DEPLOY
Motivation
We are interested in conducting impact-driven, actionable, and translational research. Our work is rooted in environmental justice principles and we actively collaborate with local community, government, and private-sector partners to scale up and DEPLOY meaningful solutions. In an effort to advance safe water access in resource-limited settings, we seek to transfer technical expertise and open-sourced technologies to underserved populations impacted by chemical and microbial contamination of drinking water supplies.
This research area is driven by questions such as:
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What is the impact of safe water technologies on health, the environment, and community wellbeing?
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How can we effectively redesign technologies for large-scale manufacturing and widespread deployment?
Projects
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Conducting field pilot trials of a groundwater defluoridation technology in India, Kenya, and Tanzania
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Installing passive chlorinators to disinfect water at hospitals in Western Kenya
Output – Publications
2023
Evaluating the Hidden Costs of Drinking Water Treatment Technologies
Cherukumilli, K., Ray, I., Pickering, J. A. Nature Water
2022
Passive In-Line Chlorination for Drinking Water Disinfection: A Critical Review.
Lindmark, M.*, Cherukumilli, K.*, Crider, S. Y., Marcenac, P., Lozier, M., Voth-Gaeddert, L., Lantagne, S. D., Mihelcic, R. J., Zhang, M., Just, C., Pickering, J. A. (*co-first authors) Environmental Science and Technology
2019
Chapter 12: Addressing Groundwater Fluoride Contamination Using Inexpensively Processed Bauxite
Cherukumilli, K.*, Gadgil, J. A.*., Ahuja, S. editor. (*co-first authors) Elsevier book
Partners
