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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

Warmer samples for a cooler world

4 February 2025

By storing wastewater samples at higher temperatures, laboratories can substantially decrease the amount of energy they use, and thus reduce their carbon emissions, without significantly compromising sample integrity.

New study reveals where condition of rivers has declined since 1990

13 December 2024

Despite widespread improvements in river health between 1991 and 2019, researchers discover worrying signs for some of the most biologically diverse rivers.

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

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