We are part of the GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub, a five-year project improving water security for a resilient future with partners in the UK, Malaysia, India, Columbia and Ethiopia.

Podcast: Listen to our podcast on citizen science in Ethiopia.

Lab in a suitcase: Read our Water Research paper on fancy water microbiology with a portable laboratory to screen waterborne hazards in the Akaki river.

Bacterial hazards in the Akaki catchment: Read our field study of spatiotemporal variation of urban wastewater impacts on river microbiomes and associated hazards in the Akaki catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Metal exposure of residents in the Akaki catchment: Read our survey of trace elements in the nails of residents living in different parts of the Akaki catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Video: Watch this youtube video from our Ethiopian collaborators about water quality challenges in the Akaki River Basin.

Multidrug resistant bacteria in river water: We have published a paper with our collaborators in Malaysia showing that surrogate markers, such dissolved oxygen, Bacteroides and Prevotella abundances estimated from MinION sequencing data, and the rodA qPCR assay for total E. coli, can identify locations on a river that deserve immediate attention to mitigate AMR spread through improved waste management.

Faecal pollution source tracking in the holy Bagmati River: Read our paper in Clean Water on how we used our suitcase laboratory to identify the main sources of river water pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Our findings show how inadequate wastewater management may turn an urban river into an open sewer, which poses a public health risk.