The project: Phosphorus is central to globally-significant challenges, including the need\u00a0for sustainable approaches to reduce nutrient enrichment within aquatic ecosystems. This\u00a0project will develop new technologies that reduce the financial and environmental costs\u00a0associated with removing phosphorus from wastewater. Using a range of materials that\u00a0are by-products from other industrial sectors, alongside existing commercial products, you\u00a0will evaluate the mechanisms through which phosphorus is removed by individual\u00a0products and how these products perform under different operating conditions, including\u00a0water temperature and pH. Subsequently, the best performing products will be up-scaled\u00a0and installed within a wastewater treatment works. Field trials will then be used to\u00a0evaluate phosphorus removal by the products under real-life hydraulic and pollutant\u00a0loading scenarios. Ultimately, this project aims to establish the research base for new\u00a0technologies in wastewater treatment, including the design and operating principles\u00a0required for these technologies across the UK and international water sectors. The\u00a0training opportunity: The PhD will be based at the Lancaster Environment Centre, a top\u00a0five department in the UK for research and teaching in the environmental sciences. You\u00a0will become an expert in using laboratory and field approaches to understand the\u00a0geochemistry of reactive materials and pollutants, including gaining hands-on experience\u00a0of a range of cutting-edge analytical instruments including mass spectrometers. Alongside\u00a0research in the field of pollutant removal from wastewater, this project involves\u00a0collaboration with Untied Utilities (UU), a major water company in the UK. You\u2019ll\u00a0collaborate with staff from UU throughout the project, including spending time at UU\u00a0offices and sites, to understand the financial and environmental considerations\u00a0surrounding the development of new water treatment technologies. The collaboration\u00a0between Lancaster University and UU will enable you to pursue future careers either\u00a0within academia or within the spheres of technology development related to water\u00a0treatment and supply.<\/p>\n
Applicants should hold a Masters degree and\/or a Bachelors degree (at 2.i level or\u00a0equivalent) in subjects such as Environmental Science, Natural Science, Chemistry or\u00a0Physical Geography. Applicants would also ideally have strong analytical skills and an\u00a0interest in both field and laboratory based research.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re interested in this project, you\u2019re strongly encouraged to contact Dr Ben Surridge\u00a0(b.surridge@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>; 01524 594516) to discuss the research and the training\u00a0opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The project: Phosphorus is central to globally-significant challenges, including the need\u00a0for sustainable approaches to reduce nutrient enrichment within aquatic ecosystems. This\u00a0project will develop new technologies that reduce the financial and environmental costs\u00a0associated with removing phosphorus from wastewater. Using a range of materials that\u00a0are by-products from other industrial sectors, alongside existing commercial products, you\u00a0will evaluate the… Read More »Taking the P in the future: new technologies for phosphorus capture from wastewater<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[44,12],"class_list":["post-5879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-case","tag-lancaster"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/John-Quinton-Image-400x400px.jpg?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1wP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5881,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions\/5881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}