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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.

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UCLA life scientists present new insights on climate change and species interactions

UCLA life scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species in research published online May 21 in the Journal of Animal Ecology. This knowledge, they say, is critical to making accurate predictions and informing policymakers of how species are likely to be impacted by rising temperatures.

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