Australian project to improve water delivery in urban slums gets $27m funding
by Elle Hunt from on (#2A040)
Monash University's Sustainable Development Institute aims to ensure water access for urban poor
An Australian project that aims to revolutionise water delivery and sanitation in urban slums has been awarded $27m in funding.
Prof Rebekah Brown, the director of the Sustainable Development Institute at Melbourne's Monash University, has been awarded a $14m research grant by the Wellcome Trust's Our Planet Our Health awards in the UK. A further $13m from the Asian Development Bank would cover infrastructure and construction costs.
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