UK Freshwater Quality Programme Webinar: Water Systems Integration Modelling Framework

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 cycle. We have applied WSIMOD to a variety of multi-catchment case studies around England and Wales.

The physical approach that we take enables more transparent attribution of in-river pollution (e.g., farms or wastewater), more explicit representation of various water quality interventions (e.g., change in land use), and exploration of unintended consequences that arise through cross-system interactions (e.g., wastewater reuse reducing low flows downstream of the plant).

We believe that the result of this is a model that better enables placing in-river water quality central to decision making, and one that represents the interests of a multitude of stakeholders in the model.'

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 freshwater@leeds.ac.uk.