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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.… read more

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… read more

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… read more

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… read more

 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-… read more

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… read more

Barriers to implementation and recommendations to enable and accelerate progress towards achieving SDG 6 were discussed in four thematic breakout sessions:Waste Water Treatment SystemsWater Resources… read more

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… read more

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… read more

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… read more

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… read more