Upcoming Activities

Current Activities

Major Past Accomplishments

• Re-oriented environmental engineering curricula and syllabi with emphasis on appropriate low-cost technologies, community participation, socio-economic and gender issues in Water Supply and Sanitation
• Published a textbook on Water Supply and Sanitation to support the re-oriented curricula and manuals for training in WSS
•  Conducted more than 115 training courses and trained over 3500 personnel of sector agencies and academic institutions
• Facilitated 26 WEDC conferences on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Challenges of the Millennium
• BUET-UNU International Workshop on Technologies for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water (5-7 May 2001)
• Completed 19 research projects on demanding WatSan issues in Bangladesh
• Drawn up a comprehensive picture of arsenic removal technologies
• Established national network through 8 ITN sub-centers for expansion of human resource base in WSS
• Facilitated International Workshop on "Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh", (14-16 January 2002)
• Facilitated International Workshop on "Bangladesh Environment 2002" (19-21 December 2002)
• Facilitated BUET-UNU International Symposium on "Fate of Arsenic in the Environment" (5-6 February 2003)
• Facilitated BUET-UNU International Symposium on "Fate of Arsenic in the Environment" (5-6 February 2003)
• Published a training manual on Participatory Management of Low-cost Water Supply and Sanitation.
• Published four documents in the Arsenic front.
• Published seven documents under ITN Research series.
• Published a comprehensive document on Bangladesh Environment (Bangladesh Environment 2002)
• Second Edition of the textbook on Water Supply and Sanitation.
• Bangla version of the textbook on Water Supply and Sanitation.
• Published Training Manual on 'Application of LFA techniques in Watsan'.
• Facilitated Technical Front of the South Asian Conference on Sanitation, SACOSAN, 2003.
• Published Training Manual on 'Training Skill Development'.
• Organized National Seminar on Environmental Sanitation in Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward (29 October 2007)
• Published Training Manual on 'Computerized Evaluation Process and Techniques of Training Undertakings'
• Organized International Conference on "Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Strategies for Bangladesh" (18-20 February 2009)
• Published Training Material Compilation on 'Facing the Challenges of Climate Change: Issues, Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Bangladesh with focus on Water and Waste Management'
• Published Teaching Material on 'Solid and Hazardous Waste Management'