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An interdisciplinary initiative tackling water challenges

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Research Updates



    • Important Scientific Data goes Public in Water Industry First

      December 7, 2020

    • Funding for a new CDT at Cardiff and Exeter

      November 26, 2020

    • Royal Academy of Engineering Award for WSA Scientist’s Sewers4COVID project

      August 25, 2020

    • FRESH CDT students win 1st place at the NERC COVID-19 Hackathon on ecosystems services

      July 28, 2020

    • Badge for third place winner in COVID-19 Digital Sprint Hackathon

      3rd place for WISE/SAMBa team at NERC COVID 19 Digital Sprint Hackathon

      July 3, 2020

    • Water treatment system in nature

      Work begins on UK system for estimating COVID-19 cases from wastewater

      July 2, 2020

    • WSA scientists lead ‘DOWN2EARTH’ tackling African climate change resilience

      June 16, 2020

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      Exeter CWS win #EUvsVirus Hackathon

      May 22, 2020

    • A small cascade in a creek

      PhD Insights: Bridging the gap between biology and engineering

      May 11, 2020

    • Publication modelling future sewer system scenarios selected as editor’s choice

      April 23, 2020

    • Dry land at sunset

      Challenges of climate change and its impact on water resources for vulnerable regions

      March 24, 2020

    • View of desert

      Water scarcity challenges under climate change in East African drylands

      March 20, 2020

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      Call for Abstracts open for WSA PHD CON2020

      March 12, 2020

    • Young Professionals address water security challenges in sub-Sahara

      March 5, 2020

    • A photo of a waterfall in a rainforest.

      Scientists produce plan to halt decline in freshwater species and habitats

      February 19, 2020

    • A photo of a pile of folded textiles

      New research examines the impact of the textile usage on freshwater environments

      February 12, 2020

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      Save the date for first GW4 WSA PhD conference

      January 29, 2020

    • Aerial photo of a flooded neighbourhood

      Study compares floodplain protection today to predicted future flood losses

      December 9, 2019

    • Canyon at dawn in Arizona

      PhD Insights: Understanding the evolution of riparian forests in Arizona

      November 18, 2019

    • Group photo of walkers in a forest

      New cohort of PhD students to improve the management of freshwater

      November 12, 2019

    • Group photo of participants at AQUA launch

      New H2020 project Aqua3S kicks off

      October 16, 2019

    • Flood graph

      Changing climate linked to major changes in flooding

      August 29, 2019

    • Hand using tap to fill an overflowing glass of water

      £10 million for new Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste

      July 11, 2019

Find an expert

Find out more about water research

  • Water Innovation and Research Centre (Bath)
  • Water Initiative (Bristol)
  • Water Research Institute (Cardiff)
  • Centre for Water Systems (Exeter)
  • The Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (Exeter)

Contact us

Andy Schofield
Manager

schofielda@cardiff.ac.uk

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