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Water Research Institute

An interdisciplinary community addressing the grand challenge of sustaining water for people and ecosystems in a changing world.

Training a new generation of leaders to transform how we manage aquatic environmental health via Real-Time Digital Water-Based Systems.

Latest news

Aerial photograph of the River Wye surrounded by farmland.

Focus on phosphate not a “silver-bullet” for River Wye’s water quality problems, report finds

5 September 2024

Study calls for holistic approach to stop river’s decline

A photograph of marshland at sunset.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems

22 July 2024

New study maps groundwater dependent ecosystems around world for first time

River

Welsh rivers provide evidence for more effective river monitoring

24 June 2024

Baseline established for riverine eDNA transport

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We deliver research on the health of people and ecosystems along the urban rivers of south-east Wales.