News Archive
News Archive
 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 |
The conference will celebrate achievements and aim to build on them to provide a vision and plan for the future, linking policy and on the ground experiences. The aim is to have the most inclusive conference yet; drawing on delegates expertise, via debates, workshops, interactive... read more
4th December 2018 |
 The 2019 Flood Risk Management Conference will be held at Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 February 2019. Tickets will be released in November. Please see https://www.sniffer.org.uk/news/hold-the-date-for-flood-risk-management-... read more
17th October 2018 |
 Scottish Government funding for up to 7 PhD scholarships is available through the Hydro Nation Scholars Programme, part of the Scottish Government's Hydro Nation Strategy. The call for project proposals for 2019 is now open. Proposals based on the advertised topics of interest can be... read more
6th August 2018 |
 World Overshoot Day represents the day of the year where we, as a planet, have used up more resources than Earth is able to renew in one year. The Overshoot date this year (1 August 2018) is the earliest in history.
CREW researchers are working to move the date back through a number of projects... read more
1st August 2018 |
 Coordinated by the EA, CIWEM and SEPA, this conference launched the EA’s ‘Working with Natural Processes Evidence Base’ to help authorities develop and implement flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes which work with natural processes to reduce flood risk. It also included... read more
19th March 2018 |
 The Natural Flood Management (NFM) Network Scotland, funded by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (through Centre of Expertise for Waters and the Strategic Research Programme) was launched at an event organised by the Scottish Environment... read more
14th March 2018 |
 Flood & Coast is a unique event that advances the debate about flood and coast erosion risk, resilience and response between government bodies and local authorities with business, major infrastructure and asset managers, as well as affected communities. Embracing the concept of “a changing... read more
13th March 2018 |
 This one day seminar will bring together heritage organisations from across the UK to showcase work being undertaken to identify and quantify risks from climate change, and to share best practice.
This event will have particular relevance for practitioners or organisations who are looking to... read more
27th February 2018 |
 Coordinated by the EA, CIWEM and SEPA, this conference launches the EA’s ‘Working with Natural Processes Evidence Base’ to help authorities develop and implement flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes which work with natural processes to reduce flood risk. It will include... read more
23rd February 2018 |
