Radio Interview

Listen to KALX 90.7 FM radio interview with Professor Sedlak talking about ReNUWIT.

Runner-up Best Technology Paper

Professor Sedlak's paper with UC Berkeley doctoral student, Eva Agus, and two colleagues from Singapore Public Utility Board was selected as first runner up for best technology paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Chlorine Substitutes In Water May Have Risks

Professor Sedlak was recently featured on NPR's All Things Considered in a piece titled "Chlorine Substitutes In Water May Have Risks."

"The change in disinfectants comes a century after water systems in the U.S. began adding chlorine to prevent the spread of diseases like cholera and typhoid. For much of that time, people thought chlorination was completely safe, says David Sedlak from the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley."

Read more about this story or listen to the story here.

Short-Circuiting the Hydrologic Cycle to Meet Urban Water Needs

Professor Sedlak presented at the 2009 Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College. The conference theme was "H2O Uncertain Resource" and Professor Sedlak's lecture Short-Circuiting the Hydrologic Cycle to Meet Urban Water Needs was webcast and recorded.

Watch David's lecture here.

Solar on the Water

Professor Sedlak was recently interviewed for a New York Times article on the feasibility of installing solar panels on irrigation ponds.

“Irrigation ponds have the potential to become algal sources and algae can cause all sorts of issues,” said Dr. Sedlak, co-director of the University’s Berkeley Water Center. But he said he doubted that stemming evaporation would be a big selling point for floating solar panels since irrigation ponds did not lose that much water to evaporation.

Read the article on the New York Times website, or the Seattle Times website.