water quality@leeds
Water quality research
Water quality is affected by a number of factors, both natural and man-made in origin, and is an important consideration for the provision of clean drinking water. water@leeds research considers water quality through both catchment management and water treatment as well as the wider environmental issues associated with water pollution in freshwater and marine environments and interactions between surface water and groundwater.
With expertise in environmental chemistry, engineering and geography disciplines, we can explore interdisciplinary approaches to maintaining water quality, treatment for wastewater and drinking water, and remediation of polluted waters. From investigating water discolouration and coastal bathing water quality to modelling soil and aquatic nutrient cycling and the disposal or recovery of by-products formed from water treatment processes, water@leeds undertakes basic and applied research to minimize environmental impacts and promotes more sustainable approaches maintaining or improving the quality of our water resources.
Particular areas of interest within the broad field of water quality include:
- Measuring, modelling and controlling diffuse pollution from land management practices
- Investigating the effects of sediment processes and management
- Controlling microbiological pollution
- Nutrient cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous in soil, sediment and water
- Monitoring and treating water discolouration
- Understanding marine and estuarine biogeochemistry
- Developing geophysical tools
- Exploring green techniques for the treatment of wastewater
- Optimising the performance of wastewater treatment plants
- Developing nutrient recovery technologies
- Low-cost wastewater treatment and reuse strategies
- Understanding the fate of pathogens in treated effluents and biosolids
For further information about any of these areas, please contact water@leeds or visit the membership list to search for our experts in the area of water quality.
