FWR Analysis examines and responds to emerging water topics, challenges and solutions, from news and research to professional insights and opinions.
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Water Framework Directive economics 25 years on: From promise to practice – and the case for reform
This webinar presents a review of the economic provisions of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) by an informal group of independent European water economists, who in 2000 worked together…
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Working with farmers for river restoration
Farmers and land managers have a huge influence on Britain’s rural environment, but there is only so much that an individual, acting in isolation, can achieve on their own.…
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What defines a healthy river?
The Foundation for Water Research (FWR)’s Sustainable Wastewater Management Technical Panel recently held a roundtable discussion exploring the topic of healthy rivers, chaired by Oliver Grievson, FWR Vice Chair,…
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Water resources management and infrastructure: the challenges and the future
Water resource management can be summed up in three words: “we don’t know”. The nature of the problem is that water is part of a natural cycle, so managing…
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Enabling nature-based solutions in the water sector
The IUCN defines nature-based solutions as those that address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people and nature at the…
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Planning citizen science monitoring of rivers
The CastCo Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative (CastCo project) is building a shared understanding of monitoring data so that citizen scientists can work alongside professionals to restore rivers together. They…
