USING BACTERIA TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY, TREAT WASTEWATER

What if the bacteria found in wastewater could power the water’s own purification system? In addition to $34 million from the Department of Defense and $17 million from the Army Research Office for ASU research, Dr. Cesar Torres was awarded nearly $3 million from the DOD and the Office of Naval Research for new research on microbial fuel cells and to investigate how bacteria found in wastewater could power water purification.