IWR is pioneering a new approach that seeks to engage stakeholders at all levels – from village subsistence farmers to top officials and policymakers – to produce more effective ways of managing water resources.

The Eastern Cape is short of water laboratories. This integrated service and research facility will offer state-of-the-art water technology including water chemistry analysis, micro-biology, microbial genomics, ecological assessment and eco-toxicology.

The IWR has all the necessary core skills, and relationships, to drive this university-wide collaborative enterprise. The Water-Lab will be a hub used by a wide range of participating RU teaching Departments including Zoology and Entomology, Microbiology, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. The Water-Lab will offer a wide range of services that will be available both commercially and to researchers and students. Ultimately the Water-Lab will generate income and be self-sustaining.

Objective

A high-tech, state-of-the-art water laboratory

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