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'River water quality shaped by land-river connectivity in a changing climate’. A presentation from Dr Julia Knapp, Durham University which will be based on her related article in Nature: Li, L., Knapp, J. L. A., Lintern, A., Ng, G. C., Perdrial, J., Sullivan, P. L., & Zhi, W. (2024). River water quality shaped by land–river...
Monitoring to detect changes in water quality to meet policy objectives Professor Rich McDowell, will join us from the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand to present on his 'Nature' article: McDowell, R.W., Noble, A., Kittridge, M. et al. Monitoring to detect changes in water quality to meet policy objectives. Sci Rep 14, 1914 (2024)....
Bacterial Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of River Swimmers in the United Kingdom Presented by Elitsa Penkova, University of Exeter Elitsa is a PhD candidate focusing on understanding the public health risks from exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) in rivers and other freshwater environments. Her research builds upon previous work on coastal...
A presentation on project progress by members of the LTLS-FE team: Theo Jackson (Rothamsted), Will Perry (University of Cardiff), and Mark Rhodes Smith (UKCEH). LTLS-FE is one of five projects within the NERC Freshwater Quality Programme and will be the first project to quantify the future impact of climate and socioeconomic change on freshwater biodiversity across the...
A presentation on the progress of the PACIFIC project from Dr Kishore Jagadeesan (University of Bath), Dr Holly Tipper (UK Centre for Ecology and Hyrdology), and Dr Samuel MacAulay (University of Oxford), with Dr Daniel Read (UKCEH) Project information: PAthways of Chemicals Into Freshwaters and their ecological ImpaCts (PACIFIC) This £1.6 million project will identify...
Dr Ana Castro-Castellon and Prof Penny Johnes (University of Bristol) and Dr Tolulope Lawrence (University of Bath) will present on project progress. QUANTUM is one of the 5 projects which form the UK Freshwater Quality Programme, and is led by Professor Penny Johnes, University of Bristol. Project information: Livestock farming is the dominant farming type...
ECOMIX: Assessing and Managing the Impacts of Mixtures of Chemicals on UK Freshwater Biodiversity in a Changing World Join members of the ECOMIX research team, who will present on the progress of their project. The ECOMIX team is developing a novel assessment framework for assessing the real impacts of chemical pollution in UK rivers. It...
Water Systems Integration Modelling Framework (WSIMOD): A physically-based simulation tool to inform future water planning at a systems level. A presentation from Dr Barnaby Dobson, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London. 'At the Water Systems Integration research group, Imperial College London, we have developed a framework, WSIMOD, that facilitates coupled simulations of the terrestrial water...
Invasive Non Native Species: impact on freshwaters and biosecurity to slow the spread - a presentation by Alison M. Dunn, Professor of Ecology, School of Biology, University of Leeds. This webinar is one of a series on a range of related topics organised by the Champions team for the NERC Freshwater Quality programme. The webinars...
Matt Hill, from Yorkshire Water will present on UKWIR's Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) which is the UK water industry’s response to current and emerging legislation on trace chemical substances in the water environment. The programme brings together the 10 large water and wastewater companies in England and Wales with regulators (Defra, the Environment Agency and...