NASA Technology Recycles Wastewater

摘要

Scientists from NASA and Texas Tech University (Civil Engineering Department, MS 41023, Lubbock, TX 79409-1023; Tel: 806/ 742-2801, Fax: 806/742-3449) are working on a project that would use space mission technology to recycle wastewater in Texas colonias, Mexican border settlements that often lack proper water treatment. The pilot project would adapt the space shuttle process to a colonia home, where engineered wetlands would help recycle waste-water for landscaping and, eventually, other water needs, including drinking water.