Sustainable Development Goals

Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

Australia-Mekong Water Facility – Technical support to improve reservoir water quality management in Thailand

Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships

Thailand faces challenges with managing water quality in many of its reservoirs due to pressure from agricultural, domestic, and industrial pollution coupled with urbanization, increasing demand and climate change. The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) joined Australian experts to gain knowledge and strategies to monitor, prevent and decrease water quality impacts.

Risks of microplastics in biosolids to soils and agro-ecosystems

Research

The aims of this project are to investigate the occurrence and fate of microplastics (a class of contaminant of emerging concern) in treated sewage sludge (biosolids), and the effects that they may have on soils and crops. This has been done by analysing microplastics in biosolid and agricultural soil receiving…

Mid Brisbane River Microbial Model Update

Research

The purpose for this project is to update the existing hydrodynamic-microbial models for the Mid-Brisbane River with the latest three-year data from 2020 to 2022. These three years are particularly wet than other years and represent an opportunity to better understand the microbial conditions in the river system during a…

Supporting decentralised rural water supply in Pacific islands: formal and informal networks to support Pacific Rural Water Committee engagement with water resources management for climate resilient WASH outcomes

Research

Building on our earlier work and ongoing partnerships, using both formative and action research combined with regional knowledge sharing opportunities (two peer-to-peer learning exchange events), this research seeks to better understand ways that government and civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in the WASH sector can leverage formal, as well as…

Inclusive urban WASH in Melanesia Pacific – influencing and strengthening systems for climate resilient WASH in urban underserved settlements

Research

The regional research project focuses on enhancing climate-resilient WASH services in urban informal settlements in PNG, Fiji and Vanuatu through trough the development of decision and planning support systems, citizen science for localized climate insights, advocacy methods, and engagement with settlement residents in collaborative planning. The goal is to…

IWC-AWA Team Leadership course

Learning and Teaching

This course aims to provide water professionals with a modular, online training course to build understanding, skills and confidence in the following areas: • Building the capacity of new team leaders through understanding key leadership methods and principles. • Awareness of the methods and principles of leadership development that new team…

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