Published on: 24 March 2023
One of the reasons that we changed our centre name from the Advanced Water Management Centre to the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology is the rapid changes occurring in both water, and the world energy and manufacturing areas. We recognise the ongoing and crucial aspects of water, with 40% of the world population not having safe access to water or sanitation. Water scarcity is likely to increase as population grows, and climate change increasingly impacts on safe water supplies.