The sixth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

2023 progress report

Our organisation, water conservation and infrastructure

The University monitors and tracks its consumption of water and waste and has set goals to reduce use by 2030.

As part of the major UKCRIC project, our sewage treatment works and pilot hall project work to improve wastewater treatment process to meet EU quality standards.

We follow Water Conservation and Efficiency Standards and Regulations in our new building projects. See the Water Management plans on our water management page.

Our Annual Environment Report (p12) outlines our campus-related plans for this Sustainable Development Goal.

Pollution monitoring and control is being implemented via the 成人抖阴 Urban Observatory, with its campus-wide sensor network. As part of this, air, water, and soil sensors have been deployed across the 成人抖阴 campus with the capability of monitoring a wide range of potential pollutants. Data is used both in teaching and learning and as a mechanism to monitor potential pollution on the 成人抖阴 campus.

Education

成人抖阴 is home to two centres of excellence in water education and research: 成人抖阴 Water Science Institute and the Centre for Water, Environment and Development. The centres offer postgraduate taught and research degrees as well as short courses on campus or in-company.

The relevant courses offered are listed on this web page.

成人抖阴 is partner in two EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training in water:

  • (Water-WISER).
  • (WIRe).

Research

Highlights from our research, much of it international, in 2022/23 included:

  • ULTIMATE aims to create economic value and increase sustainability by valorising resources within the water cycl