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SUMMARY:IES panel discussion: What makes good environmental reporting?
DESCRIPTION:Reporting is essential in environmental science roles – but how do you know you’re doing it well? Is your reporting clear to those outside your field? In this event we’ll go back to basics\, exploring the fundamentals of good reporting across the environmental sciences\, leaving attendees with a clear picture of the methods used by different specialisms as well as tips and tricks from experienced professionals. \nThis event will begin with a round of lightning presentations\, with representatives from a range of fields discussing what good reporting means in their roles. You’ll get a chance to hear directly from professionals working in water quality\, environmental impact assessment\, air quality\, contaminated land\, sustainability and emissions\, including FWR Vice Chair Oliver Grievson. \nThe panellists will provide insights into their specialisms as well as reflections on interdisciplinary working and the role that good reporting plays in this. The event will be useful for those who work with stakeholders across the environmental sciences\, enabling a greater understanding of how reporting works in different fields. It may also be of interest to those early in their environmental science careers\, providing a foundational understanding of reporting across the sector. \nAttendees will have the chance to ask questions and engage with the panellists in a dedicated question-and-answer discussion segment. This event is free and open to all. \nOur speakers\nEleni Antoniades \nEleni is a Project Environmental Lead for aviation and infrastructure projects\, with more than 20 years’ experience in leading the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management of strategically significant aviation and infrastructure projects\, across the UK and internationally. Since 2016\, Eleni has also specialised in the environmental assessment and sustainability of infrastructure projects in Antarctica. Eleni is Vice President of the Institution of Environmental Sciences\, where she has helped shape the organisation’s strategy since 2016 and established the EIA Community\, which she now Chairs. Eleni is also a Trustee of the White Desert Foundation. \nDavid Carr \nBio to follow. \nAndrew Doerr \nAndrew Doerr is a Technical Director in the Contaminated Land team at WSP. He has worked in the environment sector for 24 years\, in the UK and Australia. He has worked on over 150 contaminated land projects\, providing strategic and technical advice to clients across many sectors\, including nuclear\, defence\, oil & gas\, chemical\, property\, pharmaceuticals and transport. \nOliver Grievson \nProfessor Oliver Grievson is an Associate Director in Regulatory Monitoring at the Global Engineering Consultancy\, AtkinsRéalis\, as well as being a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Digital Water at the University of Exeter. Oliver is a multi-award-winning technical leader in regulatory monitoring\, helping clients with issues around water and wastewater monitoring. He currently holds four professional charterships and five fellowships. \nSarah Hodson \nSarah Hodson is Associate Director at Wardell Armstrong. She has significant experience in undertaking climate change EIAs\, and a particular understanding of the nuances and inconsistencies of the methodologies applied by different consultants\, and the lack of consideration of future climate change impacts within other EIA disciplines. \nSarah Horrocks \nAfter graduating from the University of Bristol with a degree in Chemistry\, Sarah spent a year at NPL in the air quality standards team. After that\, she completed a Master’s in Environmental Technology at Imperial College and subsequently found a job with AtkinsRéalis. Sarah is the Practice Manager for Air Quality and has been with the company for over 25 years. She is also Vice Chair of the IAQM. As well as looking after (and winning) work for their 16 specialists\, she is responsible for managing and delivering technical input to a wide range of markets: transportation\, energy\, water and land developments\, in the UK and overseas. She is passionate about delivering high-quality environmental work\, and equally so about creating a working environment that is truly inclusive. \nHeader image credit: © IzzetNoyan | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/good-environmental-reporting/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:IES Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
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SUMMARY:FWR Panel discussion: Microplastic pollution in the water environment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our upcoming event that will bring together experts to explore the growing issue of microplastics in our aquatic and marine environments\, and the implications for sustainable wastewater management. The event will feature lightning presentations from experts\, exploring topics including the scale of microplastic pollution in our watercourses\, key sources of microplastics\, and the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in aquatic environments. \nThe presentations will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion\, giving attendees an opportunity to pose their own questions. \nPresentations include: \n\nMicroplastics: sources\, effects and solutions\nThe ecotoxicity of microplastics\nFrom clear waters to plastic soup? Microplastic pollution in chalk rivers\n\nThis event has been organised by the FWR’s Sustainable Wastewater Management Technical Panel. It is free and open to all. \nOur speakers\nDr Winnie Courtene-Jones \nWinnie is a Lecturer in Marine Pollution at Bangor University. She is a marine environmental scientist with over a decade researching the sources\, environmental prevalence\, effects\, and solutions to (micro)plastic pollution. \nShe has studied (micro)plastic pollution in a variety of terrestrial and marine environments\, from agricultural soils and coastline to some of the most remote parts of our planet\, including the deep sea and oceanic gyres. She has led research into the global land-sea releases and movement of plastics (‘eXXpedition Round the World)\, and the environmental degradation and impacts of biodegradable and bio-based plastics across terrestrial and marine environments (NERC-funded “Bio-Plastic-Risk” project). Her interdisciplinary work has furthered understanding of the risks of plastic pollution in a changing world and informs effective solutions. \nSince 2021\, Winnie has been supporting the development of the UN Global Plastics Treaty – a legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution. She has attended the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee sessions and is a core member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty\, co-leading working groups on ‘Microplastics’\, ‘Alternative & substitute Plastics’\, and ‘Plastic Product Design’. \nDr Corina Ciocan \nA Marine Biologist\, Corina’s expertise is in functional ecotoxicology\, focusing on biological responses of marine organisms to environmental stressors. Corina is Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton. Prior to working at the University of Brighton\, UK\, Corina was a full-time Research Fellow at the University of Sussex\, UK after starting as a Research Assistant for the Romanian National Marine Institute. She was involved in a wide range of international research programmes (International Mussel Watch\, EU Interreg Channel)\, investigating the detoxification mechanisms in marine invertebrates\, DNA damage and impairment of reproduction mechanisms. Recently\, Corina has developed a strong interest in the marine microplastics pollution and the potential input from boating activities. \nCorina has published her research in high impact scientific journals\, written book chapters and has appeared in TV and radio programs centred around her research into the contamination of the aquatic environment. Corina teaches Marine Biology at the University of Brighton UK and she brings a lot of her personal experience into the class room\, encouraging students to participate in laboratory research and coastal surveys. In her spare time\, Corina enjoys travelling\, swimming\, reading and walking her dog\, Lulu. \nDr Alice Horton \nAlice is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Marine Biological Association. Her expertise lies in microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Her current research focusses on how microplastics will interact with wider environmental stressors (multistressors; including chemical contamination and climate change) to affect marine ecosystems\, now and into the future. \nShe began her research on microplastics in 2014 at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology where she studied abundance and ecotoxicity of microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial systems. After gaining her PhD from Leiden University (Netherlands)\, she moved to the National Oceanography Centre to investigate the flows of microplastics from rivers to the sea\, and their interactions with estuarine and marine organisms. She started her fellowship at the MBA in 2025. \nHeader image credit: © boophuket | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-panel-discussion-microplastic-pollution-in-the-water-environment/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260115T133000
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SUMMARY:FWR Panel discussion: The impact of agriculture on water
DESCRIPTION:The next FWR event will bring together speakers to discuss the critical relationship between agriculture and water resources. Through a series of short\, lightning presentations the expert speakers will highlight the latest insights on the impact of agriculture on water resources\, experience of managing this in practice\, and potential future challenges for this relationship. \nPresentations include: \n\nLiving with high and low flows – risks and opportunities for UK irrigated agriculture\nUsing Catchment & Nature Based Solutions to benefit farming\, water and the environment\nThe role of monitoring in support of agricultural water management\nWater holding to alleviate flooding\n\nThe presentations will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion\, giving attendees an opportunity to pose their own questions. \nThis event has been organised by the FWR’s Water Resources and Quality Technical Panel. \nOur speakers\nDanny Coffey \nDanny Coffey is the Catchment Manager at Affinity Water and he manages a team of advisors who work collaboratively with farmers and landowners across priority catchments to support regenerative farming practices and nature-based solutions. Danny has 10 years’ experience in catchment management and a strong interest in using field trials and robust data to shape catchment schemes which can drive beneficial change for the environment\, water\, soil health and crop productivity. \nffinlo Costain \nffinlo is the Editor-in-Chief of 8point9.com and has worked in farming\, land and food business policy for over 20 years. As Chief Executive of Farmwel (2016-2022) he gave evidence to UK parliamentary committees and advised ministers and the Committee on Climate Change on the role of agricultural climate gases. ffinlo founded the Food & Global Security Network in 2020 and published Soil Health: A security threat profile\, prior to COP26. ffinlo has presented at the European Parliament and advised ministers and senior leadership teams in many European countries. His TEDx Talk\, ‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without cows’\, has proved highly popular with regenerative farmers and innovators. \nProfessor Jerry Knox  \nJerry is Professor of Agricultural Water Management based within the Cranfield Water Science Institute at Cranfield University. He has 33 years international experience in the science\, engineering\, and management of water resources for agriculture\, including assessing the relationships between water resources\, drought\, agricultural productivity and the environment\, and the sustainability of agricultural production in the context of climate impacts and food security. His research interests are in biophysical and water resource modelling\, irrigation agronomy\, soil and irrigation management\, abiotic (drought) impacts on crop productivity and climate change impacts and adaptation responses in agriculture. \nProfessor Mark Mulligan \nMark Mulligan is Professor of Physical and Environmental Geography at King’s College London and also Honorary Fellow of UN Environment – World Conservation Monitoring Centre. He works with a large team of PhD students on a variety of topics in the areas of environmental spatial policy support\, ecosystem service modelling and understanding human impacts on the environment and their consequences for society. This research is at scales from local to global and with a particular emphasis on tropical forests\, mountains and drylands. He is developer of a range of open datasets at geodata.policysupport.org and free web-based policy support systems at www.policysupport.org. These include hydroclimatic and land cover datasets and the WaterWorld hydrological and Co$ting Nature ecosystem services modelling tools. His research involves fieldwork around the world and he is also developer of a range of open source instruments for environmental monitoring through the FreeStation and FreeSensor projects. \nHeader image credit: © ChrisChips | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-panel-discussion-the-impact-of-agriculture-on-water/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251125T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251125T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar - Integrating water management to enable sustainable growth
DESCRIPTION:In January 2025 the Chancellor reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor to help kickstart economic growth\, highlighting the potential of the corridor to unlock £78 billion for the UK economy by 2035. Capitalising on the region’s excellence in science and innovation will ensure that world-class research translates to commercial success. Last week the Government announced over £500 million investment for new homes\, infrastructure and business space for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor. \nThe Environment Agency is uniquely positioned to support this latest development in the government’s growth mission while protecting and enhancing our environment. From planning advice to regulatory decisions\, they are committed to enabling development that works for both the economy and the environment. \nThe government’s renewed focus on the Oxford to Cambridge Corridor offers the opportunity to plan strategically across boundaries to ensure appropriate water infrastructure is included early in planning and help shape sustainable growth. The Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor has significant existing water pressures that need to be considered alongside growth ambitions and a changing climate. \nThe Environment Agency’s Oxford to Cambridge team is working collaboratively to lead this shift\, testing and trialling new approaches\, generating evidence\, and shaping change to move toward an integrated model for water management that supports both growth and the environment. In this webinar the team will share their programme of work\, showcasing two of their latest projects. The first of these is looking at joining up drainage\, wastewater and surface water planning. The project pilots a method of integrating surface water and wastewater\, planning to demonstrate how joined-up local planning can work. The second project looks at forecasting Future Water Demand in non-household sectors\, exploring some of the challenges that occur when planning appropriate infrastructure for the future. \nThis webinar is free and open to all. \nOur speakers\nDan Curtis \nWith over 20 years’ experience as an environmental and project management professional at the Environment Agency\, Dan specialises in integrated water management and sustainable land use planning. He has worked in the Oxford to Cambridge team for 5 years and leads the delivery of their Integrated Water Management programme. \nCeri Lewis \nCeri has worked for the Environment Agency for 12 years and the OxCam team for 6 years\, initially joining as a data specialist focusing on mapping natural capital and ecosystems services\, before transitioning to managing the Environment Agency’s project programme. Ceri has a degree in geography and holds an APM project management qualification. His professional career\, before joining the OxCam team\, has covered water resources and flood incident management planning and response. Ceri leads the team in identifying gaps in evidence\, ways to improve working\, and scoping out new projects. Alongside his day job\, Ceri supports the Environment Agency’s vital role in responding to flood incidents as a Flood Warning Duty Officer. \nJuliet Savage \nJuliet recently joined the team earlier this year as communications and engagement specialist. Following a previous career in sport and education\, she has over 15 years’ experience working at the Environment Agency. She joined the Environment Agency as a River and Costal Engineer and quickly moved into communications and engagement. She has led engagement on major projects including the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme\, the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel and the Thames Valley Flood Scheme. \nBrianne Vally \nBrianne joined the Environment Agency in 2017 and has worked with some of the most at-risk communities\, helping to reduce their flood risk and improve their resilience. Brianne holds a degree in Emergency Management and is a member of CIWEM (the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management). She has been a technical specialist in the OxCam team for over two years\, working with consultants and water sector professionals to lead on projects as part of the Integrated Water Management Programme. Brianne also supports the Environment Agency’s flood response\, working closely with partner organisations to help provide a coordinated approach during severe weather. \nHeader image credit: © MNStudio | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-integrating-water-management-to-enable-sustainable-growth/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T153000
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar - Delivering multiple benefits from nature-based solutions
DESCRIPTION:This discussion meeting will bring together experts on nature-based solutions to discuss how they can support a healthy and resilient water environment\, whilst delivering multiple benefits for people and nature. \nEach speaker will provide a short presentation exploring their views on the role of nature-based solutions in delivering multiple benefits and how these can be delivered in practice. Speakers will touch on projects that have taken place both in the UK and internationally. \nWe will then move into a panel discussion\, where attendees will have the opportunity to pose their questions and hear more about the key enablers for developing and embedding nature-based solutions. \nThis event has been organised by the FWR’s Water Environment and Ecosystem Services Technical Panel\, leading on previous work they have done on enabling nature-based solutions. \nOur speakers\nDr Gabriela Dotro \nGabriela (Gaby) is Chair of the Constructed Wetland Association and founder of NbS Future\, delivering expert services that bridge conventional and nature-based water treatment expertise. With 20 years of experience translating innovation into practical implementation\, she currently leads strategic consulting projects for UK water utilities and regulators while maintaining academic links as Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University. Gaby pioneered the UK’s first French Wetland implementation and co-developed Scottish Water’s innovative DCENT flowsheet\, demonstrating her expertise in integrating NbS with conventional treatment systems. As lead author of industry guidance on treatment wetlands that informs discussions between the Environment Agency\, Ofwat\, Defra and water utilities ahead of investment decisions for 2025-2030\, she specialises in providing evidence-based\, objective analysis that ensures optimal technology selection for delivering multiple benefits across water management challenges. \nJoff Edevane \nJoff is a past freshwater biologist with 30 years of industry experience in wastewater treatment and environmental regulation\, currently focusing on the reduction and treatment of storm overflows\, nature based solutions and catchment approaches. \nDr Mark Everard \nMark has been working on ecosystem services and the concepts leading up to the formulation of that term since the late 1970s. His background is in aquatic sciences but this has morphed into the wider systemic implications of the societal benefits of nature\, and the vulnerability of nature to society\, in a range of roles in science\, policy\, practical implementation and broadcasting in UK/Europe\, Africa\, East Asia and Australia.  As a systems scientist\, Mark supports the concept of nature-based solutions\, though is concerned that many applications lack a systemic framing.  Mark’s work developing practical tools such as those adopted and implemented globally the Ramsar Convention and its signatories represent important steps towards mainstreaming these concepts\, though against the current co  worrying backdrop of retractions from commitments to sustainable development around the world. \nAngus Middleton \nAngus has been a director of environmental consultancies for 20 years\, working on natural capital since 2013. He has frequently partnered with multi-disciplinary professionals\, academics\, policy makers and communities to deliver successful nature-based projects. He excels at blending commercial pragmatism with scientific rigour and stakeholder concerns. Angus was recently a member of the Innovation Advisory Board for NERC and helped create the Natural Capital Protocol. Angus has led Viridian to win many prestigious prizes for their innovative creation of new methods and tools to model\, specify and quantify nature-based solutions. \nLila Stewart-Roberts \nLila is the Programme Coordinator of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative\, University of Oxford\, where she facilitates interdisciplinary research on how nature-based solutions (NbS) can support thriving human and ecological communities. She also manages the Global Map of best-practice NbS case studies from around the world and leads communications for the initiative. With training in food systems and ecological economics\, Lila seeks to promote equitable nature-based solutions for social and environmental wellbeing through her work. She brings experience spanning third sector\, research and student leadership and holds an MSc in Biodiversity\, Conservation and Management from the University of Oxford\, and a BSc in Biology from the University of Bristol. \nHeader image: © Renata Barbarino | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-delivering-multiple-benefits-from-nature-based-solutions/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251001T190000
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SUMMARY:Showcasing the multiple benefits of citizen science in catchment management and conservation
DESCRIPTION:This event is for all those CIWEM members and prospective members interested in finding out more about what is meant by the term ‘citizen science’’\, specifically for catchment management and conservation. There will be an exciting line up of speakers from the Zoological Society of London\, Water Rangers\, Thames21 and NatureMetrics covering topics on the role that citizen science is playing in conservation of the European Eel\, introducing and exploring some of the work being undertaken across London by the CaSTCo programme\, and looking at some of the tools that have been developed and being used to support citizen science activities. \nFollowing these presentations and talks\, the meeting will then conclude with two parallel sessions\, one focused on show and tell where delegates will be able to see first-hand some of the tools developed for citizen science\, with the second a Speakers Corner where delegates will be able to directly interact and discuss topics raised by presenters. \nCIWEM members and non-members are welcome to attend this interactive panel discussion. \nPart of the CIWEM Catchment Management series. \nHeader image credit: © KsDesign | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/showcasing-the-multiple-benefits-of-citizen-science-in-catchment-management-and-conservation/
LOCATION:Stantec UK office\, The Stills\, 1st Floor\, 80 Turnmill Street\, London\, EC1M 5QU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:External Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250908T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250908T133000
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar - Trading water across regions: Challenges\, opportunities and its role in supporting resilience
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is predicted to drive changes in the distribution of water across the UK\, and combined with our increased usage of water\, is projected to lead to increased water scarcity in England by the end of the century. This will have repercussions on the supply and demand of water across the country and will require careful management to prevent negative impacts on people and the environment. \nWater trading allows for water companies to source water from other water companies operating in different regions as well as third-party suppliers. It can support improved resilience of water supply and provide environmental benefits by reducing unsustainable abstraction in areas of water scarcity. \nIn this panel event we will hear from a number of water professionals working across sectors for their views on water trading\, the challenges and opportunities it presents\, and how it can best be managed. \nOur speakers\nMeyrick Gough has worked in the water industry for 33 years in a range of roles. He first started work in the industry as a consultant working before joining Southern Water in 1992\, where he worked in a range of planning and operational roles within the company. In 2018 Meyrick joined WRSE as its first Technical Director and led the significant technical work\, in partnership with the WRSE member companies to produce the first regional plan\, where all investment modelling was carried out regionally and translated into the six company Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). Meyrick has now taken on a new role as the Managing Director of WRSE\, in this role he will continue to develop the regional planning approach not only for the next plan in 2029 but also with an eye to what might also be required for the 2034 plan. \nSimon Harrow is Interim Director of Water Supply in Ofwat working in the RAPID & Environmental Planning function. He is a technical and regulatory specialist with 20 years’ experience in water and asset management. Working at Ofwat and RAPID in various roles over the last nine years\, his current role covers water supply planning\, investment and delivery\, spanning a range of company activities from reservoir safety to leakage to drought plans. Previously as Head of Water Enhancement he managed a multi-disciplinary team working on the assessment of water companies’ business plans for the five-yearly Price Review 2024 (PR24) which set the costs and deliverables expected of companies. He started his career spending six years hydrological modelling for the Canal & River Trust\, followed by five years in Severn Trent Water’s water resources and asset strategy team. \nBob Hillier has over 30 years’ of experience in water resources planning\, drought management\, resilience and hydrology as a manager and senior advisor with the Environment Agency. For several years he was the national lead for his main passion\, agriculture water resources. He now focusses on the critical link between water and food security as the owner of the independent platform\, The Growing Voice\, using his experience and expertise providing news and advice to the agriculture sector. \nDaniel Johns is Managing Director at Water Resources East\, the independent\, non-for-profit\, membership organisation tasked by government to create a regional water resources plan for all sectors and the environment in Eastern England. He was previously a senior civil servant at the Department for Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs and spent four years at the Climate Change Committee leading their work on adaptation. He is also a director of the Aldersgate Group and Kirk Hill Wind Farm Coop. \nDr Varsha Wylie is a Principal Process Engineer with Southern Water and has around 25 years of experience in the design and construction of water and wastewater treatment plants. Varsha has worked extensively on UK projects for several water companies. Before joining Southern Water\, Varsha spent 2 years\, managing the delivery of design projects in Pune (India) for international water utilities based in Australia\, New Zealand\, the Middle East and the UK. She also spent 3 years in Dallas (Texas\, USA) as a client service manager and technical delivery lead working on projects for North Texas water utility clients. Varsha received her MSc in Environmental Technology from the University of Manchester\, and she is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with the Institution of Chemica Engineers. Over the last 7 years\, Varsha has worked in the Water Process team at Southern Water and is currently leading the process design work for four water recycling plants proposed in Hampshire\, the Isle of Wight\, Kent and Sussex. She is also the chairperson of the All Company Working Group on Water Recycling\, set up by the drinking water\, environmental and financial regulators\, that aims to produce a guidance document on water recycling for the UK water industry. Varsha completed a doctoral research in the field of unregulated disinfection by-products in drinking water and earned a PhD in Environmental Engineering in 2024. \nOur chair\nPatric Bulmer has worked in the water industry for over 30 years\, most recently as Head of Water Resources and Environment at Bristol Water. He was a founder member of the regional West Country water resources group and has been involved in the planning of new resources such as Cheddar 2 and the Mendip Quarries scheme. \nHeader image: © Bernd Brueggemannn | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-trading-water-across-regions-challenges-opportunities-and-its-role-in-supporting-resilience/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250820T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250724T152146Z
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SUMMARY:Water Framework Directive economics 25 years on: From promise to practice – and the case for reform
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will present 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 to develop the Wateco Guidance for the economic analysis for the WFD. It documents their 25 years practical experience with WFD implementation. \nJonathan will first provide the historical context to the WFD from water policies in the 1980s. He will then set out the economic provisions of the WFD\, which was the first EU Directive to incorporate economic analysis and instruments. This will be followed by an overview of a SWOT analysis of the implementation of the WFD’s economic provision that provides the basis for recommending specific refinements of the WFD\, which can hopefully support water policy reforms. For the EU this could inform the EC Water Resilience Strategy and for England and Wales can support the findings and recommendations of the Cunliffe Independent Water Commission. \nOur speaker\nJonathan Fisher is an environmental economist with 50 years’ experience of delivering economic analyses of most environmental issues. He was the Department of Environment’s economic adviser on climate change for the UK’s first climate change action plan and the establishment of the IPCC. He worked at the OECD’s Environment Directorate and also at HM Treasury. For the last 25 years he has focused on water. He participated in the Group of European water economists who prepared the Wateco Guidance for implementation of the WFD. He was the Environment Agency’s economics manager responsible for water and flood risk management. Since retiring from the EA in 2014\, he has worked as a freelance environmental economics consultant on water studies in Armenia and Turkey and Romania’s flood risk management plan and now the economic impacts of sea level rise and storm surge in St Lucia. He has recently submitted to recent consultations on water – including the call for evidence by the Cunliffe Commission on water and Defra’s consultations on flood risk management funding and land use allocation. Jonathan has a BSc in economics and accountancy from Bristol University and a PhD in environmental economics from Leicester University. \n\nHeader image credit: @ Dene’ Miles from Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/water-framework-directive-economics-25-years-on-from-promise-to-practice-and-the-case-for-reform/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250716T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250716T123000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250707T113525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T113525Z
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SUMMARY:Enabling community maintenance for local FRM - new guidance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of CIRIA’s new guidance\, Enabling community maintenance for local flood risk management (C821)\, to explore approaches to empowering local community groups to maintain flood risk infrastructure and improve their local environment if they wish to do so. \nHeader image: © sunakri | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/enabling-community-maintenance-for-local-frm-new-guidance/
LOCATION:Online Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ciria":MAILTO:aidan.carter@ciria.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250708T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250610T120529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T120529Z
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar - Working with farmers for river restoration
DESCRIPTION: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. By working together\, aided by an advisor or ‘facilitator’\, farmers and land managers can work more cohesively together in their locality. This enables them to collectively deliver greater benefits for soil\, water and wildlife at a landscape scale. \nOur speaker\, Teresa Dent\, has been working with farmer groups to improve wildlife and environmental outcomes since 2013\, when she helped set up the first Farmer Cluster. She will discuss her experiences of working with voluntary farmer groups\, how they approach river restoration\, and what scope there is to make farmer groups a key part of river restoration. \nOur speaker\nTeresa Dent CBE\, Previously CEO\, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) \nOriginally a farming consultant with Strutt & Parker\, Teresa was CEO of GWCT 2001-2025 and still works for GWCT as a coordinator for area-based conservation projects like the Environmental Farmer Groups (EFG) & Farmer Clusters. Teresa was made a CBE for services to wildlife conservation in 2015; is a Fellow of RASE; was board member of NE (2014-2020); chaired the Marlborough Downs Nature Improvement Area; is a director of various farmer groups; a founder member of Curlew Recovery Partnership; and an honorary member of National Gamekeepers Association & Grasshoppers Farmer Group.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-working-with-farmers-for-river-restoration/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250625T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250625T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250224T173040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T173040Z
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SUMMARY:Freshwater Biological Association - Annual Scientific Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) is delighted to announce the 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). They have a tremendous range of keynote speakers and presenters from a wide variety of backgrounds and stages in their careers. They are also able to offer financial support for early career members via the newly created Richard Chadd Bursary Fund. \nFull details of the ASM (including full agenda) and how to apply for bursary can be found on the FBA website. This coming together of 100 scientists and practitioners is an essential date in the freshwater ecologist’s year! \nHeader image credit: © Martin | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/freshwater-biological-association-annual-scientific-meeting/
LOCATION:Nottingham Trent University
CATEGORIES:External Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250326T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250326T124500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250220T121709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T121709Z
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SUMMARY:Harnessing BNG to amplify urban flood risk management
DESCRIPTION:Flooding is the number one natural hazard in the UK (CCC\, 2021). The risks and associated costs of flooding are growing due to climate change\, but the planning system in England has not yet adapted accordingly. The Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation came into effect in England from February 2024 and represents a significant shift in planning regulations. A report from the London School of Economics and the Grantham Institute\, published in November 2024\, Harnessing England’s Biodiversity Net Gain legislation to amplify urban flood risk management looked at the potential of BNG for flood risk management. \nIn this webinar the report’s co-author Jonathan Kassian will present the case for integrating BNG and natural flood management made in the report. This includes BNG’s potential to enhance urban resilience and the integration of BNG funding with local authorities’ natural flood management projects. This webinar is a joint webinar with Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) and the Foundation for Water Research (FWR) and is part of the BNG in Practice Event Series. \nHeader image credit: © Jevanto Protography
URL:https://fwr.org/event/harnessing-bng-to-amplify-urban-flood-risk-management/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar,IES Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250318T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250318T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250304T135403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T135403Z
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar:  Planning citizen science monitoring of rivers
DESCRIPTION: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 have been working with eight Demonstration Catchments for the last two and a half years\, where volunteer coordinators have built a workforce of volunteers to carry out a programme of community monitoring on their local rivers. Monitoring data sets are valuable and they take time and effort to gather. They can also influence the environmental decisions made about a volunteer group’s local river. It is therefore important to think about what you want to know and what you intend to do when collecting data and designing monitoring programmes. \nIn this webinar\, members of the CastCo project team will share lessons on what they have learned about planning community monitoring in their CastCo Demonstration Catchment. \nOur speakers\nPaul Hulme \nPaul is Technical Lead for Community Monitoring at The Rivers Trust. He is currently working on the CastCo project with Simon Browning supporting eight Demonstration Catchments across the country\, helping them with gathering\, visualising and interpreting their citizen science data. Prior to this Paul worked for consultants and the Environment Agency leading catchment management projects\, and before that Paul built groundwater models to answer questions related to environmental impact and water supply. \nSimon Browning \nSimon is Monitoring Technical Lead at The Rivers Trust. He is currently working on the CastCo project as above and also act as a ‘Monitoring Helpdesk’ for the Rives Trusts movement. Prior to this role Paul has worked as Monitoring Lead for the Westcountry Rivers Trust\, worked for the Environment Agency in the monitoring R&D section\, and with companies selling and installing integrated catchment monitoring systems. \nHeader image credit: © Chris Sharp | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-planning-citizen-science-monitoring-of-rivers/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250312T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250312T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250220T131803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T131803Z
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SUMMARY:A body of knowledge: Unravelling murders through water science
DESCRIPTION:Forensic hydrology is a specialised field within environmental science that uses hydrological methods to solve legal and criminal problems. This interdisciplinary field merges principles from environmental science\, geology and chemistry to investigate and elucidate incidents involving flowing water. From tracing the origins of water contamination to determining the timing and sources of floods\, forensic hydrology can play a crucial role in uncovering the truth behind water-related phenomena\, including serious crimes such as murder. The webinar will be illustrated by case studies of murder victims found in rivers\, canals and estuaries. Not for the squeamish! \nAbout the series \nFour engaging Science Council Lunch & Learn sessions will be held to to coincide with British Science Week 2025. British Science Week provides a chance to celebrate the diverse people and careers in science and engineering and we’re very excited to be bringing some fantastic speakers to you to cover four fascinating topics. \nSpeaker information \nChair: Adam Donnan\, CEO of the Institution of Environmental Sciences\nSpeaker: Prof. Carolyn Roberts\, Vice-President\, Institution of Environmental Sciences & Professor Emeritus of Environment\, and Fellow\, Gresham College\, London \nHeader image credit: ©_Danoz | Adobe
URL:https://fwr.org/event/a-body-of-knowledge-unravelling-murders-through-water-science/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:External Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250306T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250306T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250123T144952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T144952Z
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SUMMARY:FWR webinar: Protecting Scotland’s groundwater quality
DESCRIPTION:This free webinar will provide an overview of the new groundwater quality standards for Scotland\, including the key changes to Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA’s) associated guidance on assigning groundwater criteria for pollutant inputs\, and on land contamination impacts on the water environment. \nThis updated guidance is relevant to hydrogeological risk assessments in support of planning applications\, regulation of authorised activities\, and Part IIA. \nOur speaker\nIsla Smail is a Principal Hydrogeologist in SEPA’s Water Resources team. She is a Chartered Geologist and has over 25 years of experience in regulation and consultancy\, both in the UK and overseas. Her current work focuses on issues relating to groundwater contamination. \n  \n  \nBanner image © pncphotos via Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-protecting-scotlands-groundwater-quality/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T133000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20250115T171819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T093136Z
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SUMMARY:FWR Panel Discussion: Protecting our rivers\, lakes and seas: tackling water pollution challenges through innovation and collaboration
DESCRIPTION:The health of our water environment has never been higher on the public and Government agenda. The topic features daily in the media\, while the Government has set a key priority to ‘Clean up our rivers\, lakes and seas’. This Foundation for Water Research (FWR) panel discussion will explore how innovative approaches\, as well as collaboration between key stakeholders\, can unlock new opportunities to help us better protect water quality. \nThe discussion will be hosted and chaired by Dr Vera Jones\, Technical Director for Water Quality at AtkinsRealis\, with a panel of key experts working across this important technical area. Vera is a member of the FWR’s Water Resources & Quality Technical Panel.  You can sign up to the free FWR newsletter to keep up to date on topical issues in the water sector. \nOur Chair\nDr Vera Jones is Technical Director and Global Technical Authority for Water Quality at AtkinsRéalis. She holds a PhD in aquatic biogeochemistry and is Fellow of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. Vera leads a global team of technical experts working on all different aspects of water quality – including bathing waters\, catchment management\, antimicrobial resistance in the environment and water quality modelling. She is also an AtkinsRéalis Technical Fellow\, and a guest lecturer in water quality at Teesside University. She was awarded an AtkinsRéalis President’s award for a standout contribution (2023)\, was a finalist for the WISE Outstanding Woman in Science award (2024) and Highly Commended in the CIWEM Spotlight awards (2024). \nOur speakers\nCatherine Wilson is an Associate at AtkinsRéalis\, where she specialises in water quality. She has over 20 years’ experience in this field and before joining AtkinsRéalis she worked for the Environment Agency for over 10 years with roles in water quality planning\, permitting and policy. In her current role she works on projects for a range of clients – water companies\, research bodies and regulators including Defra\, the Environment Agency and the Office for Environmental Protection. A lot of her focus recently has been on the emerging regulation around discharges from storm overflows and the new approaches to monitoring the impact of these discharges. But she is interested in and has worked across a range of water quality topics\, including emerging pollutants and nutrients. She is passionate about the importance of data-led decision making and the opportunities that can arise from sharing data and evidence between organisations. \n \nMike Bowes is a Nutrient Hydrochemist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and leads the River Water Quality & Ecology Group. His main research interest is investigating the sources and fates of the major plant nutrients (phosphorus\, nitrogen and silicon) within rivers at the catchment scale\, and how they impact on aquatic ecosystems. \nMike’s novel research has identified phosphorus concentrations that need to be attained in UK rivers before improvements in river ecology are likely to be observed. He also investigates how physical parameters such as light and flow velocity affect algal growth rates in rivers\, and uses high frequency chemical and biological monitoring to determine the causes of algal blooms. \nMike developed the Load Apportionment Model\, a novel and rapid method for determining relative quantities of P and N entering rivers from sewage treatment works and agriculture. This enables catchment managers and policy makers to determine how nutrient mitigation strategies will affect water quality and river ecology. \nMike leads the UKCEH Thames Initiative\, a major Research Platform that brings together water quality and ecological research across the River Thames catchment. \nJoff Edevane is Pathfinder Delivery Lead Wetlands and Harbours at Southern Water. He has 30 years’ experience in the water industry\, looking at water quality\, regulation and process solutions. His current work focus is on using Nature-based Solutions to treat stormwater overflows. \n\n  \n\nTessa Wardley is Director for Communications and Advocacy at The Rivers Trust\, building on a lifetime working and playing in our rivers\, lakes and seas. Throughout her career Tessa has been employed and collaborated with stakeholders throughout the sector\, initially working for the Environment Agency in Anglian and Thames regions and then Nationally\, she spent many years with Atkins Global (now AtkinsRealis) and latterly with Defra. As a marine and freshwater ecologist\, over her career she has worked on catchment solutions with a particular focus on the impacts of land management\, water quality and flow on our rivers\, lakes and seas. She has a particular interest in the impact of nutrients and abstraction on the ecology of our precious chalk streams. Within Defra\, Tessa worked on delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan\, developing the Land Use Framework and business engagement. She is author of 7 books including The River Book\, Mindfulness and Wild Swimming\, Eco Hero Handbook and Ocean Hero Handbook – helping people take everyday actions to engage with and protect our wonderful wild spaces. \nNow\, as Director for Communications and Advocacy at The Rivers Trust\, Tessa leads a team of 11 communications professionals to deliver the strategic approach for communications that establish the Rivers Trust movement as the leading environmental NGO for rivers\, and the preferred partner to help rivers and communities thrive. And a small but active advocacy team\, drawing on the extensive expertise across the Trust and wider movement to collaborate with a wide range of partners to influence stakeholders. She has a particular focus on working with decision makers and influencers within the sector to ensure the right policies\, legislation and processes are in place to help us deliver tangible improvements in our water environment. As an organisation The Rivers Trust is underpinned by the use of data and evidence to make fair and informed decisions\, working in partnership to pool collective strengths and focussing on solutions to drive bold actions towards a vision of wild\, healthy\, natural rivers valued by all. \nFeatured image © Julian Gazzard via Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-panel-discussion-protecting-our-rivers-lakes-and-seas-tackling-water-pollution-challenges-through-innovation-and-collaboration/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241210T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241210T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20241030T173903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T173903Z
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SUMMARY:Pollution from highway runoff and the strategies to manage it
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar\, Jo will describe the extent of water pollution caused by highway runoff in the UK and the effects of the toxins in the pollution. She will also explore how these harmful discharges fit in with other sources of pollution and how we could potentially raise the profile of the problem. \nJo will outline the existing treatment solutions for this runoff\, and discuss methods to deploy them more cost-effectively by working in partnership with others involved in river restoration. \nOur speaker\nJo Bradley\, Director of Operations\, Stormwater Shepherds UK \nJo has worked in the field of pollution control for over 30 years. She was at the Environment Agency for much of that time\, working with various industrial sectors to identify pollution control and prevention best practice. In recent years\, she has focused on urban pollution\, particularly pollution from highways. She joined the charity Stormwater Shepherds UK in 2000\, and she has been doing small amounts of research alongside many presentations\, meetings with highway drainage professionals and the development of guidance. \nImage credit: Jevanto Productions | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/pollution-from-highway-runoff-and-the-strategies-to-manage-it/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241204T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241204T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20241029T115205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241029T115205Z
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SUMMARY:Future home life with water in new build residential developments
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will present work by University of Manchester researchers on the Ofwat Innovation-funded Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project. \nEWSC is an innovation project exploring the relationship between integrated water management\, community engagement and practices and housing development to unlock new opportunities for cross-sector delivery and stewardship. Ella Foggitt from the University of Manchester will present emerging findings from their mixed-methods study into people’s perspectives on the future of water and housing in England and Wales\, drawing out potential implications of this work for policy and practice. \nOur speaker\nElla Foggitt\, Research Associate – Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research\, University of Manchester \nElla’s research examines the socio-political and environmental sustainability dimensions of water\, sanitation\, and health challenges\, with a focus on governance and everyday life. \nIn her current work on the Enabling Water Smart Communities project\, Ella conducts social science research to explore visions and expectations of ‘water smart communities’ in England and Wales. Applying a social practices approach\, she investigates opportunities to enable sustainable living with water by residents of these new build homes and developments. Her previous work has included studies of community participation in environmental sanitation in urban Ghana\, and social dimensions of bioenergy systems in Nigeria. \nHeader image credit: StellaSallander | Adobe Stock
URL:https://fwr.org/event/future-home-life-with-water-in-new-build-residential-developments/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241105T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241105T123000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20241024T092430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T175016Z
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SUMMARY:The Future Water Report Card as a Risk Register Event
DESCRIPTION:The Future Water Report Card serves as a compass\, navigating through the complexities of water management. \nHowever\, to truly harness its potential and steer towards a sustainable future\, it’s imperative to complement it with a Risk Register version. This enhanced tool not only amplifies the value and importance of proactive water management but also provides a structured framework for addressing emerging risks head-on. \nHear from Future Water CEO\, Paul Horton and the National Infrastructure Commission.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/the-future-water-report-card-as-a-risk-register-event/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:External Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241031T110000
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20240916T144957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T094636Z
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SUMMARY:FWR Water Climate Discussion - Radical Change: Reverse Water Cycles
DESCRIPTION:Is climate change and the resulting loss in biodiversity irreversible? Will our current efforts to slow climate change be enough or do we need to consider radical change in our water systems? \nIES/FWR would like your input as we decide whether abstracting water downstream of cities\, treating it and pumping it upstream for human consumption might reverse the damage done to our rivers and natural environment. Traditionally we have abstracted upstream\, where water is easier to treat and gravity can do the pumping for us. This seemed like the most sustainable solution\, but our rivers are now struggling to cope with climate change and the increased demands of population growth. Given that we now have the technology to treat any water to potable standards and unlimited supplies of renewable energy\, should we reverse this water cycle? \nJoin our discussion meeting to explore how the radical change idea of reversing water cycles could support improved climate mitigation\, resilience and improved biodiversity. \nSimon Spooner\, FWR Chair\, will provide an introductory presentation on the topic: \nIn the last few centuries we have built a comfortable industrial society with combustion energy released from fossilised carbon. We feed ourselves by clearing land for our simplified farm ecosystems and pollute the world with chemicals\, biological waste and plastics. Our water comes from reaching ever further upstream for fresh water and dumping our waste as close to our doorstep and with as little treatment as we can get away with. \nWe have now learned how to get the energy we need from renewable sources and to utilise it with electrical systems that cause little pollution; we are beginning to learn how to better manage land\, giving space to other living things and to work with more diverse and complex ecosystems to provide both food and a wider range of ecosystem services. There is a great deal still to learn about how we must change our energy and food systems and then the vast challenge of building whole new infrastructure and land management systems. Our water systems have to undergo a radical rethink and change too – how do we transition from consuming and despoiling the water and the aquatic ecosystems to living as part of that system with infrastructure and behaviour that replenishes and enhances? \nThis event is being held as part of a series of Water Climate Discussions\, exploring the questions: is unacceptable climate change now inevitable? Do we need to consider radical change to avert disaster\, or (possibly more radically) do we need to slow down and take the public with us? You can join this year’s Water Climate Discussions as we contemplate a number of ideas for radical change. Head to waterclimatediscussion.com where you can learn how to propose your own ideas for radical change or join in a number of different discussions like IES/FWR’s on Reverse Water Cycles. \nOur speakers\nMartin Currie\, Aqueum \nDr Martin Currie is an independent potable water quality and treatment specialist with Aqueum. He has been hosting the Water Climate Discussion since the run up to Glasgow’s COP26 when the water sector got together to bring their voice to the climate discussion. Martin will be Chairing this event. \nSimon Spooner\, AtkinsRéalis \nSimon Spooner is an Associate Director at AtkinsRéalis\, a technical consultancy with about 36\,000 professional staff worldwide. He has been elected AtkinsRéalis Fellow for Water Quality and Carbon\, one of around 40 top technical experts in the company. \nHe works in river basin water quality and water resources management\, specialising in the development and application of computer modelling systems and how these support and also drive how policy\, legislation and regulation are developed and applied to achieve better outcomes. He works mostly in the UK water industry but has also spent more than a decade in China\, seconded into River Basin Management organisations and supporting urban development and planning. \nSimon is a Fellow of the Institution of Environmental Sciences\, Chair of the Foundation for Water Research and an Honorary Professor of Nottingham University\, UK and Ningbo campuses. He has developed the Combustion Transition Framework which is an innovative approach to understanding and addressing the climate\, biodiversity loss and pollution crisis. \nAna Mijic\, Imperial College London \nDr Ana Mijic is a Reader in Water Systems Integration in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. Her research is at the forefront of advancing systems approaches to water management. She works on developing the methods and tools to tackle the intricate complexity of water systems. The work is underpinned by the concept of Water Systems Integration (WSI)\, defined as a process of coordinating human water needs and protection from water-related impacts while minimising pollution and environmental degradation. Her research group has developed WSIMOD – Water Systems Integration Modelling Framework – open source software to generate comprehensive evidence for key stakeholders such as government departments (e.g.\, Defra and Environment Agency)\, water companies\, and regional and local planning authorities regarding the performance of water systems. This evidence is intended to inform strategies for integrated water management and planning at the systems level\, which\, in turn\, supports collaborative decision-making.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-water-climate-discussion-radical-change-reverse-water-cycles/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241024T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241024T131500
DTSTAMP:20260416T022928
CREATED:20240919T102651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T100323Z
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SUMMARY:FWR Webinar: Integrated water management and economic growth
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, Dr Jonathan Fisher will explore the impacts of integrated water management on the following main drivers of economic growth: \n\nEnhancing Capital Assets and infrastructure including environmental infrastructure (water and flood risk management) on which he provides supporting evidence.\nReducing burdens on business. He demonstrates that sound and well-resourced integrated water management (and in particular the Water Framework Directive regulations) are well in line with the Department for Business and Trade’s proposed seven behaviours of smarter regulation.\n\nHe concludes with an overall assessment that recommends key requirements to enhance the impacts of integrated water management on sustainable economic growth. This aims to input supporting evidence on this for the forthcoming spending review. \nSpeakers\nDr Jonathan Fisher\nDr Jonathan Fisher is a freelance environmental economist with more than 45 years’ experience of delivering practical applied economic analyses of environmental matters\, including 24 years on water and flood risk management. He has a sound understanding of these matters based on experience in the practical application of economic appraisal processes to determine improvements efficiently and within constraints. \nUp until 2014\, he was economics manager at the Environment Agency where he was responsible for economic analysis and advice on water and flood risk management in England. In this\, he provided economic analyses for a Long Term Investment Strategy that set out the risks of flooding in England from 2010 up to 2035 in the face of climate change. Given the resulting large expenditures needed that could not be funded centrally\, he helped Defra (Environment Ministry) develop new Partnership policies for funding flood risk management with contributory payments by beneficiaries. Before then\, he was the Department of the Environment’s economic adviser on climate change and participated in the early work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After that\, he was an economic adviser at the UK Treasury. Before that\, he worked as an economist in the Environment Directorate of the OECD. He has a PhD in environmental economics and a degree in economics and accounting.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-integrated-water-management-and-economic-growth/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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SUMMARY:FWR Webinar - Ecosystem Assessment using the Ramsar Convention’s adopted RAWES approach: wetlands and beyond
DESCRIPTION:Despite commitments by global signatories of the Ramsar Convention to undertake systemic assessment of designated wetlands\, research had revealed that virtually none had been done globally and that the lack of practical tools for rapid assessment was a principal obstacle. The Rapid Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Services (RAWES) approach was developed to address this gap. \nRAWES was adopted by a Ramsar Resolution in October 2018\, and has since been widely used around the world. The RAWES approach is based on methods used by its originators over many years across multiple habitat types and settings. RAWES has subsequently been applied to diverse situations ranging from the Himalayas\, deserts\, the built environment and more. Systemic assessment of wetlands shines a light on prevalent narrow understandings of how wetlands function\, and the consequent suboptimal realisation of their benefits including\, for example\, when advanced as ‘nature-based solutions’. Systemic vision can support the optimisation of beneficial outcomes from design and management of natural and constructed wetlands\, built infrastructure and wider habitat management. \n\nProfessor Mark Everard\, Visiting Professor\, Bournemouth University and Associate Professor of Ecosystem Services\, UWE Bristol\nProfessor Mark Everard is Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University\, and Associate Professor of Ecosystem Services at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). He also works as a consultant\, broadcaster and author working in the fields of sustainable development\, systems thinking and natural resource management and security for over forty years across multiple developing and developed countries. \nMark is Vice-President of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES)\, a Fellow of the Linnean Society\, and is an advisor or associate with many professional\, NGO and intergovernmental bodies. Mark has published 42 books and over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers to date and makes frequent magazine\, TV and radio contributions.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/rawes/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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SUMMARY:IES Training - Making a splash: Learn how to engage with water policy
DESCRIPTION:This training session will give participants the skills they need to become more aware about policy and to engage effectively in the complex environmental policy landscape. Focusing on water policy\, this session will give participants a grounding in policy and techniques to influence decision-making\, as well as the context to understand how policy decisions shape their work and the wider water sector. \nThis training will be suitable for environmental professionals working (or seeking to engage) in the water sector who are interested in policy and becoming more aware or more influential. All levels of experience and familiarity with policy are welcome. \nIf you have not worked with policy before\, this training will give you a solid background in how policy works and how it affects the sector. For those who are more experienced\, you will gain new ways to influence policy and measure your success. All participants will also have the opportunity to engage in peer-to-peer learning to troubleshoot challenges and opportunities in water policy. \nCost\n£45 for members\n£90 for non members \nView full agenda \n\nJoseph Lewis\, Policy Lead\, Institution of Environmental Sciences\nThe training will be delivered by Joseph Lewis\, Policy Lead for the Institution of Environmental Sciences. Joseph is responsible for policy engagement for the IES and working to promote the use of the environmental sciences in decision making. \nHe has an MSc in Public Policy from the University in Bristol\, where he specialised in environmental policy\, as well as a Law Degree from Durham University. Joseph is an experienced public speaker; he is a regular event speaker and has appeared on national broadcast media. Joseph has years of voluntary experience as a debating and public speaking coach. \nJoseph is an advocate for transformative change and using social systems to bring together communities with science-led solutions to the interconnected climate\, biodiversity\, and social crises facing humanity.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/ieswaterpolicytraining/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:IES Training
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SUMMARY:FWR Webinar - The River Crane: an Urban Smarter Water Catchment
DESCRIPTION: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 and access; biodiversity; water quality; geomorphology and flooding – with at least £20m of further investment identified. \nThis webinar sets out the main findings of the programme to date\, considers the extent to which the catchment has been transformed across each theme\, and whether it might be possible to achieve “Good Ecological Status” in a highly developed urban river. \n\nRob Gray\, Chair and Director\, Crane Valley CIC\nRob Gray has a background in environmental management and a passion for rivers. He worked for 20 years in consultancy\, mostly with WS Atkins – and specialising in catchment management. In 2003 he helped to found Friends of the River Crane Environment (FORCE)\, a Charity working to enhance the community and environmental value of this small West London river. In 2021 he helped to set up the Crane Valley CIC\, which chairs the Crane Valley Partnership and plays a lead role in delivering the Smarter Water Catchment programme.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-the-river-crane-an-urban-smarter-water-catchment/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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SUMMARY:FWR Webinar - Nutrient Neutrality: Success or failure\, and the future
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will consider the effectiveness of the Natural England advice to Local Planning Authorities (LPA). Consideration will be given to the range of solutions already implemented by various stakeholders to generate the necessary headroom for development. The webinar will evaluate their effectiveness and assess whether they genuinely create environmental benefits. The potential options for the expected new government will also be discussed. \n\nSarah Belton\, Director\, Nutrient Neutral\nSarah is the Founder of Nutrient Neutral and for the past 3-4 years has supported developers\, planners\, landowners and local planning authorities in developing solutions to nutrient neutrality across all affected regions in England and Wales. \nSarah has a Masters degree in Hydrogeology and 15+ years’ experience in environmental consultancy\, where she latterly specialised in water quality and agriculture. \nAs a self-confessed “nutrient nerd”\, she has a broad understanding of potential mitigation solutions for potential developments\, from single dwellings up to 2000-unit developments\, in both nitrogen and phosphorus designated areas. \nThrough this work she has also developed bespoke methodologies\, approved by Natural England\, for private credit scheme generation. \nNutrient Neutral promotes nature-based solutions for water quality improvements\, undertakes assessments and provides advice to landowners for their implementation. Sarah is also a board member of the Constructed Wetland Association. \nNutrient Neutral is also leading an agri-tech research project around a novel solution for the mitigation of diffuse pollution.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/fwr-webinar-nutrient-neutrality-success-or-failure-and-the-future/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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SUMMARY:Water: priorities for the next UK Government
DESCRIPTION:Water systems are fundamental for people\, the economy\, and the planet. In recent years\, water in the UK has had an increasing public profile as issues around water quality and water management have gained significant media attention. Water remains a critical system which environmental policy must address to support the transformation towards a sustainable society. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe recently announced UK General Election will provide a new opportunity to revisit key environmental policy discussions where intervention is required for the benefit of society\, the economy\, and the environment. After the election\, there will be a short yet crucial window of opportunity to engage with policy makers to solve environmental challenges and co-create a sustainable society where people and nature thrive. \n\n\n\nThis free online discussion event\, hosted by the Foundation for Water Research (FWR)\, will consider the key issues that the next UK Government should prioritise around water systems. This event will give IES members and the wider sector a chance to feed in to the IES’s policy work after the current UK General Election. This is a non-political discussion and will not be a platform for engaging with or influencing voters. Attendees will be advised to avoid anything that could be interpreted as support for a political party or candidate. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nEngaging with policy makersThis is one of seven events helping IES members to engage with issues arising from the UK General Election and providing the opportunity to influence policy makers during the early days of the next parliamentary term. For more information\, see the announcement and our events on land condition\, education\, climate change\, policy implementation\, clean air\, and tackling the triple crisis. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nPriorities identified by IES members during these discussions will directly facilitate IES engagement with the next UK Government\, though they will not be used to engage with political manifestos\, or with specific parties\, candidates\, or constituencies.
URL:https://fwr.org/event/water-priorities-for-the-next-uk-government/
CATEGORIES:FWR Training
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