Researching community awareness of new water initiatives in Peru

By: Edward Pearson on 13th Aug 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA). Our... Read more »

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UWE Bristol student reflects on her “amazing experience” in Uganda

By: Hannah Ingram on 5th Aug 2019

This summer, IWSN Director Prof Chad Staddon, Field Engineer Alan Cook and a team of six students from UWE Bristol travelled to Kisoro, Uganda to conduct water research as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme. The team... Read more »

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Declan Sealy wins 2019 IWSN-UWE Student Prize

By: Wayne Powell on 29th Jul 2019

Declan Sealy has been awarded the International Water Security Network-UWE Bristol Undergraduate Student Prize for 2019. His investigation into the efficacy of rainwater harvesting as a source of potable water in the Kisoro District of Uganda was based on... Read more »

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Researching the seasonality and fragility of the ecosystems of the Peruvian wetlands

By: Maria Baquerizo Montero on 22nd Jul 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

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Using macroinvertebrates to research water acidification in Peru

By: Maya Loaiza on 17th Jul 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Peru South America University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

UWE Bristol students research water security in Peru

on 26th Jun 2019

Three students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have travelled to Peru this summer, as part of the UWE Global Water Security Programme, to work with researchers from the Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA).... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Ecosystems Peru River basins University of the West of England UWE Global Water Security Project

IWSN research project shortlisted for Guardian University Award

By: Wayne Powell on 2nd Apr 2019

The International Water Security Network’s research project in Kisoro, Uganda, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Internationalisation category of The Guardian University Awards 2019. This category recognises “an outstanding project, venture or collaboration that shows the university... Read more »

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Alexander Davies wins 2018 IWSN-UWE Student Prize

By: Chad Staddon on 6th Aug 2018

Alexander Davies has been awarded the IWSN-UWE Student Prize for his excellent research project on the root cause analysis of structural failures in ferrocement rainwater harvesting tanks in Kisoro, Uganda. Reviewers praised the maturity of his approach to a... Read more »

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Mia Wreford wins IES Vice President’s Prize

By: Chad Staddon on 31st Jul 2018

Mia Wreford has been awarded this year’s IES Vice President’s Prize for her Final Year Project entitled ‘Summary of the impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) on the environment and community of Bukuya, Mubende, Uganda’. The sophistication... Read more »

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IWSN at House of Lords to celebrate WaterHarvest

By: Chad Staddon on 12th Jun 2018

Professor Chad Staddon and Dr Mark Everard were amongst 60 guests invited to a reception at the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, on 5 June 2018. The event celebrated the good works of WaterHarvest in India,... Read more »

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