Climate change, agricultural pollution, and non-agricultural diffuse water pollution pose key challenges to the sustainability of water and wastewater services in the UK. Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events like droughts and floods, affecting infrastructure and operations. Agricultural runoff contributes nitrates and pesticides that pollute water sources. Non-agricultural diffuse pollution involves chemicals from buildings, consumer products, and businesses that contaminate water when they enter sewer systems. Addressing these issues is vital for maintaining affordable, high quality drinking water now and in the future.
Water Quality Monitoring Management Powerpoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Introducing Water Quality Monitoring Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides which will assist in developing, distributing, and managing the optimum use of water resources. By taking advantage of our readily available water testing PPT visuals, discuss the six main indicators of the water quality. This water resource management PPT slide deck can be used by the department of water for analyzing information about water quality and to underpin decisions about water resource management. You can provide an overview of water market size, growth rate, and capital expenditure by using our readily available water quality modeling PPT slideshow. Describe how you can monitor and assess the water quality in order to manage the water resources. You can also showcase the wastewater treatment according to various industry types by utilizing these water quality monitoring PowerPoint slides. Highlight the trends that can influence the water industry in the future. Also, showcase the factors that can affect the performance of the water technology market. Hence, download our ready-to-use assessing water quality PowerPoint presentation and ensure the optimum use of water resources. https://bit.ly/30tFhdE
Introducing Groundwater Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Analyze information about water quality and underpin decisions about water resource management with this PPT slideshow. Demonstrate the process of planning, developing, and managing the optimum use of water by using this visually appealing PPT layout. The survey data for determining water quality can be easily presented by using our professionally designed water cycle management PowerPoint slideshow. Describe the natural processes and human processes that affect water quality. Understand sources of water pollution, natural and human processes affecting water quality by taking the advantage of this PPT slideshow. Provide data on the optimization of deterioration in water quality and pollutants that deteriorate the quality of water on a global scale with the help of our water quality management PowerPoint infographics. You can easily explain further topics like wastewater treatment process, wastewater reuse, global wastewater reuse by sector, etc. by downloading this ready-to-use PowerPoint slide deck. https://bit.ly/2RCTUun
Water Quality Monitoring Management Powerpoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Introducing Water Quality Monitoring Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides which will assist in developing, distributing, and managing the optimum use of water resources. By taking advantage of our readily available water testing PPT visuals, discuss the six main indicators of the water quality. This water resource management PPT slide deck can be used by the department of water for analyzing information about water quality and to underpin decisions about water resource management. You can provide an overview of water market size, growth rate, and capital expenditure by using our readily available water quality modeling PPT slideshow. Describe how you can monitor and assess the water quality in order to manage the water resources. You can also showcase the wastewater treatment according to various industry types by utilizing these water quality monitoring PowerPoint slides. Highlight the trends that can influence the water industry in the future. Also, showcase the factors that can affect the performance of the water technology market. Hence, download our ready-to-use assessing water quality PowerPoint presentation and ensure the optimum use of water resources. https://bit.ly/30tFhdE
Introducing Groundwater Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Analyze information about water quality and underpin decisions about water resource management with this PPT slideshow. Demonstrate the process of planning, developing, and managing the optimum use of water by using this visually appealing PPT layout. The survey data for determining water quality can be easily presented by using our professionally designed water cycle management PowerPoint slideshow. Describe the natural processes and human processes that affect water quality. Understand sources of water pollution, natural and human processes affecting water quality by taking the advantage of this PPT slideshow. Provide data on the optimization of deterioration in water quality and pollutants that deteriorate the quality of water on a global scale with the help of our water quality management PowerPoint infographics. You can easily explain further topics like wastewater treatment process, wastewater reuse, global wastewater reuse by sector, etc. by downloading this ready-to-use PowerPoint slide deck. https://bit.ly/2RCTUun
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#Awareness#potable water criss#A slide share on Water Resource Management highlighting the emergent requirement of the shortage of potable water and the remedies to be incorporated by all stakeholders to overcome same.
Sustainable Water Management Powerpoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Introducing Sustainable Water Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides. This Water resource system PowerPoint slideshow can be used to explain the overview of market size, growth rate, and capital expenditure of the water industry. You can discuss the process of planning, developing, and managing the optimum use of water. The survey data for determining water quality can be easily presented by using a water cycle management PowerPoint slideshow. Demonstrate the division of the wastewater treatment market by editing our content-ready water quality monitoring PowerPoint slide deck. You can easily edit our water resources presentation to highlight the natural processes and human processes that affect water quality. Key trends that will influence the water industry in the future such as increasing regulation, failing infrastructure, greater conservation, and efficiency, etc. can also be presented with the help of our ready-to-use water management PPT visuals. It is possible to present the features that describe a suitable location for the monitoring program. It is easy to explain topics like wastewater treatment process, wastewater reuse, global wastewater reuse by sector, treated wastewater quality parameter, etc by downloading this sustainable water management PowerPoint slide deck. https://bit.ly/3tEV5qm
Please Read and then contact me mapesanestory@yahoo.com/ kabaganga@gmail.com/ mapesanestory@outlook.com or +255752997756/+255684248202 For more readings
water scarcity
water distribution
causes of water scarcity
causes of water shortage
effects of water scarcity
solutions
water pollution
causes and effects of water pollution
solutions for water pollution
#Awareness#potable water criss#A slide share on Water Resource Management highlighting the emergent requirement of the shortage of potable water and the remedies to be incorporated by all stakeholders to overcome same.
Sustainable Water Management Powerpoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Introducing Sustainable Water Management PowerPoint Presentation Slides. This Water resource system PowerPoint slideshow can be used to explain the overview of market size, growth rate, and capital expenditure of the water industry. You can discuss the process of planning, developing, and managing the optimum use of water. The survey data for determining water quality can be easily presented by using a water cycle management PowerPoint slideshow. Demonstrate the division of the wastewater treatment market by editing our content-ready water quality monitoring PowerPoint slide deck. You can easily edit our water resources presentation to highlight the natural processes and human processes that affect water quality. Key trends that will influence the water industry in the future such as increasing regulation, failing infrastructure, greater conservation, and efficiency, etc. can also be presented with the help of our ready-to-use water management PPT visuals. It is possible to present the features that describe a suitable location for the monitoring program. It is easy to explain topics like wastewater treatment process, wastewater reuse, global wastewater reuse by sector, treated wastewater quality parameter, etc by downloading this sustainable water management PowerPoint slide deck. https://bit.ly/3tEV5qm
Please Read and then contact me mapesanestory@yahoo.com/ kabaganga@gmail.com/ mapesanestory@outlook.com or +255752997756/+255684248202 For more readings
Presented by IWMI's Ian Makin (Lead Specialist – Revitalizing Irrigation) at the 4th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage (ARCID), on April 27 in Cairo, Egypt.
Presented as the keynote presentation of the first plenary session (Tools and techniques for improving land and water productivity - I) at the side-event on "Improving Salt and Water Management in the Nile Delta", session 2:
3 Things Every Sales Team Needs to Be Thinking About in 2017Drift
Thinking about your sales team's goals for 2017? Drift's VP of Sales shares 3 things you can do to improve conversion rates and drive more revenue.
Read the full story on the Drift blog here: http://blog.drift.com/sales-team-tips
Prof Graham Mills - The Fate of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Aquatic Enviro...onthewight
Professor Graham Mills presented his talk "The Fate of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Aquatic Environment"
A full background of what contaminates water, from Pharmacology and Agriculture. People passing medicines they have taken or disposing of them by throwing them down the toilet are causing major changes to fish and other water dwelling creatures.
- October 2014 - Cafe Scientifique Isle of Wight
Out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, Goal-13 targets Climate Action, raising awareness on the everyday rise of global temperature along with increased Air Pollution, which in return becomes the leading cause of acid rains, and ways to tackle it. Also, it targets reducing annual plastic waste , deforestation, annual floods and to control industrialization.
The ban on shark products in Brunei will come into effect from January 2014. The shark fishing ban is right across the board with fishing of "all shark species" restricted along with a complete embargo on trade of shark fins, shark meat and sale and consumption of shark fin soup and associated shark products such as shark cartilage pills.
Abdul Halidi Salleh Acting Head of Fisheries Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources said "we are not going to enforce it immediately and would like to give the fishermen time to get use to the ban first".
MIPR HOSTS DINNER RECEPTION FOR WORLD OCEANS DAY SPEAKERSBORNEO SHARKARMA
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources hosts welcome dinner for invited International Speakers for World Oceans Day at the Empire Hotel & Country Club Brunei Darussalam.
Dayang Ranimah A Wahab Acting Deputy Director of Fisheries (Brunei Darussalam) says - "we want to make our Country a good model in responsible fishing".
"The whale shark is the giant of the sea," he said. "The whale shark is believed to be hardly spotted in the Brunei Bay." He will be elaborating on the subject of the Leopard/ Zebra shark in his presentation as well as it is important to discuss the seasonality of the two species.
Highlights included special talks by various international experts, film shows featuring the latest marine documentaries, children's art competitions, various exhibitions as well as a photo gallery.
A BRITISH marine scientist and underwater photo artist last night called on the Brunei government to outlaw shark fishing in its waters and prohibit the sale of shark products. Nick Coburn Phillips said the ban should be carried out immediately to ensure the recovery of predatory fish such as sharks.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
4. Each Day within UK:
16 billion litres water is collected, treated
and supplied.
10 billion litres wastewater is collected
and treated, returning it safely to the
environment.
14. • The water industry is directly responsible
for around 4 million tons of CO2 every
year. ~ ½ % of UK total emissions.
• Rising gradually year on year.
15. The hot water we use at home in baths, showers,
washing machines and dishwashers (not including
central heating) emits about 30 million tons of
carbon dioxide per year. That’s over 5% of the
UK’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
16. “We’re getting more efficient at
abstracting, treating and supplying
water and wastewater services.
However, population and
consumption growth along with
increased standards are driving
energy use up.”
17. Reservoirs will be impacted in terms
not just of quantity, but operation,
quality and
structure.
18. Assets on the coast and in flood plains
will be at more risk from floods, storm
damage, coastal erosion and rises in
sea level.
19. Existing sewerage systems were
not designed to cope with climate
change.
Rainfall will be more intense and
likely to overwhelm parts of the
network and cause local flooding.
20. The
Environment Agency estimates the costs of
storm water management for England and
Wales could be up to £20billion in the next
25 years.
21. In the South and South East
drought is the most important issue
facing many water companies.
Ashtead, England, August 12, 2006.
24. Farming uses ~ 75% of UK land.
Agriculture contributes about 7% of
total UK CO2 emissions.
25. Agricultural Pollution.
• Diffuse - Artificial fertilizer residues,
insecticides, herbicides, pesticides and
farmyard waste.
• Point Source - Milk spillage, silage liquor,
cattle and pig slurry.
• High nitrate concentrations are found in
groundwater and may reach the EU
Directive limit of 50mg/litre.
26. “Eutrophication" reduces oxygen in the water,
de-creases plant and animal species and
worsens water quality.
The effects of possibly agricultural runoff in the Danube can be seen in this SeaWiFS
image as the river empties into the Black Sea at the bottom of this image. (NASA).
28. EU countries are obliged by law to meet the
WFD (Water Framework Directive)
objectives including achieving "good
environmental status in all water bodies"
by 2015.
29. The European Environment Agency
says that nitrate drinking water limit
values are exceeded in around one-third
of all the groundwater bodies for which
they have information.
In many areas, levels are particularly
high, with drinking water sources having
to be abandoned or subject to expensive
treatment.
The same is true with pesticides.
30. “Currently the Water Framework
Directive gives little incentive to
reduce pollution from pesticides.”
31. • MEFRA - The Ministry of Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs produced a "Code of Good
Agricultural Practice” for farmers giving
detailed advice on the treating, storing and
applying of animal livestock waste, disposal of
dirty water, fertilizers, fuel oil, sheep dip,
pesticides, nitrates and disposal of animal
carcasses.
• Local farmers all have to produce a Farm
Waste Management Plan to comply with
pollution control regulations.
34. What is NADWuP?
• Leaching from building materials e.g. Lead, plastic,
copper and galvanised iron.
• Chemicals we put down the drain or through
washing clothes e.g. Detergents, cleaners, personal
care products and even medicines.
• Materials that businesses make and use – from fast
food to heavy industry.
• Run-off from offices, shops, roads, car parks, cars.
• Washout of air pollution on to land and water e.g.
mercury from crematoria.
36. “Currently no legislation controlling
either household chemicals that pollute
the environment or many products and
processes used by business.”
“Chemicals find their way into sewers and in
some cases treatment works are not
designed to cope.”
38. “Diffuse pollution can be more serious than
point source pollution, because it is harder
to prevent and it is more difficult to identify
the source.”
“People causing diffuse pollution may be
unaware that they are causing a problem.”
39. The Environment Agency says
Companies must take preventative
measures against pollution.
40. • “It’s costly and harms the environment, therefore
a challenge to a sustainable water supply.”
• “It’s a challenge to our efforts to reduce our
carbon footprint as an industry and as a society.”
• “It’s a challenge to one living planet – because
it’s damaging a finite resource.”
Comments made by Water UK Chief Executive Pamela Taylor
DIFFUSE WATER POLLUTION…
41. “The worse the pollution, the higher the
cost of removing it to produce clean
drinking water. What is most worrying is
that the pollution and the potential costs
are continuing to rise.”
42. The water industry contributes 3% of
CO2 equivalent because of high
energy needed for end-of-pipe
treatment.
43. Some Solutions:
• Tackle “Point Source Pollution”.
• Enforce “Polluters Pay” strategy e.g. Water
Act 2003 & within society e.g. Anglers
Conservation Association.
• Educate the Public.
49. Other Challenges:
• Security of Supply.
• Keeping Up Standards of Water Quality.
• Maintenance and Repair.
• Influences of Population Growth.
• Minimising Energy and Water Use.
• Increasing Public Awareness of Water Issues.
• Keeping Affordability.
• Raising Awareness of Health Benefits of Water.
• Strengthening Financial Investment.
50. Key Challenges as recognised by
Water UK.
• To achieve management of water resources that
serves society and benefits the environment at
reasonable cost.
• To realise the potential public health benefit of
low cost, high quality drinking water by
improving access, awareness and perception.
• To design future water regulation that is better at
promoting customer service, environmental
protection and economic development.
Sustainable Development: A view of the community that takes into account the links between the economy, the environment and the society.
and Weather Patterns.
Climate change will result in less available water in summer. Population shifts will lead to localised supply problems.
urban pollution and its causes
Materials we build our houses with – the lead, plastic, copper and galvanised iron that release harmful substances to sewers and drains. Materials we use in our homes in every aspect of everyday life – the furniture fillings, detergents, cleaners, personal care products and even medicines. Chemicals we either put down the drain directly or through washing clothes. Materials that businesses make and use – businesses from fast food to heavy industry. And the run-off from the amenities of modern life we completely take for granted – offices, shops, roads, car parks, cars themselves and the shampoos we use on them. Then there are the pathways into the water environment. Again, like the sources, the pathways are many, various, unnoticed and unnoticeable. They’re the direct discharges from licensed traders into foul water sewers. And direct discharges from unlicensed traders and businesses into foul sewers. They’re the diffuse run-off from all urban areas into surface water sewers – roofs, roads, pavements, parks, railway tracks, monuments. And they’re the diffuse run-off straight into ditches, streams and rivers…. and the washout of air pollution on to land and water; for example mercury from crematoria.
Anglers Conservation Association…a unique organisation which fights pollution and other damage to water environments throughout the UK. Water pollution kills hundreds of thousands of fish each year…They make polluters pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation every year and secure injunctions to stop further damage.