| University | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Department | Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| Division | Water Environment Technology |
| Keywords | dricksvatten, dricksvattenförsörjning, ledningsnät, distributionsnät, råvattenskydd, riskanalys, riskhantering
drinking water supply, pipe network, distribution network, raw water protection, risk analysis, risk management |
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| Website Chalmers University of Technology, in Swedish www.chalmers.se/personer/thomasp/ |
| Website Chalmers University of Technology, in English www.chalmers.se/en/persons/thomasp/ |
| Networks/thematic areas | Global perspectives with focus on low and middle income countries |
| SDG:s | 3. Good health and wellbeing, 6. Clean water and sanitation, 11. Sustainable cities and communities |
| Regions | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Country | Sydafrika, Namibia |
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| Reasearch / work |
| Thomas is professor in drinking water engineering, at the Department of Water environment technology, and vice director of GMV.
Thomas leads a pilot project within Global Sustainable Futures (GSF) aiming at mapping all water researchers within both Gothenburg University and Chalmers and their collaborations with Low and middle income countries (LMICs).
Thomas also leads the research center DRICKS which is a collaboration between Chalmers, SLU, Lund University, and 11 Swedish drinking water producers (municipal water supply). DRICKS is a research program that consists of several sub-projects that aim to contribute to a safe and healthy drinking water supply. Within DRICKS, research is conducted throughout the water system - from source to a tap. Thomas supervises several doctoral students.
In the sub-area of distribution networks, I work with analysing health risks and the need for risk-reducing measures, where renewal of water supply networks is an important measure from both a health and economic perspective.
Modeling of pollution transport in water sources aims to investigate how pollutants and infectious substances are transported in raw water sources to water intakes, at the waterworks, and what health risks this entails for drinking water consumers. I also work with assessing which risk-reducing measures are most effective, from both an economic and a health perspective. |