Lighting up Wills for World Water Day 2018

To raise awareness of water security for all, we are marking this year's World Water Day by promoting our water-based research and initiatives to manage water across our campus, as well as lighting up Wills Memorial Building to promote this issue throughout Bristol [22 March 2018]. With an increasing population and rising temperatures, uncertainty around future water supplies is one of the key concerns facing communities around the world. More than 1.2 billion people lack access to clean, safe drinking water while every year 100 million people are affected by floods and droughts. Investigating how water resources might be more effectively managed, while also exploring potential safeguards against hazardous shortages or increases in supply, is one of the primary concerns of the University of Bristol's Cabot Institute for the Environment. Our researchers are focused on finding evidence-based solutions to everything from the management of reservoirs , predicting the risk of environment-driven disease , water shortages in cold regions and how rapid urbanisation alters water quality. Professor Rich Pancost , Director of the Cabot Institute, said: "The Cabot Institute is home to some of the world's best water resources researchers - ranking first in the UK and fourth in Europe by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. "We are proud to be supporting research and innovation that makes a difference both here in Bristol, and around the world." Leading the water research community at the University of Bristol are Professor Thorsten Wagener from the Water Engineering group and Professor Jim Freer from the Hydrology group.