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Transforming lives by providing safe drinking water

Susan Murcott has spent her career at MIT dedicated to others, both in expanding access to sanitation and mentoring the next generation of STEM innovators. Credits:Photo courtesy of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

News | Mar 22, 2021 | Andi Sutton | Susanna Maize | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab

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Transforming lives by providing safe drinking water

J-WAFS awards 2018 Solutions grants for commercialization of MIT food and water technologies

This wearable water quality test kit (early prototype pictured at left) provides a simple, accessible way to test the presence of E. coli in drinking water. A J-WAFS Solutions grant will enable an MIT research team to develop a regionally-appropriate commercialization strategy to ensure that these test kits can be accessible to rural and urban communities in Nepal as well as the other areas in South Asia that face the risk of water-related diseases from unsafe drinking water.  Photo: Susan Murcott/MIT D-Lab

News | Sep 11, 2018 | Andi Sutton | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab

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J-WAFS awards 2018 Solutions grants for commercialization of MIT food and water technologies

No clean water? No problem: 6 do-it-yourself ways Puerto Ricans can ensure it’s drinkable

With help from Susan Murcott, who is a drinking water and waste water expert and a lecturer at the MIT D-Lab, we learned about water tests that can be performed easily without waiting weeks for results from the lab.

News | Dec 21, 2017 | Pamela C. Silva Díaz (MIT 2012)

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No clean water? No problem: 6 do-it-yourself ways Puerto Ricans can ensure it’s drinkable

D-Lab Student Summer Fieldwork: Handwashing & Hygiene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

PSI-MIT D-Lab team lunch.

Blog | Jul 23, 2018 | Abigail Anderson, MIT SB '18, SM Candidate

D-Lab Student Summer Fieldwork: Handwashing & Hygiene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Summit Focuses on Participatory Co-Design to Develop Low-Cost WASH Products

Sanitation Co-Design Summit participants develop a prototype of their latrine superstructure. Photo credit: Kathrin Tegenfeldt, USAID/Ethiopia.

News | Mar 01, 2018 | Abigail Jones

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Ethiopian Summit Focuses on Participatory Co-Design to Develop Low-Cost WASH Products

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