Outline
RECWET booklet
(Jul 2025 edition)
Since the establishment in 2000, we have been conducting research and development of cutting-edge water environment control technologies using diverse approaches based on the integration and collaboration of basic sciences such as microbial ecology and practical studies such as water treatment engineering in order to meet the social challenges and expectations of realizing a sustainable water environment.
In 2019, the center was reorganized into three divisions. We are currently promoting research and education in collaboration with water-related researchers in a wider range of fields within the university, including Chemistry and biotechnology, Civil engineering and Material engineering. Additionally, Laboratory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology, which was established in March 2024, is working to implement technologies developed through industry-academia collaboration in society. Furthermore, in October 2024, Shinshu University/The University of Tokyo Collaboration Branch Office was established, aiming to integrate advanced research in the water field by collaborating with Shinshu University.
Moreover, our activities in the water fields, including international cooperation, human resource development, and hosting international conferences, mainly conducted in Asia, are gaining international recognition. We will continue to promote research and education activities with the aim of becoming an international research hub for water environmental engineering.
We would appreciate your continued support for the activities of the center.
News & TopicsArchive＞
- 2025/09/10
[Lecture] Lecture at DLSU, collaborative research partner (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima gave the following lecture at De La Salle University (DLSU), the Philippines, on Sep 10th.
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Those lecturers are also conducting joint research with DLSU within the framework of the JST NEXUS Japan-Philippines International Collaborative Research Project "Water Security" (Japan-sie PI: Prof. Eiji Haramoto, University of Yamanashi).
The Pursuit of Water Security: Water and Wastewater Research and Collaboration Lecture Series
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From Method Development to Public Health Practice: Advancing Wastewater-based Epidemiology- 2025/09/08
[Lecture] Invited lecture at the 38th JSME @ TOKYO2025 (Project Assoc. Prof. Gomi)
Project Assoc. Prof. Ryota Gomi (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) will give the following invited lecture at the 38th JSME @ TOKYO2025 (Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology), which will be held at the Ookayama Campus of Institute of Science Tokyo from September 7th to 10th.
● Lecture Time：Morning, Wednesday, September 10th
● Symposium：05 Mobilome-Driven Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance Gene
● Lecture Title：環境細菌のゲノム解析による薬剤耐性遺伝子新規拡散機構の探索- 2025/09/03
[Call for Papers] Collection on Wastewater Surveillance (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima is the editor of the new Collection on wastewater surveillance in Discover Public Health. We welcome your paper submissions.
● Journal：Discover Public Health
● Collection：Application of Wastewater Surveillance in Public Health
● Submission deadline：25 November 2025
● Editor：Dr. Phong Thai, The University of Queensland and Dr. Masaaki Kitajima, The University of Tokyo
● Details：https://link.springer.com/collections/giiadhjdde- 2025/08/22
[Event] Report on IFAWET-5, the International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology
The fifth bilateral conference on water environment technology, co-hosted by RECWET and local universities and other institutions, was held in Dehradun, northwest India, from August 6 to 8, 2025. Plenary talks, Keynote presentation, Invited talks, Oral presentations, and Poster presentations were held. In addition to Japan and India, there were also participants from Mexico, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Netherlands, and the event ended with great success.
From the Japan side, plenary talks were given by Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama1 , Prof. Futoshi Kurisu2, Project Assoc. Prof. Ikuro Kasuga4, Assoc. Prof. Takashi Hashimoto1, and Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima4 in order of lectures.
1 Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development 2 Water System Management 4 International Wastewater-based Epidemiology
We have launched Virtual Special Issues (VSI) related to IFAWET-5 in Groundwater for Sustainable Development (GSD) and Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET). The deadline for submissions to GSD is January 15, 2026.
https://www.recwet.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/asian_water2025- 2025/08/21
[Cooperated event] Hydrosphere Science Seminar #33（Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima）
#33 of Hydrosphere Science Seminar, which RECWET also collaborate to co-sponsor, will be given by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima from Labolatory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology, RECWET, from 15:00, 6th October. Please register here and join us!
