Water Science Center was established in February 2012, mainly conducts research on drinking water purification, desalination and sewage treatment and promote Industry-Academia-Research collaboration. The work mainly includes: separation membrane materials and Membrane separation technology, low temperature multi-effect seawater desalination, and ecological river repair. The center is committed to creating a research platform around water culture, water resources, water environment, water security and other related aspects for multidisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration, providing technology solutions and consulting service for surrounding enterprises and upstream and downstream industries, and fostering the industrial technology upgrading and the new technology transfer. 

At present, the center has built two provincial research platforms - Guangdong Key Laboratory of Membrane Materials and Membrane Separation and Guangdong Membrane Separation Application Engineering Center with 17 full-time staff members. There are 7 doctors working for the center, and 3 of them have overseas education background. It is a strong and creative team. Each team member has membrane separation and material research related academic background, and has gained rich experience in the technology development of separation membrane. The Guangdong Key Laboratory of Membrane Materials and Membrane Separation was approved to establish in less than 2 years after the center was founded. The key laboratory invited experts in the field of membrane materials to from an expert academic committee, appointed chairmen of North American Film Association and the European Film Association as the technical advisers, and has been maintaining a good long-term relations with Guangdong million and the South China Power Grid, Guangzhou Haike filter technology Co., Ltd. and other well-known enterprises in the Pearl River Delta, therefore building a professional technical team as an integration of R&D, test and industrialization with external assistance.