Lecture Information:

Time:  May 22, 2023 (Monday) 9:00-10:00

Venue：Room 620, Yifu Teaching Building, Peking University Health Science Center

Speaker: Adalberto Noyola, Director of the Center for Mexican Studies of UNAM in China (Beijing)

Moderator:  Su Jingjing, Associate Professor, School of Health Humanities, Peking University

Commentator: Zhang Daqing, Distinguished Professor of Boya, School of Health Humanities, Peking University 

Lecture Title: Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Mexico: Environmental and Health issues

Abstract:

Water scar city is becoming a major problem in many regions of the world. The impact of climate change has introduced many stress conditions to the water balances in the ecosystems and related human activities. In addition, population growth and economic development demand more water resources.The center-northern part of Mexico is located in the north desert belt, around the 30oNorth latitude and the Tropic of Cancer). In this region, a significant fraction of the Mexican population is located, together with industrial and agricultural production. However, water resources are scarce, mostly based on overexploited aquifers.The situation of water resources availability in Mexico will be presented, together with the wastewater management and the still limited water reuse practices. In addition, some public health aspects related to water supply and reuse will be mentioned. 

Speaker:

Adalberto Noyola is an environmental engineer with a PhD from INSA-Toulouse, France. He is a senior researcher and former Head of the Institute of Engineering at UNAM; he is a member of the National System of Researchers (III). He has served as president of several professional associations, including the Inter American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS). He is author of 5 patents and has published 64 research papers in leading scientific journals (JCR). He has been the supervisor of 54 undergraduate students, 29 master students and 11 PhD students. His research projects deal with anaerobic processes (wastewater treatment, sludge digestion, membrane bioreactors) and methane emission from municipal wastewater treatment facilities. He serves as associate editor for Chemosphere (IF 8.94) and Water Science and Technology (IF 2.43). At present, he is the director of the Center for Mexican Studies of UNAM in China (Beijing).