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Water Research Institute

Facilities

The Research Institute and its affiliated Schools are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities accessible to affiliated researchers and stakeholders.

Overview of the Water Space

Water innovation space

The Water Innovation Space provides stakeholders and academics with a space to co-design research and solutions.

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Fish Facilities and Flumes

Our fish facilities and flumes are accessible to stakeholders and visiting researchers.

Landscape showing Llyn Brianne reservior in autumn

Llyn Brianne Observatory

The Llyn Brianne Observatory in central Wales is one of the longest-running catchment projects anywhere in the world.

Wye catchment

Wye and Usk Observatory

Our long-term research in the Wye and Usk delivers evidence for the management of freshwaters as well as wider advances in whole systems knowledge.

The River Taff photograhed in Grangetown depicting Cardiff City Centre with a view of Principality Stadium and a view of a boat on the river

Taff and Ely Observatory

Explore our work on the health of people and ecosystems in this urban and agricultural catchment area.

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Danau Girang Field Centre

Danau Girang Field Centre is a research facility located in the Kinabatangan Floodplain, one of the largest water catchment areas in Borneo.

Confocal microscopy at the Bioimaging Research Hub

Technology hubs

The School of Biosciences offers access to cutting-edge research equipment and facilities via central technology hubs.

Building information modelling and virtual reality laboratory

This facility is used for BIM based integrated/collaborative design and large scale optimisation/decision making for water, energy and infrastructure management.

Characterisation Laboratories for Environmental Engineering Research (CLEER)

A wide range of equipment for the preparation and analysis of chemical compositions of aqueous, solid, liquid and gaseous materials.