News
10th August 2017
Policy update: Drinking Water Quality Regulator
DWQR regulates Scottish Water and supervises the regulation of private water supplies (PWS) by local authorities. It is the latter supplies which create many of the policy challenges we currently face. Questions such as “How can we persuade people of the health risk their private supply presents...
13th July 2017
Hydro Nation Scholarship Programme 2018
Applications are now welcome for project proposals based on our topic themes for 2018. Full details of the programme can be found on the Hydro Nation Scholars website.
The Hydro Nation Scholarship Programme is an...
5th July 2017
Valuing Your Soils workshop Girvan 17th July
The fifth ‘Valuing Your Soils’ awareness raising workshop for farmers is taking place at Girvan Mains farm (KA26 9JD) on 17th July. There will be machinery demos, a tour of an anaerobic digestion plant and open soil pits. Further information will be available...
7th June 2017
Demonstration Test Catchment national consortium
The conference programme has been finalised. Bookings are now being taken for this event.
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7th March 2017
Valuing your soils: Cultivating resilient farming systems
The fourth ‘Valuing Your Soils’ awareness raising workshop for farmers is taking place at Leitfie farms (near Blairgowrie) on 16th March. There will be machinery demos and open soil pits. For more details on the event please see the...
15th February 2017
Impact Evaluator vacancy at University of Leeds: Project iCASP - Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme
More information on this post is available from the University of Leeds website.
9th February 2017
Valuing your soils: benefits of precision agriculture workshop, 23rd February
The third ‘Valuing Your Soils’ awareness raising workshop for farmers is taking place at West Mains of Kinblethmont (near Arbroath) on 23rd Feb. There will be a drone flight and other SoilEssentials Ltd technology demonstrations. For more details on the event please see the...
20th January 2017
Valuing Your Soils: Improving Farm Efficiency workshop - 14th February, Brechin
This workshop is supported by CREW at the request of SEPA. The programme includes talks from Neil MacLeod from Southesk Farms and experts from SRUC and SEPA on improving farm efficiency, the challenges associated with cultivating heavier ground and practical guidance, a farm tour with open...
16th December 2016
Impact Evaluator vacancy at University of Leeds: Project iCASP - Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme
More information on this post is available here.
14th October 2016
Pharmaceuticals in the Water Environment, 4-7th Sept. 2017
This conference focuses on the comprehensive issue of occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the water environment. This is done by considering the entire pathway of pharmaceuticals from their source (human use of medicins, etc.) as sewage water to waste water treatment plants releasing their effluent...
