Congratulations Tao Yan on your grant for irrigation

A University of Hawaii professor has been awarded a $120,000 grant to jointly study irrigation and human health with an Israeli researcher. Assistant Professor Tao Yan and his Israeli colleague Cytryn Eddie received the grant from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation. Their two-year research project is expected to study how human activities like irrigating fields with reused wastewater affects the development of antibiotic resistance in soil. They're also due to study how irrigating with reused wastewater may affect human health. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chairman C.S. Papacostas said Monday people need to understand these issues to find ways to their ecological footprint.