• Wastewater Treatment Research Endowment
• Support Training Program For Installers, Regulators, and Designers

Wastewater Treatment Research Endowment

Department of Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The Ohio State University

Contact Dr. Karen Mancl, Professor 614-292-4505 for more information

The department mission:
To advance the science and application of engineering in biological and agricultural systems involving food and other products from renewable sources. This is done in a manner that best serves society and its environment.

Endowment vision:
As this county moves ever closer to the goal of no discharge of pollutants to the navigable waters of the nation, rural property owners, farmers and businesses are well positioned to achieve the goal by treating and reusing wastewater on individual lots. The Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering has a rich history of bringing new and appropriate technologies to the citizens of rural America.

Through this growing endowment, the Department will expand and sustain its research and outreach initiatives in wastewater treatment.   The endowment funds will be used in three major ways:

•  To support research in the application of new technologies in wastewater treatment.   Current research initiatives are focused on low energy and low management sand bioreactor systems to renovate high strength wastewaters from food processors and restaurants.

•  To support graduate instruction to train a new generation of scholars to continue research and application of appropriate wastewater treatment technologies for rural areas.  

•  To expand outreach education efforts to enable designers, contractors, regulators and rural property owners to use and maintain appropriate wastewater treatment technologies in rural areas.   The current initiative is to operate and enhance the   Soil Environment Technology Learning Lab at the Molly Caren Agricultural Center near London, Ohio.

Endowment goal:

A self-sustaining research and outreach program is the long-range goal for the endowment.   An endowment totaling $400,000 will accomplish this goal.   The intial goal was to grow the endowment to $25,000 by 2003.   We have already exceeded that goal and as of 2005 the fund has grown to over $40,000.   Our next goal is to reach $100,000 by 2010.

How you can help:

This research program looks for and extends practical solutions to wastewater treatment problems while working to fulfill the Department mission to best serve society and its environment.   With a contribution to the endowment, you can lend support to finding affordable solutions to long-standing problems.

Support Training Program
For installers, regulators and designers

(406121)

Equipment being donated

Brand name	$ value

Long-term care fund

Looking ahead we must have access to a fund for long-term care of the donated items and the training site. For each donated item, a $250 endowment contribution will yield the interest to provide this support. We can only accept items if we have the resources to care for them and can maintain a viable teaching facility.

Number of items donated X at least $250 per item = _____ Endowment contribution

Each item will be marked with a permanent tag citing the donor.

Please make checks payable to
Ohio State University Development Fund
Return to: Karen Mancl, Professor Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
590 Woody Hayes Dr. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210