Outline


RECWET booklet
(May 2024 edition)

Since the establishment in 2000, we have been studying and developing cutting-edge water environment technologies using a variety of approaches based on the fusion and collaboration of basic science and practical science, with the aim of realizing a sustainable water environment.
RECWET was reorganized into three divisions in 2019 in order to strengthen and expand its research and education system through collaboration with water-related researchers in a wider range of fields, including chemistry and biotechnology and civil engineering. We have also engaged in activities such as international cooperation, human resource development, and holding international conferences, in the water field mainly in Asia.
Additionally, the "International Wastewater-based Epidemiology" Program, established in March 2024, is promoting activities aimed at social implementation of developed technologies through industry-academia collaboration.
As a research hub for water environment technology, we actively hold various symposiums and other events. More details

News & TopicsArchive＞

2024/11/15
[Publication] COVID-19 infection Up-to-date 25 (Project Prof. Kitajima)

A review article by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) was published in the September issue of Modern Media, an academic information magazine on medicine and public health published in 1955. The article is available to the public in PDF format. (in Japanese)

安藤宏紀、北島正章 (2024) 下水疫学調査による新型コロナウイルスの感染動向把握, モダンメディア, 70(9), pp.292-301.
2024/11/14
[Publication] Paper that analyzes wastewater-based epidemiology research using structural topic model (Project Prof. Kitajima)

Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) et al. used a structural topic model to provide an overview of the topics involved in WBE in various research fields and elucidate their characteristics, and published a paper in Results in Chemistry.

Michio Murakami, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Masaaki Kitajima (2024) Analysis of research fields involving wastewater-based epidemiology and interdisciplinary spillovers using a structural topic model, Results in Chemistry, 12, 101897.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2024.101897
2024/11/02
[Media] Cooperating with Kyodo News for coverage on earthquake resistance of water supply (Prof. Takizawa)

Kyodo News interviewed Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division), and the article was published in almost all local newspapers. In particular, the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper devoted a space under the headline "Management Efforts Reaching Their Limits" as "A story from Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (Water Administration) of the University of Tokyo Graduate School."

"Government emergency inspection in response to the Noto earthquake: Earthquake resistance of water supply 15% at disaster prevention bases" Kyoto Shimbun, Kanagawa Shimbun, and many others (in Japanese)
2024/10/30
[Lecture] Invited speech on Water and Wastewater in Korea (Project Prof. Kitajima)

Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) gave an invited speech at a conference organized by Korea Society of Water and Wastewater.

Masaaki Kitajima. Technology Development and Social Implementation of Wastewater-based Epidemiology in Japan. Korean Society of Water and Wastewater (KSWW) Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2024.
2024/10/26
[Lecture] 2 lectures in Qingdao, China (Prof. Katayama, Dr. Liu)

Project Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama and Asst. Prof. LIU Miaomiao (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Microbial Ecology from October 25th to 28th. Prof. Katayama delivered a keynote speech, while Dr. Liu focused on networking and reconnecting with both new and long-standing collaborators. See News from Shandong University, the co-host of the meeting.
In addition to the meeting, they were invited to the School of Environmental Science and Technology at Shandong University, where they participated in academic discussion and Prof. Katayama gave an invited lecture.

Lecture title:
Wastewater-based Epidemiology: Experience in Japan (Hiroyuki Katayama and Masaaki Kitajima)