For two days, on November 9-10, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Clean Water. Fundamental, Applied and Industrial Aspects", dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the university.
Military operations cause enormous damage to the Ukrainian environment. In particular, the restoration and modernization of water supply and sewerage in the war-affected areas requires advanced technologies for the treatment and disinfection of drinking and wastewater, wells, etc.
The national forum "Water in Industry and Agriculture during the War and Climate Crisis" was held in Kyiv. The event brought together more than 400 participants from different regions of Ukraine.
This year's forum, held under the slogan "Let's rebuild Ukraine together," was dedicated to plans for the restoration and development of Ukrainian water supply and sewage systems. Special attention was paid to the projects of international humanitarian organizations in the water sector.
KPI students are developing the first Ukrainian ceramic filter that will purify water even from a swamp or infected with bacteria. It will allow defenders at the front to always have clean water.
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute has created a filter that can turn water contaminated with salmonella into drinking water. The material is 100% Ukrainian.
Scientists say that the device cleans water not only from dirt, but also from chemicals and pathogens.
Students of the Department of Information Systems and Technologies of the Faculty of Information Technology are developing a robot with the mentoring support of the faculty's scientific leadership.
Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Michael Zgurovsky took part in the presentation to launch the State Enterprise "Ukrainian National Center for Peacebuilding".
During his speech, Michael Zgurovsky talked in detail about how to save the water supply of Donbas.
Water is the most common substance in the world and, at the same time, it is almost the most polluted substance in the world (mainly due to man-made activities).
At the invitation of Rector Michael Zgurovsky on October 7, 2021, mayors of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region - Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin and his Deputy Kostiantyn Miliutin - who were in Kyiv as participants in the high-level forum “Fair transformation of coal regions: from plans to action!” visited the Uni
