Water supply is one of the most important elements for health and well-being. Also, economic prosperity is dependent on the availability of high quality drinking water, as it is used in many manufacturing processes. High quality water supply is only possible with good quality and protected resources, reliable and robust treatment systems and well maintained distribution networks with minimal influence on water quality.

Research within the water supply from source to tap research theme of the Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC) @ Bath explores:

• demand forecasting
• water supply network design
• leakage reduction and prevention

We are also developing tools for evaluating the resilience and sustainability of the water supply network in the face of climate change.

Ongoing projects:

• Foamed Anodic Metal Membranes for Photocatalytic Water Treatment

• Rapid on-site determination of drinking water safety

• Advances in Water Ozonation: Fate of Transformation Products and Gas Transfer through Membranes

• Metal Oxides for Tandem Photocatalysis Water Treatment

• Microbial ecology and fate of pathogens in constructed polishing wetlands

• Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability and Hydrocarbon Contamination in a Semi-Arid of Northern Nigeria

• New Microbubble Method for Dissolved Air Flotation

• Aeration of manganese in drinking water supply reservoirs

• Assessing risk to water security in complex coupled catchment reservoir systems

• Biogeochemical controls on Manganese cycling in drinking water supply reservoirs

• Safe Drinking Water using Capacitive Deionization for East Africa

• Multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainability assessment of decentralized water treatment