Water: Science, Society and Sustainability in a Changing World

Fiona Regan is a Full professor in Chemistry at the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University. Fiona is the Founder and Director of the DCU Water Institute. Fiona’s research focuses on analytical chemistry in the field of environmental monitoring, and she has a special interest in priority and emerging contaminants as well as the establishment of decision support tools for environmental monitoring using novel technologies and data management tools. Her work includes the areas of innovative sensor technology, marine and freshwater monitoring, materials for sensing and antifouling applications on aquatic deployed systems. Her interests include environmental awareness, citizen science and communicating science through media (radio, television and social media @DCUwater).Dr Eilish McLoughlin is an Associate Professor in the School of Physical Sciences at Dublin City University (DCU). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. Dr McLoughlin has been a leader of physics education research and physics teacher education at Dublin City University since 2000 and has led a range of national and international programmes aimed at improving in-service teachers’ competence and confidence to teach physics/STEM at early childhood, primary and secondary level. Eilish is passionate teacher and researcher in physics/STEM Education and has received the Women in STEM Outstanding Achievement Award (2023), Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal (2022) and Institute of Physics Lise Meitner Medal (2019).Dr Yan Delauré is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Dublin City University and Deputy Director of the DCU Water Institute. He has played a leading role in the development of highly specialised experimental platforms and simulation models to support studies in areas ranging from hydraulic engineering to the hydrodynamics of marine systems. His research interests in fluid dynamics cover fluid structure interactions with a focus on highly flexible thin structures, mass transfers in multiphase flows, and turbulent flow in turbomachines.  Yan has a special interest in the hydrodynamics of marine renewable energy technology and the fascinating transformation they must face when colonised by marine life.

• Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- Empowering Communities.- Silent Pollutants.- Engineering a Sustainable Water future.- The Science of Water.- Desalination.- Conversations on Water and its Many Meanings.- Conversations on Water and its Many Meanings.- Valuing Water.- Dividing the Waters.- On the Move.- Navigating Impacts.- Engineering the Invisible.- Waterborne clues.- From Data to Decision.- Rethinking Howe We See, Use and Protect Our Most Vital Resource.- From Lab Bench to Riverbank.- Conclusion.