Research Themes
The TWENTY65 research programme focused on eight interdisciplinary research areas, led by teams working across the water cycle. Their aim was to develop flexible and synergistic solutions tailored to meet changing societal needs and achieve positive impact on health, environment, economy and society.
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The Hub
Enables collaborative, responsible innovation through roadmapping for the water sector, knowledge capture and dissemination, and facilitation of co-production across the water supply chain. -
The City as a Water Resource
Can we close the urban water cycle by integrating stormwater management with water supply management? Focusing on integrated urban water management from a household, to the street through to the catch... -
Collaboration for Innovation
Can we identify the key factors that influence multi-stakeholder collaboration across the innovation process to overcome barriers and accelerate innovation? How can we encourage the development of res... -
Foresight and Integration
Can we develop future water scenarios to assess social and technical solutions to address the challenges faced? -
Adapting to Changing Catchments
How will future changes in catchments impact upon our water supply systems? Can we advance current capabilities in catchment monitoring and modelling to characterise treatability of different so... -
Tailoring Treatment using Demand-based technologies
Can future water scenarios that assess social and technical solutions be developed to aid in the addressing of upcoming challenges? -
Understanding the potential for public engagement to improve water services
How can collective working help trigger effective change? Can we define best practices for engagement to better support water stakeholders in changing their actions and behaviours? -
Inspecting and restoring water infrastructures using robotic autonomous systems
Can the water industry benefit from technologies advanced and developed in other industries? Can we develop autonomous robots to replace human intervention in the monitoring and restoration of buried... -
Minimising carbon emissions through synergistic water-energy systems
What can we do to better align water and energy system interactions? Can we provide evidence on the feasibility of introducing integrated water-energy systems? Could this be done at either city or nei...