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Pollution from highway runoff and how to manage it
In this webinar, Jo Bradley, Stormwater Shepherds, sets out the extent of water pollution caused by highway runoff in the UK, and describes the effects of the toxins in the […]
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Future home life with water in new build residential developments
This webinar presented work by University of Manchester researchers on the Ofwat Innovation-funded Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project. EWSC is an innovation project exploring the relationship between integrated water […]
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Briefing: Water policy horizon scanning
A new briefing paper has been published by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (the IES) and the FWR. It address policy developments relating to water resources and systems and environments. […]
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Lessons learned from catchment-based trading in nature in south-west England
In this summary article, Professor Mark Everard explores the private investment Bristol Avon Catchment Market programme, along with its challenges and successes in ecosystem restoration. The full report on this […]
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Water Climate Discussion – Radical Change: Reverse Water Cycles
This discussion explores how the radical change idea of reversing water cycles could support improved climate mitigation, resilience and improved biodiversity. Is climate change and the resulting loss in biodiversity […]
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Integrated water management and economic growth
In this webinar Dr Jonathan Fisher explores the impacts of integrated water management on the following main drivers of economic growth: He concludes with an overall assessment that recommends key […]
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Ecosystem Assessment using the Ramsar Convention’s adopted RAWES approach: Wetlands and beyond
This webinar provides an overview of the RAWES approach to ecosystem services assessment. Despite commitments by global signatories of the Ramsar Convention to undertake systemic assessment of designated wetlands, research […]
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The River Crane: an Urban Smarter Water Catchment
The River Crane in West London is the UK’s first urban Smarter Water Catchment and since 2020 has benefited from £3m of direct investment across five main themes – community […]
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PFAS in our water: a global problem demands a sustainable solution
Gareth Leonard, Managing Director of REGENESIS in Europe, explores how PFAS remediation can be performed efficiently and sustainably. PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination of groundwater is a widespread problem […]
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The use of artificial intelligence in surface water flood management
Dr Mónica Rivas Casado explores new ways AI can be integrated into surface water flooding monitoring and management. In England alone, 5.6 million properties have been reported to be at […]
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Flood AI: Rural communities and a new flood warning system
Caitlin Rogers, the FloodAI innovation lead from Isle Utilities, shares the resilience and innovation aspirations of FloodAI. In Northumberland, there are six catchments that do not have access to the […]
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Development of a digital twin for carbon neutrality
Aalto University researchers are supporting the Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant in its goal to become carbon neutral
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Innovation in the water sector: ecosystem services, Net Zero and nature-based solutions
In this article, we examine how innovation is being explored by the water sector. Here, innovation needs to be understood as new methods, ideas, products, or solutions for adoption by […]
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Making a splash: new and innovative approaches to the monitoring of bathing waters
Bathing waters are defined as ‘surface waters […] other than excluded pools and waters, at which the Secretary of State expects a large number of people to bathe […]’.1 There […]
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Bridging the skills gap in the water sector: challenges, solutions, and future transformations
The water sector plays a vital role in providing clean and accessible water to communities, safeguarding public health, and ensuring sustainable water resource management. While various sectors are facing skills […]
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Creating a distributive Smart WaterGrid for the future
Water Net Gain is a new £1.1 million initiative led by South West Water and the Westcountry Rivers Trust. It is funded under the OFWAT Water Breakthrough Challenge, a pioneering […]
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Wastewater matters: The state of our rivers and the pollution crisis
Over the past two years, the coverage of the wastewater industry in England has been pretty much the centre of the headlines. Never have storm overflows had as much attention […]
