The research group Technologies for Water Management and Treatment was consolidated within the Andalusian Research Plan in the area of production technologies in 2007. Its members belong to the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Structural Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering and the Institute for Water Research of the University of Granada, and they form a multidisciplinary group that investigate the water as a resource from different perspectives: hydraulics, hydrology, chemical pollution and treatment technologies.
The group has great expertise in the treatment and management of water resources, due to the research activity conducted by its members. The group researchers have participated and even leaded research projects related to water treatment with membrane-based technologies and biological processes, the evaluation of the occurrence, fate and effects of emerging organic contaminants in water, and the environment in general, and the development of numerical models to assess the water dynamics in estuaries, marshes and rivers, and the transport of particles within the atmosphere and water (sediments).
The research activity conducted within the group has a practical application as it addresses the society and productivity sectors needs. For this, the group has stablished long-lasting collaborations with water management entities.
The research group members disseminate their research results in high impact scientific journals and conferences relevant to their corresponding fields of knowledge. Moreover, they have authored various manuscripts devoted to the teaching activity done in the university grades of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, and to communicate the knowledge to the general public.
Besides research and teaching activities, the research group has also provided consulting and technical support to private and public entities working in the water sector to design, construct, and operate water treatment facilities and develop and apply numerical and analytical models in the field of hydraulics engineering.