Dr Anisha Nijhawan
BE, MS, PhD
Expertise
I research ways to monitor and strengthen drinking water and sanitation services in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on risks posed by climate change.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate in WASH and Environmental Health
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
WASH in low- and middle-income countries, drinking water treatment and quality, climate resilience, monitoring and risk assessments, Water Safety Plans
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Sanitation and hygiene after the pandemic in China and India and their influences on antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/02/2024 to 31/07/2024
Accelerating climate resilient water supply in East Asia and the Pacific region
Role
Other
Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/03/2023 to 31/08/2024
Assessing climate resilience of multi-village water supplies in Ethiopia
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2023
8035 Sanitation And Climate Change: Assessing Resilience And Emissions
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Managing organisational unit
Dates
30/09/2020 to 31/08/2023
WHO climate-related WASH and monitoring activities
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
This project will develop straightforward guidance on assessing whether water supplies and sanitation is vulnerable to climate change and how these services can be modified to reduce their vulnerability. We…Managing organisational unit
Dates
15/05/2020 to 30/11/2020
Publications
Recent publications
11/07/2025Response of water supplies and household toilets to climate extremes
ACS ES&T Water
Towards a gender-transformative climate-resilient rural water supply
Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
Climate Resilience of town water utilities in Eastern Ethiopia
PLoS Water
Effectiveness of climate resilient water safety plans in Nepal
AQUA - Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society
Irrigation Water in Northwest Syria
Water (Switzerland)
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Professor Guy Howard
Director of the Cabot Institute for the Environment
Cabot Institute
Miss Olivia Reddy
Research Associate
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Dr Sally Weston
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering