Tag: #pollution
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Microplastics, PFAS, and their potential for interaction in the environment
In considering potential environmental impacts, microplastics (MPs) and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have a lot in common. They are widely found in the environment, and some can be highly resistant to degradation, persist over long temporal scales, and possess a high transportability.1 In addition, MPs and PFAS can be derived from the same sources…
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Microplastic pollution in the freshwater environment
This event brings together experts to explore the growing issue of microplastics in our aquatic and marine environments, and the implications for sustainable wastewater management. The event features 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…
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FWR Panel discussion: Microplastic pollution in the water environment
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…
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What defines a healthy river?
The Foundation for Water Research (FWR)’s Sustainable Wastewater Management Technical Panel recently held a roundtable discussion exploring the topic of healthy rivers, chaired by Oliver Grievson, FWR Vice Chair, who was joined by a range of professionals with expertise in the sector. The discussion explored the different ways of considering what defines a healthy river,…
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Protecting Scotland’s groundwater quality
This webinar provides 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. This updated guidance is relevant to hydrogeological risk assessments in support of planning applications,…
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Protecting our rivers, lakes and seas: tackling water pollution through innovation and collaboration
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 explores how innovative approaches, as well as collaboration…
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Pollution from highway runoff and how to manage it
In this webinar, Jo Bradley, Stormwater Shepherds, sets out the extent of water pollution caused by highway runoff in the UK, and describes the effects of the toxins in the pollution. She explains how these harmful discharges fit in with other sources of pollution, and how we could potentially raise the profile of the problem.…
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PFAS in our water: a global problem demands a sustainable solution
Gareth Leonard, Managing Director of REGENESIS in Europe, explores how PFAS remediation can be performed efficiently and sustainably. PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination of groundwater is a widespread problem on a massive scale, impacting the water sources that 65% of Europeans use for drinking, bathing, and cooking. According to the European Environment Agency, human biomonitoring…
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Making a splash: new and innovative approaches to the monitoring of bathing waters
Bathing waters are defined as ‘surface waters […] other than excluded pools and waters, at which the Secretary of State expects a large number of people to bathe […]’.1 There are many more coastal locations than inland sites designated as bathing waters, but there is a growing movement to designate more river locations as such.…
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Wastewater matters: The state of our rivers and the pollution crisis
Over the past two years, the coverage of the wastewater industry in England has been pretty much the centre of the headlines. Never have storm overflows had as much attention as they have had during this time period. The water industry has been quite clearly put in the firing line and blamed for the woes…
