Our Four Themes
The WaTeREd researchers at University of Edinburgh work in a diverse set of topics, all related in some way to water. WaTeREd expertise at the university falls into four general themes:
Water Hazards & Risk
Water Hazards & Risk includes researchers with expertise relevant to issues of flooding, water scarcity, and pollution of surface and groundwaters.
Clean Water & Sanitation
Researchers investigating novel and practical ways to provide clean drinking water and to treat wastewater.
Sustainable Landscapes
Sustainable landscapes research looks at interconnected processes within catchments, including the importance of human impacts and changing environments and identifying solutions working with nature.
Water & Livelihoods
Water & Livelihoods researches issues that have political, industrial, and social implications including water demand management and water debt.