Research award for Centre for Research into Environment and Health
Aberystwyth's Centre for Research into Environment and Health (CREH) won the Software Tools award at the recent 2015 Research Excellence Framework (REF) ‘Impact’ Awards, held by the UK Water Industry Forum. The Water Industry Forum is an alliance of water companies, related consultancies, government research agencies and relevant regulators. The award was presented to the CREH team at an awards ceremony on Tuesday 30 June in the Crystal, Royal Victoria Dock, London. CREH were presented with the award for the team’s work on microbial standards for recreational waters. This covered modelling to develop microbial water quality standards and microbial source apportionment, and real-time modelling of bacterial concentrations to deliver compliance with the new Bathing Water Directive. The awards are a new initiative for the UK water industry and the panel is comprised of senior water industry scientists. Professor David Kay, Head of CREH at Aberystwyth University said: “All the CREH te...