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Alliance for Water Stewardship Global Water Stewardship Forum 1st-2nd November 2016 The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), with support from the Scottish Government and GIZ’s International Water Stewardship Program (IWaSP), will host the first Global Water Stewardship Forum at the ECCI in Edinburgh on 1st and 2nd November, 2016. The Forum will provide insights from... read more 26th September 2016	Hydro Nation Scholars Programme In Autumn 2016, we welcome a further five scholars to the growing Hydro Nation Scholars Programme. The Hydro Nation staff team and current scholars look forward to welcoming them to the programme at a welcome event in November 2016 and supporting them in the commencement of their PhD studies. For... read more 16th September 2016
The Hydro Nation Summit 2016, September 26th-27th Representatives from CREW and the Hydro Nation Scholars Programme will be attending Day two of the Hydro Nations Summit 2016. The Hydro Nations Summit is being organised by Power of Youth in partnership with Scottish Government and Scottish Development International. This event is a two day... read more 16th September 2016	Launch of the CREW IUCN River Restoration and Biodiversity report, 29th September This report has been commissioned through CREW and written by staff from The James Hutton Institute. It represents a collaboration between a range of organisations in the UK and Ireland: Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Environment Agency (England), Northern... read more 16th September 2016
CREW training workshop; risks to soil health, structure and drainage, 16-17th June A soils and water quality focused training workshop was held at Battleby Conference Centre on the 16th and 17th of June. This workshop combined three CREW projects focusing on soil guidance and health. The workshop was aimed at specialists in catchment management, diffuse pollution, natural flood... read more 16th September 2016	New Droughts and Flooding Report Published The UK Water Partnership has published a new report Droughts and Floods – towards a more holistic approach, which can be found with an accompanying blog by the leading author Jim Wharfe. The UK Water Partnership is now exploring how to take forward the recommendation for a more holistic... read more 25th April 2016
Workshop on pharma residues in the environment and bioremediation Problems are caused by pharmaceutical residues entering drinking water, rivers and waste water effluents. This raises difficult issues for public health professionals, while the water industry needs innovative and sustainable technologies to deal with them. This event is being staged to highlight... read more 25th April 2016