Environmental Technology Laboratory

Environmental technology is the application of scientific knowledge, engineering and policy to protect the environment and address sustainability.

Our Environmental Technology Laboratory has all the analytical equipment needed for simple water tests – from biochemical oxygen demand to suspended solids, nutrient analysis, pH and conductivity.

The lab is mainly used for teaching and projects by students on engineering courses including BEng / MEng Civil Engineering, BEng Construction Project Management and MSc Civil Engineering. Students from other departments, including the School of the Environment and Life Sciences and the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, use the lab equipment for projects on an ad hoc basis.

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Equipment and amenities

pH meter
Conductivity meter
Field kits for nutrient analysis
Dissolved oxygen meter
Chemical oxygen demand digester and meter
Fume cupboard
Field microbiology kit for coliform testing
Drying ovens, fridges and incubators
Vacuum filtration equipment
High temperature furnace for heat stress tests and loss on ignition
Calorimeter
UV/Vis scanning spectrophotometer

Research

Our researchers are currently using the lab to investigate microplastics in wastewater and as indoor air pollutants, using nano technology to remove herbicides from wetlands, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in harbours, and recycling ash waste from incineration in Energy Recovery Facilities.

Related facilities

Environmental Technology Field Station

Conduct tests and analyse samples currently in the ecosystem in a fully-operational waterworks in nearby Petersfield complete with microbiology and environmental chemistry labs.

Explore Station

Geotechnics Laboratory

Our Geotechnics Laboratory – or Soils Lab – has equipment for analysing fine- and coarse-grained soils.

Explore lab

Geochemistry Laboratory

Trace Earth and environmental processes in this lab, using techniques including palynology processing – the study of strewn particles – for acid dissolutions of rock matrices, sample sieving and heavy liquid separation.