Dr. Kiyoshi Kawamura
Former Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University
He was formerly a Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University. Prior to that, he served as a section chief of the waste management division in a research institute of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) , and then as the director of a research institute for the environment in Saitama Prefecture.
In these institutes, he had conducted research and teaching, and also contributed to many committee activities at the national and local governments, and the related agencies. Through these experiences, he had made many efforts on the improvement of domestic wastewater management and supporting for the dissemination of johkasou technology world wide.
He is one of the pioneers in Japan to contribute to the promotion of the healthy water environment and sanitation system.