Uniwater
Uniwater is a small unit, acting as an incubator/hub for research activities in water, with an emphasis on complex, inter-disciplinary activities. Apart from initiating, designing and winning funding for new research in water, Uniwater will play a strong role in knowledge transfer; bringing knowledge, insight and understanding together in trusted and independent forums involving a range of interested stakeholders. The aim of these forums will be to create an active exchange of ideas and responses.
University contact for Uniwater:
Professor John Langford is the founding Director of the Melbourne Water Research Centre. He has had a 35-year career in the Australian water industry, serving as Chief Executive of the Rural Water Commission from 1989 to 1994. From 1994 to 2003 he was the inaugural Executive Director of the Water Services Association of Australia.
John is a Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Australia. He was recipient of a Churchill Fellowship in 1973, the Peter Hughes award for contribution to Australian water management in 2000, a Centenary Medal, and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005.
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