Khalifa University of Science and Technology today announced that its research team, in cooperation with the Energy Department in Abu Dhabi and other partners at the state level, reached a conclusion that recycled wastewater during the process of monitoring the viral presence of SARS-Cove-2 virus is completely free of the emerging corona virus as a benefit -19, confirming that this water is suitable for use in irrigation of green areas.
The researchers at the Center for Biotechnology and the Center for Membranes and Advanced Water Technology at Khalifa University were unable to find any virus in the wastewater samples that were treated at a number of sewage purification plants in the country, due to the fact that the treatment process contributed to removing the viral presence in the water And dispose of it, which it prepared to be usable for irrigation of green areas. For distribution just as it was before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Undersecretary of the Department of Energy in Abu Dhabi, Engineer Mohammed bin Jarash Al Falasi, stressed that this recent achievement is the result of cooperation between the Department and its partners, and the Khalifa University of Science and Technology through the use of its research and scientific cadres to ensure that the wastewater is free from the Covid virus-19 and its full suitability to irrigate green areas. In the emirate. This cooperation also represents a tangible step in our untiring efforts with partners in the sector to ensure water safety and freedom from any diseases, as the department places public health as a top priority for work, and those efforts have multiplied since the beginning of the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
He explained that the recycled wastewater system in Abu Dhabi stations is based on 3 phases, which is the triple treatment system for water that is the best in the world in terms of quality, efficiency and fulfillment of health conditions, stressing that after completing the treatment process, samples of recycled water are taken Analyzes are done regularly, and sample results are reviewed and monitored to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and recycled water safety.
For his part, Deputy CEO of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Dr. Aref Sultan Al Hammadi said: "This research project has emerged more clearly in the UAE, which has contributed to strengthening the role of research teams in the world in mobilizing national efforts to monitor the SARS-Cove virus - 2 As started by the country, where some countries in Europe and North America published preliminary results indicating their success in detecting the virus in wastewater, and the viral presence ratios with the density that were performed on them were only conducted in a few regions.