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    • Avoiding the Use of Exhausted DrinkingWater Filters: A Filter-Clock Based on Rusting Iron 

      Ndé-Tchoupé, Arnaud Igor; Lufingo, Mesia; Hu, Rui; Gwenzi, Willis; Ntwampe, Seteno Karabo Obed; Noubactep, Chicgoua; Njau, Karoli (MDPI, 2018-05-02)
      Efficient but affordable water treatment technologies are currently sought to solve the prevalent shortage of safe drinking water. Adsorption-based technologies are in the front-line of these efforts. Upon proper design, ...
    • A Novel and Facile Method to Characterize the Suitability of Metallic Iron for Water Treatment 

      Lufingo, Mesia; Ndé-Tchoupé, Arnaud Igor; Hu, Rui; Njau, Karoli; Noubactep, Chicgoua (MDPI, 2019-11-23)
      Metallic iron (Fe0) materials have been industrially used for water treatment since the 1850s. There are still many fundamental challenges in affordably and reliably characterizing the Fe0 intrinsic reactivity. From the ...
    • White Teeth and Healthy Skeletons for All: The Path to Universal Fluoride-Free DrinkingWater in Tanzania 

      Ndé-Tchoupé, Arnaud Igor; Tepong-Tsindé, Raoul; Lufingo, Mesia; Pembe-Ali, Zuleikha; Lugodisha, Innocent; Mureth, Risala Iddi; Nkinda, Mihayo; Marwa, Janeth; Gwenzi, Willis; Mwamila, Tulinave Burton; Rahman, Mohammad Azizur; Noubactep, Chicgoua; Njau, Karoli (MDPI, 2019-01-12)
      Fluorosis has been prevalent in the great East African Rift Valley (EARV) since before this region was given a name. In the Tanganyika days, Germans reported elevated fluoride concentrations in natural waters. In the ...