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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Shifting the Paradigm for 60 million
HOW ONE ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT IS TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD
TO DELIVER A VITAL HUMAN RESOURCE - CLEAN DRINKING WATER
DYLAN VERBERG IS A CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WINDSOR WHO SPENT NEARLY FIVE MONTHS IN THE INDIAN CAPITAL, DELHI, CONTRIBUTING TO
AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY THE INDIA-CANADA CENTRE FOR INNOVATIVE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIPS TO ACCELERATE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND
SUSTAINABILITY (IC-IMPACTS).
G
rowing up on a farm, Dylan's experience with small construction projects has
proved invaluable in his current challenge - deploying equipment in the New
Delhi , India drainage pond in an attempt to improve the quality of a water system that
serves as a lifeline for nearly 60 million people.
"For this project, we needed to solve a massive issue threatening a vital human
resource - clean drinking water," Verburg said. "To do this, we had to create a paradigm
shift from traditional sewage management techniques and develop a tailored approach.
Using the infrastructure available and highly optimized existing technology, we have
been able to demonstrate the potential of utilizing and rejuvenating a polluted water
body into an active environmental wastewater treatment plant."
Verburg traveled to India between September 2017 and then again in February 2018
to help place a bubble tubing aeration system and infrastructure in Sonia Vihar Lake,
a polluted water body - a source of Delhi's drinking water. Heavy sewage pollution
removes dissolved oxygen from water. This slows down degradation, causes odour
issues and threatens lifeforms dependant on oxygen, Verburg said. The aeration tubing
replenishes the dissolved oxygen, which allows beneficial bacteria to flourish and
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naturally restore the ecosystem.
"We often forget that sometimes the
best instances of engineering are simple
solutions that solve complex problems,"
Verburg said.
Now that Verburg has returned to
Canada, he will review data and process
it using various modelling techniques to
better quantify the benefits of the added
aeration. Liam Simone, a UWindsor
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