Freshwater Quality Programme webinar - PACIFIC project update

A presentation on research progress from Dr Daniel Read, UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology, who leads the PACIFIC project.

PAthways of Chemicals Into Freshwaters and their ecological ImpaCts (PACIFIC)

This £1.6 million project will identify new approaches for understanding the impacts of micropollutants on freshwater ecosystems, with an emphasis on the microbial communities that underpin freshwater biogeochemical cycles and ecological health. Using a combination of genomics and functional assays, the project will develop tools to better diagnose and predict how the health of freshwater ecosystem will change in the future.

Field sites: the River Thames and Bristol Avon catchments, southern England, with locations chosen to coincide with Wastewater Treatment Works to understand how chemicals in sewage effluents contribute to chemical burden and ecological impacts across land use gradients.

Led by Dr Daniel Read at UKCEH, including partners University of Bath, University of Oxford, and the Environment Agency.

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 are designed to help promote communications and interactions between researchers, the policy community, business and practitioners who can all shape future UK freshwater quality.

Each webinar includes a 30 minute presentation with time for questions afterwards. The presentations are recorded  -  watch the up-to-date playlist here.

To receive joining details for this event, please register for the mailing list of the UK Freshwater Quality Programme or email [email protected].