Spotlight on: Water
Welcome to our latest Research Spotlight, this time focusing on our water-related work.
Here you can find out about some of the many ways we are working toward a world where everyone has access to a clean, reliable and safe water supply.
Watch: Graphene membranes and water filtration
Read: examples of real world impact
Latest case studies
Making drinking water safe
- University of Manchester research has played a critical role in moving the water distribution industry toward more proactive – “smart” data-driven – management of critical networks, to turn data into knowledge. Read the case study
Arsenic research identifies avoidable health risks
- Worldwide over 100,000,000 people are exposed to arsenic through the use of high arsenic groundwaters, resulting in 100,000s of premature deaths annually. Our research has enabled better prediction of groundwater arsenic, highlighted eating rice as a major arsenic exposure route, and provided quantitative estimates of arsenic-attributable health and economic risks. Read the case study
System-scale design of water resource systems
- Our Water Resource Group have influenced how national water transfer investments are selected for design by water companies and assessed by regulators, both in England and Wales and abroad, by developing design approaches, models and open-source software tools for system-scale multi-criteria assessment and optimisation of water resource interventions. Read the case study
Patterns of water
- This research takes practices (like doing the laundry, gardening, or cooking) as the unit of analysis when exploring water use – rather than attitudes, behaviours or simply ‘litres used’, allowing us to have a deeper understanding of the routines and habits of everyday life that lead to domestic water consumption. Read the case study
Read: latest news stories
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Graphene aerogel particles
A team of scientists, led by Professor Aravind Vijayaraghavan based in the National Graphene Institute (NGI), develop graphene aerogel particles for efficient water purification.
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New interactive tool for agricultural water management and climate risk assessment
A powerful new crop management tool has been launched, to enable farmers, businesses, and governments to make more informed decisions about water management, irrigation investments, and climate risks.
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Using graphene and 2D materials to desalinate sea water
Dr Premlal Balakrishna Pillai, Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Associate and Rahul Nair, Professor of Materials Physics, discuss how the University is using advanced materials to desalinate sea water.
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Water quality in rivers
Novel research identifies fresh ‘mixers’ in river pollution ‘cocktail’.
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