Why the right to water is an issue for us today by Prof William Sloan
The “Herald” published an article by Prof William Sloan on: Why the right to water is an issue for us today under their ‘Agenda’ section. You can read the article here
Articles by DWT Team
Dr Jill Robbie invited to give the Arthur T. Kornblut Memorial Lecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
On 8th November 2023, Dr Jill Robbie gave the Arthur T. Kornblut Memorial Lecture to the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, based in Troy, New York. RPI is America’s oldest technological research university. Dr Robbie shared her perspective on de-centralised water technologies and the importance of the governance of these technologies for the …
Scottish Rural and Islands Parliament 2023
Earlier this month, Dr Elizabeth Lawson curated the first ever session on ‘Water and Wastewater’ at the 2023 Scottish Rural and Islands Parliament in Fort William. The session was well attended, with participants keen to engage on discussions around how to improve the management of existing decentralised technologies in rural Scotland (private water supplies and …
Presentation at the Royal Norwegian Society for Science and Letters
Prof Bill Sloan was invited to present a paper at a joint meeting between the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Norwegian Society for Science and Letters (DKNVS) in Oslo. Traditionally this biannual meeting has focused on the physics of fluid flow. The president of DKNVS, Prof Lise Ovreas, a renowned marine microbial ecologist …
Empowering Communities through Decentralised Water Treatment: Insights from our Symposium
On the 19th of October, we hosted a mini-symposium at the Advanced Research Centre, uniting several of our collaborators from North and South America working alongside us on several Royal Academy of Engineering-funded research projects in the field of decentralised water treatment technologies. The symposium featured a diverse agenda where researchers from the UK, Brazil, …
Dr Siming You, invited talk at the 2023 IFT-EFFoST International Nonthermal Processing Workshop & Short Course
Dr Siming You was invited to give a talk at the 2023 IFT-EFFoST International Nonthermal Processing Workshop & Short Course , taking place from October 15-17, 2023, at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Dr You presented the life cycle assessment of waste management in Glasgow and our recent research about the design of …