A calm river with lush green trees reflecting on its surface under a cloudy sky, viewed from a fenced riverbank with wooden railings and a small pathway

Update on Healthy Waters Research Projects at UWE 

By Rosie Perrett, Dr Connie Tulloch, and Matt Coombs  The Healthy Waters blog is back! Our research group are currently ...
A piper showing pollution going into the river

Thinking about Sewage Releases into the River Where I Live

Guest blog post by Professor Chad Staddon, Professor of Resource Economics and Policy Sewage releases into rivers are a significant ...

Visual Guide to Ram Pressing Water Filter Pots

By Rosy Heywood, Research Associate at the Centre for Print Research, UWE Bristol The ceramics research team on the Healthy ...
Research Associates Rosy Heywood and Sonny Lightfoot using the extruder

Production and Prototyping Equipment for Manufacturing Ceramic Media for Water Biofiltration

Image: Research Associates Rosy Heywood and Sonny Lightfoot using the extruder Written by Rosy Heywood, Research Associate, Centre for Print ...
Exterior of IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition’s Gala Dinner held at the Øksnehallen

Getting back into the conference circuit

Image: Exterior of IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition’s Gala Dinner held at the Øksnehallen. By Dr Gillian Clayton, Centre ...
Women folding barkcloth

Investigating The Unique Properties of Ugandan Barkcloth as a Potential Filtration Material for Cleaning Contaminated Waters

Main image: Final barkcloth. Source National Geograpic. Written by Rosy Heywood, Research Associate, Centre for Print Research On the Healthy ...
Picture of water splashing

Biofiltration – a new future for fresh water

Around the world, the pressure to secure future supplies of fresh water is mounting. Only 2.5% of the world’s water ...
A split picture of Rosy working and a picture of some fabric samples

Meet the team: Rosy Heywood

Rosy Heywood is a Research Associate at The Centre for Print Research (CFPR) at UWE. In this interview, she discusses ...
Map of river monitoring stations

Rivers are Drying Up All Over the World: what can we do about it?

Image caption: Map 1:  Water level situation of rivers and streams in part of southwestern England (riverlevels.uk) By Chad Staddon, ...
Haitians queue for water in Carrefour-Feuilles Slum

How to measure water security?

Photo: Figure 1. Haitians queue for water in Carrefour-Feuilles Slum. The experiential scale-based metrics attempt to capture other sides of ...