Multi-disciplinary expertise to deliver sustainable water solutions and manage critical infrastructure. Clean water is a precious resource. UTS has strong capabilities across water technology, policy, sustainability practices, international development and infrastructure management.
Case studies
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Failure isn’t an option for pipes
It’s a mammoth and expensive task to maintain the infrastructure that delivers water. But predictive analytics is saving money, water and disruption by helping utilities pinpoint the pipes in their networks at greatest risk of failure.
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New method of water purification makes every drop count
New technology being developed by UTS scientists in Australia – the world’s driest inhabited continent – is recovering water from unconventional sources that include saline groundwater, wastewater from mine sites and human urine from city lavatories.
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Research helps protect life-sustaining waterwaysThe significance of water flow to the health of Australia’s rivers and streams was evident when as many as a million fish died in the lower Darling River in the summer of 2018-19.
Our water expertise spans:
- Desalination solutions
- Drought management
- Infrastructure robotics
- International development
- Marine ecology
- Purification solutions
- Urban planning
- Urban water futures
- Water technologies
- Wastewater and recycling
Connect with our research centres and facilities
UTS research centres and facilities have a track record in delivering world-class water solutions.
Leading water experts
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Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering -
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Acting Director, Uts Robotics, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology
