Spectrum News Milwaukee featured a story about the bacterial decontamination research of Troy Skwor, associate professor of biomedical sciences, and Qingsu Cheng, assistant professor, biomedical engineering.
Cheng, who leads a USDA grant that includes Skwor, is quoted in the segment. The USDA project aims to develop a technology that assures the quality of reclaimed water used to irrigate crops.
Currently, these alternative water sources are poorly monitored and can transmit waterborne diseases that are passed on to people who eat the crops.