Seminar on Progress in the GWR Project

Recently, a seminar was held in an optimistic and enthusiastic atmosphere to review the progress made by the various teams working on the GWR Project. During the seminar, researchers presented their achievements and outlined the path to be followed in the next stages until the objectives are consolidated.

The day also provided an opportunity for reflection and shared analysis. Attendees reviewed the strengths of what had been achieved and identified areas for improvement to progress toward the set goals.

In this regard, Dr. Esteban Quijada, the project director, expressed his satisfaction and highlighted the value of the activity. It was the first time the entire team had met in person, and the significant progress achieved by all the research teams was confirmed.

The academic was enthusiastic about the discussion regarding projections, especially those concerning "the next steps for developing prototypes of all the technologies that must be applied to treat gray water," which he hopes will be finalized in the coming months so products can be presented to the community.

Dr. Roxana Arce, a leading researcher in electrochemical gray water treatment, said the seminar was a "refreshing experience that posed new challenges in combining different technologies and linking them in series so they could be applied, replicated, and simulated in theoretical and practical areas, such as the Sustainable Social Housing pilot house, to achieve one of the final objectives: plant irrigation."

She was optimistic about the advances made in electrochemical processes and highlighted the progress achieved by incorporating advanced oxidation techniques to remove dyes and detergents added to gray water when washing clothes.

Dr. Claudia Muñoz, the head of R&D for domestic greywater treatment systems, shared a similar opinion, stating that "it was a successful and productive day."

She emphasized that "we are seeing things beyond what was initially thought in terms of all the contributions that knowledge will make to resolving some of the existing gaps in construction, especially public construction," and highlighted the significant impact of optimizing water use in social housing through gray water reuse.

"Today, we are realizing the GWR Project's potential to contribute in this regard. We see the success of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work in transforming basic research into applied research that solves real-world problems, particularly in construction."