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Water saver: Engineer’s invention makes dirty water reusable

Yoram Cohen, the director of the Water Technology Research Center as well of member of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability and assistant professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, has designed a sophisticated water filtration system mimicking wetlands in nature. The system, which is called Gray2Blue Mobile Wetland Graywater Treatment System, has a maximum ouput capacity of 560 gallons of reusable water and could counceivably save Californians billions of gallons of water.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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UC, UCLA to cut water use 20 percent by 2020

In the spirit of UCLA’s new Grand Challenge project, “Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles,” researchers are teaming up with the Office of Sustainability to implement conservation solutions. Yoram Cohen, the director of the Water Technology Research Center as well of member of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability and assistant professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, has proposed the use of a groundbreaking water filtration system which could cut campus water use by 25.5 million gallons per year.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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UCLA study: L.A. neighborhoods show striking differences in transit-related air pollution

Suzanne Paulson (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences recently headed a study of transit-related air pollution in L.A. neighborhoods. The study indicates that while more affluent neighborhoods generally fared better, the Mar Vista community near the Santa Monica Airport scored worse for ultra-fine particle pollutants than freeway-laced downtown and Boyle Heights and far worse than neighboring portions of West Los Angeles.

Read more at UCLA Newsroom

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UCLA announces plan to tackle ‘Grand Challenges,’ starting with urban sustainability

UCLA will unveil plans on Nov. 15 designed to turn Los Angeles into a global model for urban sustainability. The project is the first of three in the UCLA Grand Challenge initiative that will unite the university’s resources to tackle some of society’s most pressing issues.

Source: UCLA announces plan to tackle ‘Grand Challenges,’ starting with urban sustainability UCLA Newsroom, 14 Nov. 2013

Additional coverage about the Grand Challenges announcement:

Sustainable LA: Now there’s a grand challenge LA Observed 19 Nov. 2013

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