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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T133000
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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/
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CATEGORIES:FWR Webinar
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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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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T131500
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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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