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This document summarizes data on orthophosphate levels in the Taw River catchment in Devon, England from 1990 to 2012. The key points are:
- Highest orthophosphate concentrations were found in the upper reaches of the Taw River from Yeo Farm to Chenson.
- Orthophosphate levels varied greatly from year to year. Flow and monthly trends indicate point sources like sewage treatment works and a dairy factory contributed significantly.
- Diffuse (non-point) sources contributed an estimated 30-60 micrograms per liter of orthophosphate.
- Applying proposed UK standards retroactively shows the entire catchment has failed water quality standards for orthoph
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It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
The principal, over‐arching aim of any catchment management work is to improve the water quality in our freshwater ecosystems and to make a significant contribution to their attainment of good ecological status in accordance with requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive. It is therefore vital that sufficient evidence is collected to provide an
objective and robust assessment of the improvements delivered.
In this review we explore the data and evidence available, which, taken together, demonstrate qualitatively and quantitatively that the delivery of integrated catchment management interventions can realise genuine improvements in water quality. To support the evidence collected, we have also summarised a number of case studies which demonstrate catchment management in action.
This document provides information on capturing and storing rainwater through various methods like rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens, swales, and bioswales. It discusses the components of rain barrels, how to install them safely, and ways to increase water storage capacity. Rain gardens are described as planted depressions that allow rainwater runoff from impervious surfaces to infiltrate the soil. The document also highlights the benefits of rainwater harvesting including cost savings, reducing pollution runoff, and providing water for plants.
The document discusses a proposed project to manage flood risk in the Eddleston Water catchment area on the border of Scotland and England. It summarizes the current issues, including poor river habitat, a history of channelization, and flood risks. Proposed measures are outlined to restore river habitats while reducing flood risk through natural flood management techniques. These include interventions in the upper catchment and floodplain. Key opportunities and challenges are identified, such as working with farmers and overcoming institutional barriers. The Managing Borderlands project aims to facilitate knowledge sharing across the border to develop resilient land management strategies through stakeholder engagement.
1) Agroforestry is a land use system where trees are combined with crops and/or livestock on the same land area, providing ecological and economic interactions between tree and agricultural components.
2) Agroforestry can help manage water stress and floods by increasing soil porosity and organic matter, slowing rainfall and overland flow to improve water infiltration. Tree roots stabilize soil and trees act as water pumps.
3) Research shows agroforestry can reduce nitrogen leaching by up to 50% compared to arable land, as trees capture nitrogen not used by crops to improve water quality.
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The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
This document summarizes data on orthophosphate levels in the Taw River catchment in Devon, England from 1990 to 2012. The key points are:
- Highest orthophosphate concentrations were found in the upper reaches of the Taw River from Yeo Farm to Chenson.
- Orthophosphate levels varied greatly from year to year. Flow and monthly trends indicate point sources like sewage treatment works and a dairy factory contributed significantly.
- Diffuse (non-point) sources contributed an estimated 30-60 micrograms per liter of orthophosphate.
- Applying proposed UK standards retroactively shows the entire catchment has failed water quality standards for orthoph
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
The principal, over‐arching aim of any catchment management work is to improve the water quality in our freshwater ecosystems and to make a significant contribution to their attainment of good ecological status in accordance with requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive. It is therefore vital that sufficient evidence is collected to provide an
objective and robust assessment of the improvements delivered.
In this review we explore the data and evidence available, which, taken together, demonstrate qualitatively and quantitatively that the delivery of integrated catchment management interventions can realise genuine improvements in water quality. To support the evidence collected, we have also summarised a number of case studies which demonstrate catchment management in action.
This document provides information on capturing and storing rainwater through various methods like rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens, swales, and bioswales. It discusses the components of rain barrels, how to install them safely, and ways to increase water storage capacity. Rain gardens are described as planted depressions that allow rainwater runoff from impervious surfaces to infiltrate the soil. The document also highlights the benefits of rainwater harvesting including cost savings, reducing pollution runoff, and providing water for plants.
The document discusses a proposed project to manage flood risk in the Eddleston Water catchment area on the border of Scotland and England. It summarizes the current issues, including poor river habitat, a history of channelization, and flood risks. Proposed measures are outlined to restore river habitats while reducing flood risk through natural flood management techniques. These include interventions in the upper catchment and floodplain. Key opportunities and challenges are identified, such as working with farmers and overcoming institutional barriers. The Managing Borderlands project aims to facilitate knowledge sharing across the border to develop resilient land management strategies through stakeholder engagement.
1) Agroforestry is a land use system where trees are combined with crops and/or livestock on the same land area, providing ecological and economic interactions between tree and agricultural components.
2) Agroforestry can help manage water stress and floods by increasing soil porosity and organic matter, slowing rainfall and overland flow to improve water infiltration. Tree roots stabilize soil and trees act as water pumps.
3) Research shows agroforestry can reduce nitrogen leaching by up to 50% compared to arable land, as trees capture nitrogen not used by crops to improve water quality.
The document discusses payments for ecosystem services and outlines different frameworks for encouraging sustainable land management practices. It describes the various services provided by agricultural and natural ecosystems like water regulation, pollination, and recreation. Management plans in the Tamar region use incentives, regulations, and mutually beneficial approaches. The document also examines a case study where a water company pays farmers to undertake interventions that reduce pollution and the intermediary ensures works don't degrade other services. Outcomes included 100% uptake and business cost savings.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
WRT's head of Data and Evidence Nick Paling gave a plenary talk to open the 3rd CaBA training Workshop at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. In the presentation Nick described the participatory ecosystem services mapping approach that the Trust took to their catchment planning work in the Tamar.
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This document provides information about Peru's Law 30215 and associated regulations regarding Payment for Ecosystem Services mechanisms (MERESE). It defines key terms related to environmental financing and ecosystem services. It explains the regulatory framework for MERESE and provides examples of how a hydrological regulation MERESE could work with water utilities. The document outlines the ecosystem services recognized in the MERESE regulations and maps the relevant laws and regulations regarding MERESE implementation.
This document discusses ecosystem valuation, including what it is, why it is important, and how it can be done. Specifically:
- Ecosystem services include things like stormwater management, flood control, waste treatment, recreation, and more. Valuing these services is important to make informed decisions that consider environmental, social and economic factors.
- Valuing ecosystem services allows communities to recognize the benefits nature provides, such as water purification and carbon sequestration, and compare alternatives in a common financial language. This improves decision making.
- Case studies demonstrate that maintaining natural ecosystems like wetlands is often much more cost effective than engineered alternatives. Guidelines help standardize the valuation process to ensure rigor and transparency.
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Rapid, fine-scale remote sensing to support targeted catchment managementWestcountry Rivers Trust
Nick Paling's (WRT Head of Evidence & Engagement) presentation on the work Westcountry Rivers Trust has been do with the University of Exeter to trial rapid, low-cost remote sensing technologies (with a specially developed smartphone app, a remote controlled drone and fine-grained Structure-from-Motion – SfM – photogrammetric modelling), and assessed the potential of this approach for targeting catchment management interventions designed to mitigate sources and pathways of diffuse agricultural pollution mobilisation at a farm/field scale. The study has also examined the benefits of using this approach compared to the use of freely available topogrpahic data obtained from Tellus SW LiDAR aerial survey (funded by NERC).
Presentation given at the IFM- and SFCC-hosted 'Mapping for Environmental Management Workshop' in Edinburgh on March 2nd 2016.
Collaborative delivery of green infrastructure and water management solutions (e.g. SuDS) in the urban environment can realise multiple benefits including reduced flood risk, improved water quality and biodiversity, greater amenity and enhanced community health and well-being. In March 2016, the CaBA Urban Working Group, in collaboration with the Defra Urban Ecosystem Services Project (www.urbanwater-eco.services) and Ciria (www.ciria.org), hosted a series of workshops designed to build capacity and expertise within CaBA partnerships to help drive greater collaborative delivery within the urban environment.
The Delivering Environmental Benefits for Urban Communities Conference included a ‘show and tell’ symposium designed to meet the objectives of the Urban CaBA Sub-Group: 1) champion the Catchment Partnership approach to water management in urban areas; 2) support CaBA partnerships nationwide by helping them to build capacity, expertise and engage more effectively with stakeholders, communities, developers, funders and businesses, and 3) promote the benefits and raise awareness of partnership working in the urban environment. During this session practitioners, strategic planners and academics were given 5 minute slots to introduce their work/expertise and to signpost people to their resources or further information. These 'pitches' were divided into: 1) practical delivery of interventions; 2) strategic tools/approaches (incl. CBA, targeting, design/optioneering); 3) help and guidance for urban practitioners, and 4) engagement, communications and partnership working. Speakers will be invited to say what they have done, what their objectives were and what the outcome of the work was/is intended to be.
In this 1 hour lecture Dr Nick Paling, the Westcountry Rivers Trust's Head of Data, Evidence & Communications illustrates how the pressures degrading water quality in a catchment can be assessed and their sources determined. Once done, this allows a carefully tailored and targeted plan of action to be formed to reduce these impacts.
This document discusses using stable isotopes to trace sources of phosphate in the River Taw catchment area. Phosphate concentrations in the river have been increasing, causing parts of the catchment to fail water quality standards for phosphorus. The document establishes baseline stable isotope signatures for different potential phosphate sources like soil, fertilizer, and manure. Isotope ratios were then measured for phosphate samples collected from sites across the catchment area. Preliminary results suggest the main sources of phosphate in the upper catchment are sewage treatment works, septic tanks, and possibly mineral fertilizers, with septic tanks being a diffuse source that could explain rising concentrations. More sampling is needed to better understand phosphate dynamics and identify other contributing sources
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The University of Plymouth's Sean Comber gave a summary of their work with WRT to examine the effects of road run-off on the Upper River Teign.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. WRT's Scott West gave a presentation on the fishery managers toolbox for species and habitat management.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The University of Plymouth's Peter Down gave a presentation on his work studying the hydromorphology of rivers, especially the effect of reservoirs on river substrates.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. WRT's Nick Paling gave an overview of how participatory interrogation of data and evidence can help engage catchment partners and inform/target catchment and environmental management.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as t...vijaykumar292010
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
5. Catchments provide us with….
– food and materials
– energy / fuel
– drinking water
They regulate the….
– climate gases
– flood and drought
They give us areas for….
– culture
– recreation
– habitat for wildlife
Ecosystem Services
6. Agricultural Ecosystem ‘Natural’ Ecosystem
Provisioning services Regulating services Cultural services
Crops
Meat
Timber
Biodiversity
Recreation
Pest control
Water regulation
Pollination
What are we currently getting?
11. - Estimated cost/benefit ratio
- Sold to OFWAT
- 65p from bill payers = £9m
- Assess business savings
Buyer - SWW Ethical broker - WRT
- Target work
- Ensure interventions do not
degrade other services
- Minimise admin costs
- Assess outcomes
- BUILD TRUST
Seller - Farmer
- Instigate works
- Change practices
Paid Ecosystem Services – IN PRACTICE
12. Target works for water quality
Modelling and technology to:
1. Target interventions
2. Estimate benefits
3. Monitor outcomes