Elizabeth Lawson and Jaime Amezaga facilitated a workshop on water and wastewater at the 6th European Rural Parliament, which took place in Inverurie, Scotland from the 21st-23rd October 2025. The workshop was attended by a number of community groups, public sector and industry representatives from across Scotland and wider Europe. Community insight into the current …
PhD opportunity as part of the EPSRC Programme Grant in Decentralised Water Technologies. We welcome applications from motivated candidates interested in joining this exciting research programme. Tackling Membrane BioFouling Principal Supervisor: Dr Andrea Semiao Assistant Supervisor: Professor Margaret Graham Surfaces in wet environments biofoul, which is a pressing issue affecting many industries, including water treatment …
A team led by Prof. Alasdair Clark and Prof. Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay has turned a promising lab invention into a rugged, portable chemical-fingerprinting tool that’s now being put to work with the Faroe Islands Water Authority and at Scottish Water treatment sites. In Tórshavn, our system has already been used by the national testing laboratory to fingerprint diverse real-world samples—from reservoirs and rivers to aquaculture …
Dr. Baptiste Poursat has recently launched a field sampling campaign to uncover the volatile organic compound (VOC) fingerprints of septic systems. This work combines a three months on-site sampling campaign with new advanced analytical methods, including thermal desorption and non-targeted GC–MS analysis, to characterise the wide range of chemicals present in real-world septic environments. The …
On Saturday, 23rd August 2025, Profs Bill Sloan and Jill Robbie attended a ‘dip if you dare’ event staged by campaigners in Tighnabruaich. The event calling for urgent action on sewage management and affordable solutions, amid fears over E.Coli and norovirus in their waters. The public protest sought to highlight the issue of sewage being …
A short educational animation commissioned and co-produced by Dr Elizabeth Lawson and Dr Laura Major. Animation produced by Media Coop, Glasgow. The animation is titled “Where does your water come from? Understanding private water supplies in Scotland”, published on YouTube and embedded via the project website. The animation was commissioned via project “Taps Aff! Voicing …