Major new water solutions programme to benefit the Yorkshire economy by £50 million A new £6 million project led by the University of Leeds is predicted to bring a £50 million benefit to the Yorkshire economy by reducing the costs and impact of water-related threats to the region. Bringing together partners from across the region...
Dr Paul Kay has recently featured in a BuzzFeed article, discussing drugs polluting British rivers. A study by scientists at the University of Leeds suggests that pharmaceutical pollution – small amounts of drugs like painkillers and antibiotics – is widespread in British rivers, and highlights the current lack of regulation around it. Dr Paul Kay,...
C-CUS: Climate, Costs and Urban Sanitation (Dec-2016 - Dec-2019). Principal Investigator (PI): Prof B. Evans (School of Civil Engineering); Co-Investigators (Co-Is): Dr M. A. Camargo-Valero and Dr G. Locatelli (School of Civil Engineering). Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (£700k). Microbial pollution in water sources under extreme weather conditions: modelling sediment-pathogen interactions (2017). PI: Dr I Douterelo (University of Sheffield); Co-Is: Dr M. A. Camargo-Valero, Dr C. Berretta and...