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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Civil and structural engineers help to create and protect the world we live in. Driven by teaching and research excellence, we inspire and empower our students to engineer a better future.

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Water
21 October 2020

New biofilms study could lead to a more sustainable water industry

Slightly reducing the amount of disinfectant residuals we use to maintain clean drinking water could deliver significant improvements to water quality while making our drinking water systems more sustainable, according to new research from engineers.
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5 October 2020

Beirut explosion was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history, new analysis shows

The explosion in the Port of Beirut was one of the biggest non-nuclear blasts in history - releasing enough energy in a matter of milliseconds to power more than 100 homes for a year - according to a new assessment
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1 October 2020

Water in Crisis: Delivering urban and natural water cycle symbiosis

Our Water Research Group is the UK’s largest urban water research team. Discover more as they are featured in Research Outreach.

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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street (via Broad Lane)
Sheffield
S1 3JD

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+44 114 222 5738

civil@sheffield.ac.uk

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