Francis de los Reyes: Sanitation is a basic human right
Francis de los Reyes: Saneamento é um direito humano básico
Francis de los Reyes works with cutting-edge microbiological techniques in environmental biotech. But his passion, both professionally and personally, is helping to improve the plight of the world’s 2.5 billion people living without adequate sanitation. Reyes is a TED Fellow. Full bio
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de águas residuais,
em reatores nucleares,
pouco saudável por toaletes,
chamada de "cultura do cocô".
Esse é o termo técnico.
ou espaços abertos,
você vai ficar doente.
1.5 million child deaths
de mortes infantis
defecação a céu aberto,
por exemplo, como latrinas,
province in South Africa,
província da África do Sul,
de milhares dessas latrinas.
quando as latrinas transbordam?
equipamento de proteção,
Espero que consigam vê-lo.
no rosto, mas sem camisa.
condenadas pela sociedade.
"Como podemos resolver isso
com descarga, como no Ocidente,
não há água suficiente,
o que estamos fazendo é
de águas residuais
é fonte de água potável.
a infraestrutura sanitária.
o pensamento sistêmico.
a cadeia de saneamento.
com a interface com o humano.
se prefere usar água ou papel,
não é tão importante.
a um contexto.
que separa a urina,
you're separating the urine,
como a estruvita,
em produtos finais de alto valor.
todas essas possibilidades,
de toaletes com descarga
"Quem vai pagar?"
a infraestrutura sanitária.
mas não vai ser o suficiente.
e a OMS fez este estudo,
de esvaziar as latrinas.
da Carolina do Norte,
come up with a simple solution,
a apresentar uma solução,
no ano que vem.
de esvaziamento de latrina
um pequeno negócio com isso,
a vida útil dessas latrinas,
e status mais baixos
a limpar latrinas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Francis de los Reyes - Environmental engineer, sanitation activistFrancis de los Reyes works with cutting-edge microbiological techniques in environmental biotech. But his passion, both professionally and personally, is helping to improve the plight of the world’s 2.5 billion people living without adequate sanitation. Reyes is a TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
Dr. Francis L. de los Reyes III is a Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Associate Faculty of Microbiology, and Training Faculty of Biotechnology at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on biological processes and combines modeling, bioreactor experiments, and molecular microbial ecology tools in addressing fundamental and practical issues in environmental biotechnology and environmental engineering. An important area of his research and teaching is water and sanitation in developing countries.
Current and past research projects (funding of ~ $4.5 M in last 10 years) include: quantitative microbial risk assessment of graywater reuse (WRRI), molecular analysis and modeling of the competition between filaments and floc-formers in activated sludge (NSF), analysis of the ecophysiology of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in microbial floc (NSF), optimization of a swine waste treatment system for nitrogen removal (US Department of Agriculture), analysis of the fate of bioagents in landfills (EPA), microbial characterization of landfills (Waste Management, Inc.), molecular techniques for groundwater remedation sites (US DOE/DOD), investigation of foam control methods (Hazen and Sawyer), development of probes for environmentally versatile Bacillus strains (Novozymes Biochemicals, Inc.), improvement of sludge dewatering (NC WRRI), microbial ecology of grease interceptors (CSPA) and the system-wide optimization of wastewater treatment plants using genetic algorithms.
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