Susan Murcott, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Scientist
Urban Planning
Cambridge, Massachusetts
murcott@mit.edu
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(617) 452-3442
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Susan Murcott is a Senior Lecturer in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work is dedicated to raising awareness of and making a contribution towards global safe water - for drinking, for food, for life - especially focusing on “the b...
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Susan Murcott is a Senior Lecturer in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work is dedicated to raising awareness of and making a contribution towards global safe water - for drinking, for food, for life - especially focusing on “the bottom billion,” the 1/7th of humanity most in need. For the first decade of her environmental engineering career, her concentration was on innovative waste water treatment and reuse for mega-cities with projects in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Beijing, Benares and Hong Kong. Since 1997, she has been a leader in the emerging field of household drinking water treatment and safe storage (HWTS), with MIT projects in 10 countries to date. Since 2005, she has focused on reaching 1 million people with safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Northern Ghana, where she helped to establish Pure Home Water (PHW) with Ghanaian and international partners.
Susan Murcott received her Bachelor of Arts in 1990 (Wellesley College), Bachelor of Science 1990, MIT, and Master of Science 1992, MIT. She has 20+ years of practical, field-based experience in water, sanitation, hygiene in developing countries, including the treatment and safe storage of household drinking water.
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Susan Murcott received her Bachelor of Arts in 1990 (Wellesley College), Bachelor of Science 1990, MIT, and Master of Science 1992, MIT. She has 20+ years of practical, field-based experience in water, sanitation, hygiene in developing countries, including the treatment and safe storage of household drinking water.
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