Water Environment and Health Engineering Group
We have a research capability in developing, implementing and managing innovative solutions and interventions for the protection of the environment and public health. We are a diverse multidisciplinary research group with background expertise in civil engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, microbiology, virology, zoology, public health and mathematics.
Research
We are working across the following research areas:
- Advanced water and wastewater treatment and resource recovery/reuse (water- energy-materials)
- Fate and behaviour of contaminants-including emerging ones- in the environment
- Water, sanitation and public health (WASH) in the developing world
- Recreational water quality; risk assessment and management
- Remote sensing, catchment surveillance, water resources management, risks and extreme weather in the context of climate change and resilience
- Urban pollution and health in cities and megacities.
Small water supplies
Small drinking water supplies pose a particular risk to public health. Researchers in this group like Katherine Pond, are working with the World Health Organisation to improve risk assessments for small water supplies. We have developed two films to assist communities using these supplies to carry out risk assessments to identify potential hazards to the water supply.
Research projects
Integrating hydrological modelling and satellite data to inform crop field soil moisture
Principal investigator: Dr Belen Marti-Cardona
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Funding amount: £77,136
Maize mapping and sustainable water use in Afghanistan
Principal investigator: Dr Belen Marti-Cardona
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Funding amount: £97,285
Centre for Environmental Health and Engineering
We collaborate with the Centre on various research such as risk assessment and management, wastewater treatment and water, sanitation and public health.
Prizes we've won
Our project won the UK-Philippines Newton Prize 2019. The project aims to convert wastewater into nutrient rich fertiliser and is leading the way on improving the health and prosperity of rapidly urbanising areas in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
We were joint winners of the 2011 Queen's Anniversary Prize for wide-ranging and global work improving access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Listen to Barry Lloyd talking about why water research is so important.
People
Head of the Group
Academic staff
Research staff
Postgraduate research students
Click on our student profiles below to read all about their research projects.
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