Clean water and sanitation

SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Here are some examples of our work at UTS contributing towards SDG 6.

About SDG Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Billions of people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water and well managed sanitation, with population pressures and climate change exacerbating the problem. Even in a wealthy nation like Australia management of rivers and access to water is one of the most politically fraught issues in the country.

UTS researchers are working on ways to improve wastewater management, water recycling technology, and water treatment and management. Below are some examples of our contribution and impact.

Sewerage water works treatment plant aerial view from above

Greening sewerage treatment plants

Developing new technologies to transform sewerage treatment plants into green energy producers.

 

small child washing hands

Gender equality and access to water and sanitation

How managers, policy makers and practitioners engage with issues of gender and social exclusion, determines fair and equitable access to water.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.