21 Sep 2016
A new water industry report looking at the long-term resilience of public water supply says the UK faces a “significant and growing risk” from drought. The research report Water resources long term planning framework (2015-2065), released the same day that the nation recorded its warmest September day since 1911, says that an effective response to the […]
13 Sep 2016
Researchers at Cranfield University are looking at how the UK’s fruit and vegetable systems can be more resilient to water-related risks such as drought. Fresh fruit and vegetables are an important part of our diet, but they are mainly grown in the driest parts of the UK, such as East Anglia or the South East, […]
10 Feb 2016
The winter droughts preceding the London Olympics of 2012 caused considerable concern. Lessons from around the world including this highly informative site on the California drought highlight the difficulty in managing water resources once the full scale of the drought has hit. Strategic Infrastructure and Water Resilience The Environment Agency has released a Strategic Infrastructure […]
15 Sep 2015
A new report from the UK Water Partnership, Droughts and Floods – towards a more holistic approach, has been published, together with an accompanying blog by the leading author Jim Wharfe at http://www.theukwaterpartnership.org/#portfolio-page/blog/1 The UK Water Partnership is now exploring how to take forward the recommendation for a more holistic environmental approach to flooding and drought […]
26 Aug 2015
Website text: It is perhaps no surprise given the high profile nature of the Californian drought that the US is taking up the challenge of water reuse in terms of specialist association. CH2M have won support for their work in this area not only for their technical developments but also their work in tackling the […]
12 Aug 2015
‘The Environment Agency (EA) is holding a consultation for the revised Water Company Drought Plan Guideline (see consultation site). The water company drought plan guideline (WC DPG) sets out what water companies must and should include in their statutory drought management plans. These plans focus on the things that companies plan to do to maintain […]
04 Nov 2014
Mike Young is known to many in the UK water sector from his visit several years ago where he clearly set out the challenges imposed by Australia’s experience of very severe droughts. He writes ‘I recently published an article on the Design of Water Abstraction Regimes. Variously described as water entitlement, water licensing, water right […]
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