[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":125},["ShallowReactive",2],{"MohkOZev6z0h5AloYHxFXOBGjcNRMzV569aZGkk2zgQ":3,"article_reinventing-the-toilet-and-wastewater-treatment-system_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":123,"_apollo:identified":124},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","reinventing-the-toilet-and-wastewater-treatment-system","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":122},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":30,"content":31,"date":32,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":33,"masterings":46,"globalTags":50,"products":64,"disciplines":78,"seo":111,"__typename":121},"cG9zdDo2MzIyMA==","Reinventing the Toilet and Wastewater Treatment System","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Freinventing-the-toilet-and-wastewater-treatment-system","\u003Cp>We get up in the morning.  Brush our teeth, take a shower,…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":29},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":25,"thumbnail":26,"srcSet":27,"sizes":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c.jpg.webp","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c-768x621.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c-150x150.jpg.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c.jpg.webp 938w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c-300x243.jpg.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e25840970c-768x621.jpg.webp 768w","(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>We get up in the morning.  Brush our teeth, take a shower, and use the toilet.  In the western world, we don’t think about clean water or the waste water process.  In the developing world, designing a system to reduce disease transmitted through improper waste disposal is an engineering and environmental  challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>  \u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FeVQaMsvBLb8\" width=\"560\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I got a chance to talk to California Institute of Technology, mechanical engineering PhD candidate, Asghar Aryanfar about the project his fellow engineers and scientists are working on.  Their prototype will be installed in New Delhi, India later this summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e2590a970c-800wi.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63223\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e2590a970c-800wi.jpg.webp 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2019103e2590a970c-800wi-300x236.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds the project, “Reinventing the Toilet, a Self-Contained, PV-Powered Domestic Toilet and Wastewater Treatment System.”  The project is under the direction of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhoffmann.caltech.edu\u002F\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Michael Hoffman CalTech\">Michael Hoffman\u003C\u002Fa>, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at CalTech.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20192abab580d970d-800wi.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63224\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20192abab580d970d-800wi.jpg.webp 431w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20192abab580d970d-800wi-206x300.jpg.webp 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>The team used SolidWorks and SolidWorks Flow Simulation for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.solidworks.com\u002Fsw\u002Feducation\u002Funiversity-research-software-grant.htm?scid=sw_edu_main_researchers\" target=\"_self\" title=\"SolidWorks Academic Research\">Academic Research\u003C\u002Fa> to maximize the amount of waste that can be processed in a single day of sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> Great project, thank you for sharing!  Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2013-06-27T08:17:23",{"node":34,"__typename":45},{"nicename":35,"description":36,"slug":37,"name":38,"firstName":39,"lastName":40,"avatar":41,"__typename":44},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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