Activities

 

A training course, which entitled “Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Toxicity, types and treatment methods”, was held by The Nanotechnology Center at the University of Jordan during 28-31 March 2022. It aimed to introduce the types of industrial wastewater in Jordan and their negative effects on the environment and human health,  in addition to the treatment methods that are used to treat this kind of water. Furthermore, the course highlighted the most important methods used to check the quality of the wastewater before and after treatment.

The training was held within the activities of the European  project “Intelligent Water Treatment for water preservation combined with simultaneous energy production and material recovery in energy intensive industries- intelWATT” which is funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 

On the first two days of the course, valuable lectures on industrial wastewater in Jordan were presented by Prof. Dr. Sharif Arar (Chemistry dept., University of Jordan), Dr Maha Halalshe (Water, Energy and Environment Center, University of Jordan) and Prof. Dr Mona Abu Dalu (Jordan University of Science and Technology). The third and fourth days included a scientific visit to the Wastewater Treatment Plant at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) and Al Hikma Factory Wastewater Unit.

Postgraduates, undergraduates  and fresh graduates from different universities in Jordan from different backgrounds has participated in this training course.