{"596131":{"#nid":"596131","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Wastewater for Smart Cities: From Sludge to Bioenergy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs populations in cities grow, urban water management challenges increase. At this roundtable event, researchers plus municipal and industry leaders from Atlanta and Toulouse discuss today\u0026rsquo;s challenges and innovations in wastewater management, highlighting a shift from disposal to energy creation and resource recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBy developing sophisticated wastewater and sludge treatment programs that are efficient and environmentally friendly, engineers and scientists are transforming wastewater treatment plants into energy recovery facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta and Toulouse have had strong ties since their former mayors Maynard Jackson and Pierre Baudis united the two cities in 1974, forming the Atlanta Toulouse Sister Cities Committee. Georgia Tech continues in this spirit of admiration and collaboration with dynamic partnerships in research, innovation and academics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThese events are co-organized by the\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-science.org\/-Homepage-English-.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOffice\u0026nbsp;for\u0026nbsp;Science and Technology\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eat the Embassy of France in the United States and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lorraine.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, in partnership with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.toulouse.fr\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe City of Toulouse\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.veolia.fr\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EVeolia\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt this roundtable event, researchers plus municipal and industry leaders from Atlanta and Toulouse discuss today\u0026rsquo;s challenges and innovations in wastewater management, highlighting a shift from disposal to energy creation and resource recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A roundtable event researchers plus municipal and industry leaders from Atlanta and Toulouse"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2017-09-18 22:19:38","changed_gmt":"2017-09-18 22:21:28","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-10-27T12:45:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-10-27T14:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-10-27T14:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-10-27 16:45:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-10-27 18:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-10-27 18:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596128":{"id":"596128","type":"image","title":"France-Atlanta 2017","body":null,"created":"1505772200","gmt_created":"2017-09-18 22:03:20","changed":"1505772200","gmt_changed":"2017-09-18 22:03:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227187","name":"LOGO-FR-ATL-2017.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LOGO-FR-ATL-2017.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LOGO-FR-ATL-2017.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":209675,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LOGO-FR-ATL-2017.jpg?itok=DtDDCy36"}}},"media_ids":["596128"],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}