SDG Detail

How to tackle water security, equity, and sustainability issues related to climate change and urbanisation?

Postgraduate program

Project description

Almost total reliance on rain-fed water across the South Pacific means economies and livelihoods in this region are at increased risk due to climate change, increasing population and urbanisation. Almost 10% of deaths of children under five in the region are attributable to water related causes, and 90% of these deaths can be traced to poor sanitation treatment systems. Oceania Water Research Consortium (OWRC) is a network of experts, policy makers and key stakeholders working to find solutions to these complex challenges over the long-term. Through our experimental work, our research group is involved in finding novel, sustainable, and low cost solutions for addressing water and wastewater treatment challenges for these under-privileged communities. Our urban water research program focuses on pollutants� fate in natural and engineered aquatic systems, with particular expertise related to emerging pollutant transformation pathways and the development of novel treatment technologies for removal of micro-pollutants.