Archive for the ECAR & ARUBA Press Category

2010 ECAR Field Trial in West Bengal is a success

In Nov – Dec 2010, the ECAR team transported a 100 Liter ECAR prototype to West Bengal and conducted a successful 6-week field trial (2 […]

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One in five deaths in Bangladesh cause by arsenic (June 2010)

One in five deaths in Bangladesh cause by arsenic (June 2010)

A 10 year study entitled “Arsenic exposure from drinking water, and all-cause and chronic-disease mortalities in Bangladesh (HEALS): a prospective cohort study” details the harsh […]

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ECAR presents at annual EPA P3 Expo in Washington, DC (April 2010)

Having been awarded the prestigious EPA P3 award in 2008, ECAR attended the 6th Annual National Sustainability Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, […]

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ECAR highlighted at LAUNCH: Water 2010 (March 2010)

LAUNCH – a consortium started by NASA, Nike, and USAID – chose ECAR as one of the top 10 water projects from around the world […]

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ECAR waste safely disposed in concrete (Spring 2010)

A group of 5 graduate and undergraduate students join our team for one semester as part of the graduate course “Design for Sustainable Communities”. The […]

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Undergrauate research on ECAR published (2009)

One of our undergraduate students, Kristin Kowolik (currently a grad student at UC Davis) published her research on the prototype tests of the ECAR system […]

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ECAR presents at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Dec 2009)

Case van Genuchten, one of the primary graduate student researchers on the ECAR team, presents a poster of ECAR’s recent scientific findings to members of […]

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Ashok Gadgil awarded prestigious Heinz Award

Ashok Gadgil awarded prestigious Heinz Award

Principal Investigator Ashok Gadgil was chosen to receive the pretigious Heinz Medal for his work as a researcher, inventor, and humanitarian, spefically highlighting his projects […]

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ECAR at Clean Water Solutions for the Developing World (Oct 2009)

ECAR participates in the inaugural Haas School of Business Clean Water Solutions for the Developing World Conference at UC Berkeley. The conference focused on clean […]

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ECAR presents at WaTER conference (Oct 2009)

ECAR presented at the University of Oaklahoma International Water Technology for Emerging Regions (WaTER) conference, one on the technology behind ECAR and one on results […]

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JU, Berkeley to work on arsenic pollution

JU, Berkeley to work on arsenic pollution

Jun 26, 2009, 01.16AM IST TNN[ Subhro Niyogi ] KOLKATA: The Global Change Programme at Jadavpur University (JU) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at University […]

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Research team travels to West Bengal, India (Summer 2009)

Two members of the ECAR Education and Outreach team, Kayley Harrington (MS student in Public Health and Social Work) and Farzana Abed (fourth year undergraduate […]

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WEDC Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene International Conference (May 2009)

The ARUBA team presented their paper “Design strategies and preliminary prototype for a low-cost arsenic removal system for rural Bangladesh” at the 34th WEDC International […]

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ARUBA and ECAR have joined forces under BAAG! (January 2009)

We are excited to announce that the Berkeley Arsenic Alleviation Group (BAAG) now includes TWO arsenic removal technologies developed at LBNL – ARUBA and Electrochemical […]

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This sushi makes a good drink!

This sushi makes a good drink!

Read about the arsenic removal project called “Sushi 4.0” that took CEE senior Jessica Huang to rural Cambodia this summer Here’s how CEE senior Jessica […]

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Low-Cost Technology Can Improve Health of Millions in Bangladesh

Low-Cost Technology Can Improve Health of Millions in Bangladesh

Universities collaborate on treatment to remove arsenic from drinking water By Nancy L. Pontius Special Correspondent Littleton, Colorado — Currently, more than 50 million Bangladeshi […]

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UNC Safe Water Symposium (November 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

Both the ARUBA and ECAR teams presented papers at a symposium at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill entitled ‘Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water […]

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UC Berkeley Bears Breaking Boundaries Awards Ceremony (October 2008) ECAR

The ECAR team presented results from fieldwork in Cambodia at the 2008 Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest award ceremony. View our presentation (PDF, 1.7 MB).

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Cleantech to Market (September 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

We are working with a Cleantech to Market (C2M) team of graduate students in business, public policy, and public health. C2M is a partnership between […]

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International Development Design Summit (July-August 2008) ARUBA, ECAR

Two team members (one each from ARUBA and ECAR) participated in the Second Annual International Development Design Summit (IDDS) at MIT. The goal of the […]

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