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Making up 70% of our world, it’s what justifies us as the Blue Planet, spinning in space. Without it there would be no life. It is the lifeblood of industry: 90% of the global economy and 75% of jobs depend on water to some extent. But it is in crisis through our accelerating lifestyles and... read more
22nd March 2021 |
Initial discussions also touched on:
Which Scottish (& wider) research teams are leading the Digital Water’ space?
How to enable future collaborations between organisations?
How to use our expertise to address wicked water-related challenges in the future?
The importance of... read more
10th December 2020 |
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2nd December 2020 |
CREW manager Dr Rachel Helliwell and Partnership chair Prof Marc Stutter hiked, biked and canoed their way for three days from the Pools of Dee high in the Cairngorms to the sea at Aberdeen harbour. Besides capturing the beauty of the catchment, the film shot by the pair summarises the main... read more
26th November 2020 |
Periods of dry weather, which decrease the level of water in lochs, rivers, and even groundwater, are normal and our natural environment can adapt to it. However, prolonged periods of dry weather have more wide-ranging impacts on both the environment and society, and this might occur more regularly... read more
22nd July 2020 |
On request from Scottish Water, the Centre of Expertise for Water (CREW) funded a pilot project that aims to determine whether SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA can be detected in municipal wastewater from Scottish communities and whether the detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in municipal wastewater has the... read more
22nd June 2020 |
Managing flood risk in the context of the climate emergency (30-31st January 2020)
This year the SNIFFER conference explored what the climate emergency means for Flood Risk Management with contributions from youth climate strikers as well as policy and planning experts from the public sector. Click... read more
28th April 2020 |
The purpose of the meeting was to share information on policy developments; to raise awareness of relevant, underpinning work with the Strategic Research Programme, and; to identify cross-
organisational priorities for CREW projects in 2019-20. The meeting was attended by... read more
12th April 2019 |
Discussions focused in particular on “Resilience to Drought and Low Flow Conditions in Scotland”. The event welcomed key stakeholder representatives, government officials, academics and emerging scientists from the Hydro Nation Scholars Programme.
The first part of the event focused on presentation... read more
27th March 2019 |
Barriers to implementation and recommendations to enable and accelerate progress towards achieving SDG 6 were discussed in four thematic breakout sessions:
Waste Water Treatment Systems
Water Resources Water Quality and Quality
Drinking Water Supply and Technologies
Future water challenges facing... read more
22nd March 2019 |
But the statistics on what we are doing to this precious resource are just staggering;
• Every minute a new born child dies from a water-based infection;
• Over 30% of the world’s schools don’t have access to clean water;
• We produce six times... read more
22nd March 2019 |
Dynamic Coast is an open access web-based tool, offering easy-to-interpret reports and maps of the entire 21,000 km of Scottish coastline, allowing for swift identification of potential areas of erosions and vulnerable assets such as roads, rails, or houses concerned. Of the 21,000 km of the... read more
19th March 2019 |
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