HONOLULU, July 8 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
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A University ofHawaiʻiatManoafaculty member has received a $660,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to study how fuel contamination can affect drinking water during the treatment process.
Emily Marron, an assistant specialist in theWater Resources Research Centerand cooperating graduate faculty and instructor in theDepartment of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, will lead the five-year project, which runs through June 2031.
The research focuses on what happens when chlorine-commonly used to disinfect drinking water-reacts with fuel that has entered water s...