Objectives: The overall objective of the project is to contribute significantly to reduction of waterborne diseases and illnesses in the Asian target countries particularly among poor families. This means to contribute to better health conditions by improved drinking water quality and reduced toxic industrial waste water discharge into the rivers.

• Collective research & development and build-up of local centers of expertise

• Training to develop and apply new, innovative water treatment technologies

• Follow-up in order to ensure sustainability

Dr. Md. Akhtarul Islam is a member of the Dept of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science since 1997. He has graduated from Bourgas Technological University, Bulgaria in 1984. In 1990 he defended his PhD thesis. Both his MSc and PhD theses were in the field of membrane science and technology. He has served as a teacher of theoretical mechanics and physical chemistry in Bourgas Technological University and 'Water and wastewater treatment technology' in Rousse University Bulgaria. He has passed two years in GKSS Research Center, Germany as a post-doctoral fellow. In SUST, he teaches Chemical Engineering courses as Chemical Reaction Engineering, Mathematical Modeling, Transport Phenomena and Environmental Technology. His research interest covers Membrane Science and Technology, Environmental Science and Technology, and Mathematical modeling of mass transport processes.

• University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe (UASK) (GERMANY)
• Institute for Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR)  (ITALY)
• Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) (BANGLADESH)
• Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU)  (PR CHINA) 

• Teachers, Researchers, Students from UASK,ITM-CNR,SUST,JPU.
• Representative from Industries, Environmental and Health agencies, NGOs, GOs etc.