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Jo Bradley
December 2024
Photo of flooded road

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...

Prof Jim Longhurst
December 2024
Photo of pink sunset clouds

This presentation is provided by the newly appointed IAQM Honorary Fellow, Prof Jim Longhurst and Chaired by IAQM Chair, Rush. 


This presentation provides a high-level assessment of the causes and impacts of air pollution and its management viewed through the lens of the United...

Ella Foggitt
December 2024
A new build estate under construction.

This webinar presented work by University of Manchester researchers on the Ofwat Innovation-funded Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project. EWSC is an innovation project exploring the relationship between integrated water management, community engagement and practices, and housing...

Dr Ben Parkes
November 2024

In this webinar, Dr Ben Parkes, a Lecturer in Climate Resilience at the University of Manchester, provided an overview of his journey into academia and what a standard week looks like! Ben also discusses the process of becoming a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) from an academic...

Rae Watney
November 2024
A dramatic landscape in the UK, with rolling green mountain scenery and a cloudy but blue sky. Copyright Dominic Meijers, Adobe Stock

In this webinar, Rae Watney, a Local Authority Officer at Sheffield City Council, provided an overview of her educational and professional background, the day-to-day of her role and journey in the land condition sector. She discussed the skills she has developed in both the private and public...

Martin Currie, Simon Spooner & Ana Mijic
November 2024
Aerial photograph of river valley

Is climate change and the resulting loss in biodiversity irreversible? Will our current efforts to slow climate change be enough or do we need to consider radical change in our water systems?


IES/FWR held this discussion meeting to explore whether abstracting water downstream of cities,...

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