrations of arsenic, carry out checks of the water quality of existing water services to farming villages and confirm the scope of application of the iron bacteria treatment method. Thereafter, set up a working-scale experimental facility in the water supply of one farming village, train local engineers and gather long-term data on arsenic removal performance while checking various points (economic efficiency) to make the system more practical.
- Grant year
- FY2010 Research Grants
- Grant term
- 3 years
April 2011 - March 2014
- Grant amount
- 16,000,000 yen
- Activity region
- Vietnam, Japan
Overview of the Organization
- Representative
- Youko Fujikawa, Associate Professor
- Profile
- Specialist field
Environmental chemistry
Affiliated academic societies
Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Japan Society on Water Environment, Japan Health Physics Society, Society of Environmental Conservation Engineering
Background
Completed doctoral course specializing in sanitary engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University; Doctorate, Kyoto University (engineering thesis); Assistant and then Associate Professor, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University - Collaborators
- Phan Do Hung, Director, Water Treatment Research Department, Vietnam National Institute of Environmental Technology
- Research record
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- (1) Y. Fujikawa, M. Sugahara, et al.-6 year pilot study of the biological filtration for low-cost arsenic removal. 457-459, Arsenic in Geoshpere and Human Diseases. J. S. Jean, J. Bundschuh, P. Bhattacharya (Eds.), CRC Press, The Netherlands, 2010.
- (2) Fujikawa Y.et al., XANES Analysis of Mechanisms of Arsenic(III) Removal in the Reactor Colonized by Iron Bacteria: Arsenic (III) Oxidized after Sorption?. IWA World Conference, Vienna, Austria(2008)
- (3) Youko FUJIKAWA, Mizu Jouka Gijutsu no Saishin Doukou (Latest trends in water purification technology) (Chapter 1 Section 6 (Methods to use iron bacteria to remove arsenic and manganese)), CMC Shuppan (2011)