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Online kick off meeting for the UoLeeds workshop: Enhancing Global Cooperation for Clean Water: Strategies to Manage Contaminants and Sustain Ecosystem Services.

In this meeting, Stuart Warner introduced progress made towards the implementation of SDG Indicator 6.3.2 and provided key insights into global water quality monitoring and assessment. This will provide an excellent background and set the scene for our workshop discussions on global water quality initiatives. Stuart Warner short bio: Stuart works for UNEP's Global Environment...

SPRING Award winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 18th SPRING competition. The SPRING award provides additional funds to research postgraduates to extend the scale and scope of their projects.  Up to £500 is awarded and winners also receive an invitation to present at water@leeds annual Confluence. The competition is open to PGRs working on water-related research...

UK Freshwater Quality Programme News - Spring 2025

The UK Freshwater Quality Programme Spring 2025 newsletter is now published. The newsletter is produced by the Champion team based in water@leeds, University of Leeds. The newsletter provides updates from the Champion team and the five research projects within the programme, which each focus on different aspects of water quality. The Spring newsletter includes highlights and some...

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