Sustainable Water
Researchers are developing solutions for water challenges globally. This network brings together cross-cutting experts in water engineering, energy, health and sanitation to ensure that water is managed and used in a sustainable way. We inform policy at an international scale for water governance and sanitation, catchment management and resilience to climate change.
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UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub
- Goal 1: No poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 3: Good Health & Well Being
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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UKRI GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 13: Climate Action
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Sustainable Decentralised Wastewater Treatment in Southeast Asia
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance in Malaysia
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
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Achieving Urban Flood Resilience in an Uncertain Future
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Technologies for Surveying, Mapping and Communicating Waterborne Diseases
- Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Improving Wastewater and Sanitation Globally to Stop Antibiotic Resistance
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Restoring and Sustainably Managing Peatlands for Global Climate Benefit
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 15: Life on Land
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Building Resilience to Multi-source Flooding
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Drought Resilience in Ecosystem Services and Rural Communities in China
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Community-led Water Management
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Team
Our partners
- Northumbrian Water
- ARUP
- Future Earth
- Tyndall Centre
- National Engineering Research Centre for Information Technology in Agriculture (NERCITA)
- National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC)
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies, UK
- Ardhi University, Tanzania
- National Engineering Research Centre for Information Technology in Agriculture (NERCITA), China
- National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC), China
- Institute of Water Modelling
- CEGIS
- An Giang Province People's Committee
- Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
- Australian National University
- University of Nottingham, UK
- Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
- LABAQUA, SA
- VINACOM
- CRES
- IIEST
- Jadavpur University
- University of California
- An Giang University
- York University, Canada
- AIT Bangkok
- BUET
- United Nations University
- An Giang University
- University of Technology Malaysia
- Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi
- Universidad del Valle
- CINARA
- School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
- International Water Management Institute
- University of Göttingen
- Addis Ababa University
- University of Leeds
- University of Oxford
- UNHabitat
- AQUACOL
- UES Calle
- Abay River Basin Authority
- Awash River Basin Authority
- Commission for Recovery of the River Cauca
- Ministry of Agriculture and NR Ethiopia
- Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ethiopia
- Rift Valley Lakes Basin Authority
- The World Bank
- CURE (Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence)
- Delhi Development Authority
- The Flow Partnership
- Delhi Jal Board
- Ministry of Earth Sciences, India
- Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Green Shakti Foundation
- Indian Council Research on International Economic Relations
- Central Water Commission, India
- EcoKnights
- Green Earth Society
- Indah Water Konsortium
- Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia
- Ministry of Health, Malaysia
- SAJ Ranhill
- National Water Services Commission
- Johor Water Regulatory Body
- Binary Asylum
- Envirowatch Ltd
- Global Flood Partnership
- International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture
- International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
- International Society for Photo and Remote Sensing
- Matrix Development Consultants
- Oxfam GB
- TickTock Games Ltd
- Waterlat
- Wolf and Wood
- WWF South Africa
- WHO
- Regulatory Council on Environmental Policy and Water Research
- National Capital Region Planning Board, India
- Empresas Munipales de Cali
Newcastle University Staff
Professor Jaime Amezaga
Prof of Environmental Sustainability
Email: jaime.amezaga@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4876
Dr Stephen Blenkinsop
Principal Research Associate in Climate and Climate Change
Email: stephen.blenkinsop@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 7933
Dr Cat Button
Director of Planning and Urban Design
Email: cat.button@prison-earth.com
Professor Thomas Curtis
Professor of Environmental Engineering
Email: tom.curtis@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6690
Professor Russell Davenport
Engineering for the Environment and Human Health
Email: russell.davenport@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5544
Professor Richard Dawson
Professor of Earth Systems Engineering, Director of Research & Innovation
Email: richard.dawson@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6618
Professor Jeff Errington FMedSci FRS
Director of the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology (CBCB)
Email: jeff.errington@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3235
Dr Alistair Ford
Lecturer in Geospatial Data Analytics and Policy Academy Fellow
Email: alistair.ford@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7121
Dr Nathan Forsythe
Newcastle University Research Fellow
Email: nathan.forsythe@prison-earth.com
Telephone: 0191 208 6875
Professor Hayley Fowler
Professor of Climate Change Impacts
Email: hayley.fowler@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7113
Professor Lynn Frewer
Professor of Food & Society
Email: lynn.frewer@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8272
Dr Rachel Gaulton
Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing
Email: rachel.gaulton@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5582
Vassilis Glenis
Lecturer in Hydroinformatics
Email: vassilis.glenis@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6413
Professor David Graham
Professor of Ecosystems Engineering
Email: david.graham@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7930
Dr Selma Guerreiro
Research Fellow
Dr Oliver Heidrich
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: oliver.heidrich@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6563
Professor Philip James
Professor of Urban Data
Email: philip.james@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6388
Professor Adam Jarvis
Professor of Hydrogeochemical Engineering
Email: adam.jarvis@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4871
Professor Chris Kilsby
Professor of Hydrology and Climate Change
Email: chris.kilsby@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5614
Professor Andy Large
Professor in River Science
Email: andy.large@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6342
Dr Elizabeth Lewis
Lecturer in Computational Hydrology, Deputy Director of Research & Innovation
Email: elizabeth.lewis2@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7544
Professor Philip Moore
Professor of Space Geodesy
Email: philip.moore@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5040
Dr Greg O'Donnell
Senior Researcher in Land Use Management Effects in Extreme Floods
Email: g.m.o'donnell@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5221
Dr Maria Pregnolato
EPSRC Research Fellow
Professor Mark Reed
Prof of Socio-Technical Innovation
Email: mark.reed@prison-earth.com
Telephone: 07538082343
Professor Selina Stead
Professor of Marine Governance and Environmental Science
Email: selina.stead@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6832
Professor David Werner
Environmental Systems Modelling
Email: david.werner@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5099
Professor Mark Whittingham
Professor of Applied Ecology
Email: mark.whittingham@prison-earth.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6599
Impact
Global Challenge
Water research at Newcastle University is developing solutions to the world’s water problems through interdisciplinary expertise, innovation and collaboration. We're working with academics, government, industry and communities around the world to develop sustainable and resilient water systems in cities and catchments worldwide.
Our research projects are making sustainable management of water possible, and enhancing water infrastructure. We have expertise in a variety of relevant areas. These range from climate modelling to adaptation, from catchment management to wastewater treatment and sanitation. Together we are addressing the most pressing water challenges the world faces today and in the future.
How we are making a difference
Examples of how Newcastle University researchers in water are making a difference globally:
- making communities more resilient to flooding
- reducing the spread of multi-antibiotic resistance
- investigating changes in rainfall extremes
- improving management of the water-energy-food nexus
- developing practical applications to improve adaptation to climate change
Where we are having an impact
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Is the intensification of precipitation extremes with global warming better detected at hourly than daily resolutions? (2017). Geophysical Letters
Date Published: 21 January 2017 Read more -
Climate change impacts on Yangtze River discharge at the Three Gorges Dam (2017). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date Published: 5 April 2017 Read more -
Spatial Optimization of Future Urban Development with Regards to Climate Risk and Sustainability Objectives (2017). Risk Analysis.
Date Published: 23 February 2017 Read more -
Integrated Approach to Assess the Resilience of Future Electricity Infrastructure Networks to Climate Hazards (2017). IEEE Systems Journal
Date Published: 19 May 2017 Read more -
Metal removal mechanisms in a short hydraulic residence time subsurface flow compost wetland for mine drainage treatment (2016). Ecological Engineering
Date Published: 05 October 2016 Read more -
Do convection-permitting regional climate models improve projections of future precipitation change? (2017). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Date Published: 23 January 2017 Read more -
A new precipitation and drought climatology based on weather patterns (2017). International Journal of Climatology
Date Published: 13 July 2017 Read more -
A blueprint for full collective flood risk estimation: demonstration for European river flooding (2016). Risk Analysis
Date Published: 29 December 2016 Read more -
Adaptation of water resource systems to an uncertain future (2016). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Date Published: 12 May 2016 Read more -
Alternative business models for flood risk management infrastructure (2016). 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management (FLOODrisk 2016)
Date Published: 29 March 2017 Read more -
Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities
Date Published: 21 February 2018 Read more