The Water Industry
Catchment Management, Diffuse Pollution & Flood Risk Research
What we can do for you
Lancaster Environment Centre supports growth and development of environmental businesses by providing access to extensive technical resources for new product development, corporate social responsibility programmes and management of environmental impacts. Our support is generally delivered in the form of research partnerships.
A Summary of Our Collaborative Work
- Catchment management
- Hydrological and hydrochemical modelling
- Nutrient laboratory for water quality testing
- Surface and groundwater quality
- Flood risk analysis and prevention
- Technology development and deployment
- Stakeholder and consumer behaviour assessment
- Distributed data collection and telemetry systems
- Fluid dynamics, coastal and sub surface erosion
- Wave and tidal tank studies
- Diffuse pollution from agriculture and horticulture
We are particularly seeking to develop new university research partnerships with business or industry in the water, energy, chemicals, contaminated land, environmental monitoring, environmental clean-up, and nuclear sectors. More specific research areas in these fields are listed below.
Our research partnerships are mutually beneficial and should lead to faster growth of your business. Our case studies page will highlight the benefits of working with us.
The N8 and Sustainable Water Use research
Northern England's eight research-intensive universities have formed a powerful alliance, known as N8, to help northern businesses become more competitive by using the research excellence of the universities to innovate faster and take a larger share of growth markets.
The Universities of Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York have identified five areas of research excellence. Key amongst them is Sustainable Water Use which will address research and business opportunities in this rapidly growing global market.
Professor Louise Heathwaite, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Water Management, which is part of the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC), is the academic lead for the N8 Sustainable Water Use theme. Dr Mark Bacon, Director of Enterprise and Business Partnerships (LINK) in LEC is developing the science to business case and hosts the N8 Sustainable Water Use business development team.
The N8 Water Group has developed a number of core themes with business and industry which include:
- Water footprints - driving sustainable and efficient use of water in manufacturing
- EcoCities - urban regeneration and new build to meet the challenges of climate change
- Water for life - safe clean water for emerging technologies and delivering on our commitment to the UN Millennium Development Goals
- Catchment knowledge and technology integration
Use our Research in your Business
To maximise the benefit of working with us you can locate your company or research team here at Lancaster Environment Centre.
