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assignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2018Partners:Kelda Group (United Kingdom), British Water, Cranfield University, Northumbrian Water Group plc, SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED +45 partnersKelda Group (United Kingdom),British Water,Cranfield University,Northumbrian Water Group plc,SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED,UKWIR,Thames Water (United Kingdom),Anglian Water Services Limited,United Utilities,British Water,SEVERN TRENT WATER,Water Research Centre WRc,Anglian Water Services (United Kingdom),WRc (United Kingdom),Anglian Water Services Limited,NWL,British Water,SWW,[no title available],Mouchel (United Kingdom),Pennon Group (United Kingdom),United Utilities (United Kingdom),SEVERN TRENT WATER,Thames Water Utilities Limited,United Utilities Water Ltd,CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY,MWH (United Kingdom),Severn Trent (United Kingdom),Trojan Technologies (Canada),Yorkshire Water,Mouchel Group,SWW,United Utilities,JBA Consulting,Mouchel Group,Cranfield University,IWA,UK Water Industry Research Ltd,IWA,W R C Plc,MWH UK Ltd,UK Water Industry Research,JBA Consulting,Jeremy Benn Associates (United Kingdom),Kelda Group (United Kingdom),MWH UK Ltd,NWL,Trojan Technologies (Canada),International Water Association,Thames Water (United Kingdom)Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/G037094/1Funder Contribution: 6,423,640 GBPThe UK water sector is entering a period of profound change with both public and private sector actors seeking evidence-based responses to a host of emerging global, regional and national challenges which are driven by demographic, climatic, and land use changes as well as regulatory pressures for more efficient delivery of services. Although the UK Water Industry is keen to embrace the challenge and well placed to innovate, it lacks the financial resources to support longer term skills and knowledge generation. A new cadre of engineers is required for the water industry to not only make our society more sustainable and profitable but to develop a new suite of goods and services for a rapidly urbanising world.The EPSRC Industrial Doctorate Centre programme is an ideal mechanism with which to remediate the emerging shortfall in advanced engineering skills within the sector. In particular, the training of next-generation engineering leaders for the sector requires a subtle balance between industrial and academic contributions; calling for a funding mechanism which privileges industrial need but provides for significant academic inputs to training and research. The STREAM initiative draws together (for the first time) five of the UK's leading water research and training groups to secure the future supply of advanced engineering professionals in this area of vital importance to the UK. Led by the Centre for Water Science at Cranfield University, the consortium also draws on expertise from the Universities of Sheffield and Bradford, Imperial College London, Newcastle University, and the University of Exeter. STREAM offers Engineering Doctorate awards through a programme which incorporates; (i) acquisition of advanced technical skills through attendance at masters level training courses, (ii) tuition in the competencies and abilities expected of senior engineers, and (iii) doctoral level research projects. Students spend at least 75% of their time working in industry or on industry specified research problems. Example research topics to be addressed by the scheme's Research Engineers include; delivering drinking water quality and protecting public health; reducing carbon footprint; reducing water demand; improving service resilience and reliability; protecting natural water bodies; reducing sewer flooding, developing and implementing strategies for Integrated Water Management, and delivering new approaches to characterising, communicating and mitigating risk and uncertainty. Ten studentships per year for five years will be offered with each position being sponsored by an industrial partner from the water sector.A series of common attendance events will underpin programme and group identity. These include, (i) an initial three-month programme based at Cranfield University, (ii) an open invitation STREAM symposium and (iii) a Challenge Week to take place each summer including transferrable skills training and guest lectures from leading industrialists and scientists. Outreach activities will extend participation in the programme, pursue collaboration with associated initiatives, promote 'brand awareness' of the EngD qualification, and engage with a wide range of stakeholder groups (including the public) to promote engagement with and understanding of STREAM activities.Strategic direction for the programme will be formulated through an Industry Advisory Board comprising representatives from professional bodies, employers, and regulators. This body will provide strategic guidance informed by sector needs, review the operational aspects of the taught and research components as a quality control, and conduct foresight studies of relevant research areas. A small International Steering Committee will ensure global relevance for the programme. The total cost of the STREAM programme is 10.2m, 4.4m of which is being invested by industry and 5.8m of which is being requested from EPSRC.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euOpen Access Mandate for Publications and Research data assignment_turned_in Project2019 - 2022Partners:OIEAU, SWW, EGM, WATNL, KWR +21 partnersOIEAU,SWW,EGM,WATNL,KWR,KWR,EGM,University of Exeter,DVGW,EURECAT,SUEZ SMART SOLUTIONS,SWW,DVGW,NTUA,SUEZ SMART SOLUTIONS,BDG,EYDAP,NTUA,BDG,CNRS,EURECAT,FIWARE,WATNL,FIWARE,EYDAP,OIEAUFunder: European Commission Project Code: 821036Overall Budget: 5,700,240 EURFunder Contribution: 4,997,940 EURFIWARE is a smart solution platform, funded by the EC (2011-16) as a major flagship PPP, to support SMEs and developers in creating the next generation of internet services, as the main ecosystem for Smart City initiatives for cross-domain data exchange/cooperation and for the NGI initiative. So far little progress has been made on developing specific water-related applications using FIWARE, due to fragmentation of the water sector, restrained by licensed platforms and lagging behind other sectors (e.g. telecommunications) regarding interoperability, standardisation, cross-domain cooperation and data exchange. Fiware4Water intends to link the water sector to FIWARE by demonstrating its capabilities and the potential of its interoperable and standardised interfaces for both water sector end-users (cities, water utilities, water authorities, citizens and consumers), and solution providers (private utilities, SMEs, developers). Specifically we will demonstrate it is non-intrusive and integrates well with legacy systems. In addition to building modular applications using FIWARE and open API architecture for the real time management of water systems, Fiware4Water also builds upon distributed intelligence and low level analytics (smart meters, advanced water quality sensors) to increase the economic (improved performance) and societal (interaction with the users, con-consensus) efficiency of water systems and social acceptability of digital water, by adopting a 2-Tier approach: (a) building and demonstrating four Demo Cases as complementary and exemplary paradigms across the water value chain (Tier#1); (b) promoting an EU and global network of followers, for digital water and FIWARE (cities, municipalities, water authorities, citizens, SMEs, developers) with three complementary Demo Networks (Tier#2). The scope is to create the Fiware4Water ecosystem, demonstrating its technical, social and business innovative potential at a global level, boosting innovation for water.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2011 - 2015Partners:SWW, HMG, Exmoor National Park Authority, Exmoor National Park Authority, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER +12 partnersSWW,HMG,Exmoor National Park Authority,Exmoor National Park Authority,UNIVERSITY OF EXETER,Environment Agency,University of Exeter,SWW,University of Bristol,University of Exeter,Pennon Group (United Kingdom),ENVIRONMENT AGENCY,Exmoor National Park Authority,DEFRA,University of Bristol,EA,EAFunder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: NE/I018557/1Funder Contribution: 82,057 GBPThe uplands of Exmoor National Park receive a considerable proportion of the annual rainfall that supplies water to >500,000 consumers in the River Exe catchment. This area also contains large tracts of degraded peatland that were damaged by drainage and peat cutting in the 19th and 20th centuries. South West Water plc manage the water resources of the Exe Catchment and are investing in mire restoration for the purpose of improving the quality and quantity of water supplies. Amongst the numerous benefits of mire rewetting is the potential to alter the balance of trace gas exchange with the atmosphere to cause a net reduction in Global Warming Potential (GWP). Landowners at present do not receive financial reward for converting degraded moorland back to a natural wet state. They receive no monetary benefit for improvements in water quality or quantity, nor are they paid for enhancing rates of soil carbon sequestration or a net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The motivation for this study is South West Water plc's need to quantify net changes in GWP and improvements in water quantity and quality due to rewetting of upland mires for the purpose of securing funds to reward landowners that make areas of degraded peatland available for restoration. A project operated by the Environment Agency and Exeter University (and funded by South West Water plc) is underway to address the water supply and quality questions. The Bristol Open CASE PhD student will study cycling of the infrared absorbing gases carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the same two headwater catchments that have been instrumented for the water study. The aim of this project is to quantify atmospheric and fluvial fluxes of these key greenhouse gases before and after ditch-blocking to determine the net impact of mire rewetting on GWP. An important aspect of the study will be to estimate errors and uncertainties in the flux data, more specifically, the timeline for establishing biogeochemical equilibrium in the soils after rewetting and the range of inter-annual variation in pre-restoration baseline fluxes. The former issue will be addressed using changes in the stable isotope composition of methane which varies with trophic and aeration status in peatlands and can be used to monitor the restoration of soil biogeochemical function. During the study, flux measurements will be made at stations in adjacent unrestored catchments to assess inter-annual variability in pre-restoration baseline fluxes because it will be possible to measure only one year of surface and fluvial fluxes before ditch-blocking begins in the test catchments. The PhD student will work with staff at South West Water plc to establish a monetary value (based upon trading of CO2 equivalents) for net changes in GWP. Pending the final outcomes of this study, the information may be used by the CASE Partner to negotiate monetary rewards for landowners in the 2015-2020 water price limits set by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). The motivation is to establish a long-term system of incentives that will encourage more landowners to allow areas of degraded peatland to be restored for the wider benefit of society.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2021 - 2023Partners:University of Liverpool, Cardiff University, Loughborough University, Severn Trent (United Kingdom), Freshwater Habitats Trust +56 partnersUniversity of Liverpool,Cardiff University,Loughborough University,Severn Trent (United Kingdom),Freshwater Habitats Trust,Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,Finnish Meteorological Institute,University of Birmingham,SWW,Durham University,University of Leeds,Swansea University,Dept for Business, Innovation and Skills,DCWW,Pennon Group (United Kingdom),UNIVERSITY OF EXETER,NTU,Swansea University,Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (United Kingdom),National Oceanography Centre,UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology,The Rivers Trust,Dept for Business, Innovation and Skills,Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru),Severn Trent Group,PML,University of Exeter,Loughborough University,NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE,UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219,SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED,UHI,SWW,THE RIVERS TRUST,Freshwater Habitats Trust,University of Cambridge,UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY,Cardiff University,University of Exeter,FMI,University of Birmingham,Durham University,UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Broads Authority,UHI,PML,Broads Authority,University of Leeds,Broads Authority,Freshwater Habitats Trust,Dept for Sci, Innovation & Tech (DSIT),CARDIFF UNIVERSITY,Severn Trent Group,University of Cambridge,Cardiff University,University of Liverpool,University of Nottingham,The Rivers Trust,University of the Highlands and Islands,Freshwater Habitats Trust,National Oceanography Centre (WEF011019)Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: NE/V01627X/1Funder Contribution: 994,280 GBPLand-use and agriculture are responsible for around one quarter of all human greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While some of the activities that contribute to these emissions, such as deforestation, are readily observable, others are not. It is now recognised that freshwater ecosystems are active components of the global carbon cycle; rivers and lakes process the organic matter and nutrients they receive from their catchments, emit carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane to the atmosphere, sequester CO2 through aquatic primary production, and bury carbon in their sediments. Human activities such as nutrient and organic matter pollution from agriculture and urban wastewater, modification of drainage networks, and the widespread creation of new water bodies, from farm ponds to hydro-electric and water supply reservoirs, have greatly modified natural aquatic biogeochemical processes. In some inland waters, this has led to large GHG emissions to the atmosphere. However these emissions are highly variable in time and space, occur via a range of pathways, and are consequently exceptionally hard to measure on the temporal and spatial scales required. Advances in technology, including high-frequency monitoring systems, autonomous boat-mounted sensors and novel, low-cost automated systems that can be operated remotely across multiple locations, now offer the potential to capture these important but poorly understood emissions. In the GHG-Aqua project we will establish an integrated, UK-wide system for measuring aquatic GHG emissions, combining a core of highly instrumented 'Sentinel' sites with a distributed, community-run network of low-cost sensor systems deployed across UK inland waters to measure emissions from rivers, lakes, ponds, canals and reservoirs across gradients of human disturbance. A mobile instrument suite will enable detailed campaign-based assessment of vertical and spatial variations in fluxes and underlying processes. This globally unique and highly integrated measurement system will transform our capability to quantify aquatic GHG emissions from inland waters. With the support of a large community of researchers it will help to make the UK a world-leader in the field, and will facilitate future national and international scientific research to understand the role of natural and constructed waterbodies as active zones of carbon cycling, and sources and sinks for GHGs. We will work with government to include these fluxes in the UK's national emissions inventory; with the water industry to support their operational climate change mitigation targets; and with charities, agencies and others engaged in protecting and restoring freshwater environments to ensure that the climate change mitigation benefits of their activities can be captured, reported and sustained through effectively targeted investment.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euOpen Access Mandate for Publications and Research data assignment_turned_in Project2016 - 2020Partners:LG, KTH, SWW, STRANE, WS +42 partnersLG,KTH,SWW,STRANE,WS,Uppsala University,ACTEON SARL,University of Exeter,MINISTERIE VAN INFRASTRUCTUUR EN WATERSTAAT,EURECAT,WR,STRANE,DHI,UPM,KWR,KWR,Università Luigi Bocconi,STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT,EPSILON MALTA LIMITED,PIK,Università Luigi Bocconi,UniSS,SWW,UNESCO-IHE,MINISTERIE VAN INFRASTRUCTUUR EN WATERSTAAT,BEF,UNU,EPSILON MALTA LIMITED,ENKI OPS,BEF,EUROPEAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM,FT,ASSOCIATION FOR ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN,ACTEON SARL,ASSOCIATION FOR ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN,EURECAT,PEOPLE AND WATER MVO LAV,UNU-GCM,CE,FT,PIK,UNESCO-IHE,CE,PEOPLE AND WATER MVO LAV,ENKI OPS,University Of Thessaly,DHIFunder: European Commission Project Code: 689150Overall Budget: 7,895,660 EURFunder Contribution: 7,895,660 EURLand, food, energy, water and climate are interconnected, comprising a coherent system (the ‘Nexus’), dominated by complexity and feedback. The integrated management of the Nexus is critical to secure the efficient and sustainable use of resources. Barriers to a resource efficient Europe are policy inconsistencies and incoherence, knowledge gaps, especially regarding integration methodologies and tools for the Nexus, and knowledge and technology lock-ins. SIM4NEXUS will develop innovative methodologies to address these barriers, by building on well-known and scientifically established existing “thematic” models, simulating different components/“themes” of the Nexus and by developing: (a) novel complexity science methodologies and approaches for integrating the outputs of the thematic models; (b) a Geoplatform for seamless integration of public domain data and metadata for decision and policy making; (c) a Knowledge Elicitation Engine for integrating strategies at different spatial and temporal scales with top down and bottom up learning process, discovering new and emergent knowledge, in the form of unknown relations between the Nexus components and policies/strategies; (d) a web-based Serious Game for multiple users, as an enhanced interactive visualisation tool, providing an immersive experience to decision- and policy-makers. The Serious Game will assist the users (as players) in better understanding and visualising policies at various geo-/spatial scales and from a holistic point of view, towards a better scientific understanding of the Nexus. The Serious Game will be validated (applied, tested, verified and used) via ten Case Studies ranging from regional to national level. Two further Strategic Serious Games at European and Global levels will also be developed for demonstration, education and further exploitation purposes, accompanied by a robust business plan and IPR framework, for taking advantage of the post-project situation and business potential.
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