Job description

Fasil Ejigu Eregno is an Associate Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering at the Department of Building, Energy and Material Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Narvik. He earned his PhD in Water and Environmental Engineering from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), where his doctoral research focused on health risk assessment and water quality modelling, examining risks associated with drinking, recreational, and recycled water systems.

At UiT, he has played a key role in establishing the new master's program in Water and Wastewater Technology. He teaches in the programme, supervises MSc and PhD students, manages environmental laboratory activities, and coordinates and contributes to national and international collaborative research projects with academic and industry partners.

His research interests include water and wastewater treatment technologies (including on-site systems), water safety in supply systems, water quality analysis and modelling, hydrodynamic and hydrological modelling, and health risk assessment and management in water and wastewater systems. He has published on these topics in leading scientific journals.

Areas of responsibility

• Teaching
• Research
• Environmental laboratory management
• Project coordination
• PhD student supervision
• MSc student supervision
• Creating a university and industry partnership

Fasil, along with other colleagues in the department, covers courses relevant to the study of water and wastewater engineering.

BYG-3613 Centralized Wastewater Treatment System

BYG-3608: Water Supply System Engineering

BYG-3610: Analysis of Water Quality Parameters

BYG-3612: Decentralized/On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems

TEK-8514: Health Risk Assessment (PhD course)

Fasil is also facilitating the new Master's study program in Water and Wastewater Engineering .

Research Projects

Fasil engages in various projects in the faculty.

Fasil is a coordinator of the One Health education and research project, funded by NORAD through the NORHED II programme. Also coordinate the Arctic Melt Solutions project (funded by Interreg Aurora, 2026). Additionally, he is involved in the OppSlam ,  ENFORCE , BRIDGE , and PEERS projects.