Professor Haizhou Liu Receives Grant to Clean and Reuse Contaminated Agricultural Water

Haizhou Liu, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and an ETOX faculty member, and a consortium of researchers from several other University of California campuses have been awarded a $1.4 million grant to develop new approaches to clean and reuse agricultural water.  More information about their award can be found in a recent UC Riverside News article. The proposed work builds upon recent research by Prof. Liu and other UCR researchers including professors Jay Gann and Yujie Men, two other ETOX faculty members, in which they identified a chemical process where salt commonly found in the wastewater of water treatment plants is able to catalyze the break down of hard-to-degrade poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This research was highlighted in a May 30th 2024 UCR News article. Our congratulations to Haizhou, Jay and Yujie for their important research and the recognition that it is receiving.  [The photo above is from the May UCR News article and shows water samples being treated with UV light.]