This exciting PhD studentship will contribute to Wastewater Watch, a pioneering global initiative aiming to capture the first simultaneous snapshot of human health worldwide through wastewater analysis.

13/05/2026

CWBE is offering this fully funded PhD position which is now open to applications.

27/04/2026

Check out this article, featuring CWBE's Ed Feil's interview on wastewater health surveillance in the Financial Times.

10/12/2025

This study integrates high-resolution 2021 UK Census data, NHS patient registration records, and WWTP chemical parameters to refine population estimates and assess demographic influences on wastewater composition.

19/11/2025

CWBE is offering this fully funded PhD position which is open to applications until the start of the new year.

05/11/2025

CWBE was delighted to take part in a research showcase at Wessex Water's Operations Centre, in early September. The work on display highlighted the cutting-edge research and innovation aimed at tackling real-world environmental and public health challenges.

29/09/2025

CWBE's researchers, alongside other colleagues at Bath, Bangor University, Arup and Verily, have published a new paper on the movement of biological (genetic viral, fungal or bacterial) and chemical indicators (BCIs) within sewer networks. This is critical to wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) enabling accurate calculation of chemical and pathogen loads within a community.

23/07/2025

Scientists at Bath have found that despite fewer antibiotics being used during lockdown, antimicrobial resistance still persisted in the environment.

18/06/2025

CWBE's researchers, alongside collaborators at the Environment Agency, Wessex Water and University of Bristol, have published a new paper on community-wide antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the shadow of COVID-19, using wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).

13/05/2025

One of CWBE's Co-Investigators, Senior Lecturer Dr Despina Moschou, has won two awards at the 2025 Electronics Weekly Women Leaders in Electronics Awards, which took place this week.

02/05/2025