Articles by DWT Team

Ayo Ogundero / Microbial Ecology & Water Engineering (MEWE11) Conference, Atlanta, USA – 2 June 2025

At this year’s Microbial Ecology & Water Engineering (MEWE11) conference in Atlanta, researchers from the University of Glasgow showcased innovative approaches to understanding microbial communities in water systems. Ayo Ogundero delivered an oral presentation on his work with Professor William Sloan on diclofenac biodegradation using droplet microfluidics, where they investigated how different bacterial community compositions …

Dr Laura Major was an invited panel member at the World Water Day 2025 conference

We are delighted to share that Dr Laura Major was an invited panel member at the World Water Day 2025 Conference, hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Laura participated in the panel “Scotland’s Water Challenges and Opportunities”. The event brought together voices from academia, government, industry, and community organisations to celebrate and explore the vital …

Improving Water Quality in Island Communities Using Nanophotonic Metasurfaces

We are pleased to announce that Professor Alasdair Clark has been awarded funding under the EPSRC (via the UK Metamaterials Network – UKMMN) to support field testing of a new sensor technology, developed during the Decentralised Water Technologies (DWT) project. This project is led by Professor Alasdair Clark at the University of Glasgow, with Scottish …

EPSRC IAA ‘Supporting the emerging rural water agenda in Scotland’

We are pleased to announce that Dr Elizabeth Lawson has been awarded EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding from Newcastle University to work in partnership with Scottish Rural Action. The project will address challenges with the performance of small-scale decentralised water technologies in rural and island Scotland, focussing on user support and knowledge sharing and strategic …

The 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-5)

Dr Tania Gomez Borraz and Dr Tymon Herzyk presented their research findings at the 5th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (ICBM-5), held in Galway, Ireland. This international event brought together leading experts from academia and industry to explore current and emerging trends in anaerobic digestion, as well as biogas production and valorisation. With around 150 …

Community Workshop / 23 May 2025: Microbial communities in engineered systems for water treatment

Hosted by the CINARA Institute, Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia and the University of Glasgow In 2022, 2.2 billion people still lacked access to safely managed drinking water, and four-fifths of those without access to even basic services lived in rural or remote areas. Providing accessible, safe, and sustainable drinking water in these regions …

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