News

News Flooding & Coastal Erosion

22nd March 2022

Water Wall in Motion: Winners!

Winners announced at World Water Day!

In March 2020 when the pandemic succeeded to 'lock Scotland down', CREW, in partnership with SEFARI Gateway, SAGES and HEIs, opened a video competition to virtually engage Scotland’s water...

Catchment Management, Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General, Sustainable Communities, Water Quality

26th November 2020

A journey along the River Dee, NE Scotland

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...

Catchment Management, Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General

SEPA Water Scarcity Map - July 16th 2020

22nd July 2020

Water Scarcity - An Emerging Issue in Scotland

...

Catchment Management, Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General, Sustainable Communities, Water Quality

12th April 2019

CREW Policy and Research Meeting on Flooding and Coastal Erosion

The purpose of the meeting was to share information on policy developments; to raise awareness of ...

Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General

22nd March 2019

Scotland’s contribution to international water policy and research (Report)

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...

Water Quality, Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General, Catchment Management, Sustainable Communities

22nd March 2019

Our most precious resource - water!

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;
•   ...

Water Quality, Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General, Catchment Management, Sustainable Communities

19th March 2019

CREW project 'Dynamic Coast' wins Spotlight Prize

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...

Flooding & Coastal Erosion, General, Sustainable Communities

4th December 2018

Scotland's Flood Risk Management Conference 2019

The conference will celebrate achievements and...

Flooding & Coastal Erosion

17th October 2018

Flood Risk Management Conference 2019

The 2019 Flood Risk Management Conference will be held at Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday...