Archive Projects

PROJECTS

• Priority Water Research Questions as Determined by UK Practitioners and Policy-Makers
  Water@leeds, the water research centre at the University of Leeds, held a one-off workshop to identify the top policy-relevant water research questions.
• LIFE+ 2010 Call for Proposals now Open
  The fourth LIFE+ call for proposals has been published on 04 May 2010, with up to €243 million available for co-financing of projects.
• Phosphorus Recovery Website
  The aim of this website is to provide a platform for scientists, students, industry and other stakeholders interested in P-recovery to provide information on scientific and technological developments, new processes, ongoing development work, studies, and other information.
• RISKBASE - Risk Based Management of River Basins, EC FP6 Coordination Action
  The findings of RISKBASE are discussed in the final RISKBASE booklet.
• Tap into Savings. Reducing Water Wastage in the UK
  The Tap into Savings initiative has been set up to help people reduce water wastage at home.

PRIORITY WATER RESEARCH QUESTIONS AS DETERMINED BY
UK PRACTITIONERS AND POLICY-MAKERS
(Posted 14 May 2010)

Water@leeds, the water research centre at the University of Leeds, held a one-off workshop to identify the top policy-relevant water research questions on 11th November 2009. From over 700 questions submitted via an open web survey, a short list of 94 questions has been developed through discussion at the workshop. The short-listed questions are now available online. To help to prioritise these questions, water@leeds is inviting stakeholders to vote for those that their organisations would consider being the most important.

The survey will close on Friday 28th May 2010 and is available on the SurveyMonkey website:
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X27WWTF)

LIFE+ 2010 CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN
(Posted 14 May 2010)

The fourth LIFE+ call for proposals has been published on 04 May 2010, with up to €243 million available for co-financing of projects under three headings: nature and biodiversity; environment policy and governance; and information and communication.

Project proposals should be sent to the relevant national authority no later than 01 September 2010.

For further information visit the Europa website:
(http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm)

PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY WEBSITE
(Posted 14 May 2010)

Since 2007 the chair of wastewater technology at Technische Universität Darmstadt is running a website about phosphorus recovery that is founded by CEEP (Centre Européen d’Etudes sur les Polyphosphates) in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. The aim of this website is to provide a platform for scientists, students, industry and other stakeholders interested in P-recovery, to provide information on scientific and technological developments, new processes, ongoing development work, studies, and other information, and to enable contacts for information sharing between groups working in this area. They have been updating all ongoing research projects on phosphorus recovery, phosphorus precipitation/ crystallisation and phosphorus recovery technologies.

For further details on current and past projects, research articles, conferences outputs and other information relevant to phosphorus recovery visit the website:
(http://www.phosphorus-recovery.tu-darmstadt.de/)

RISKBASE - RISK BASED MANAGEMENT OF RIVER BASINS
EC FP6 Coordination Action
(Posted 14 May 2010)

The objective of RISKBASE was to review and synthesise the outcome of EC FP4-FP6 projects, and other major initiatives, related to integrated risk assessment-based management of the water/sediment/soil system at the river-basin scale. This review and synthesis was executed by leading European scientists and representatives of major European stakeholder groups. The findings of RISKBASE are discussed in the final RISKBASE booklet.

For further information and to download the booklet visit the project’s website:
(http://www.riskbase.info/content.php)

TAP INTO SAVINGS
Reducing Water Wastage in the UK
(Posted 14 May 2010)

The Tap into Savings initiative, a joint project led by Waterwise ((http://www.waterwise.org.uk) and funded in part by Defra’s Greener Living Fund, has been set up to help people reduce water wastage at home. It consists of three main components:

• Water efficiency home visits - water wasting fixtures and fittings are replaced or refitted with water wise alternatives, and more information is given about water and how to reduce waste.
• EcoTeams -residents are supported while working together to reduce their impact on the environment and to save money.
• A supportive environment - working through local groups and media, door knocking and holding events to raise awareness and engage residents.

The aim, over the course of the programme, is to engage 10,000 residents in three areas:

• Mertham and Redhill in Surrey – the project was launched in February 2010
• Coventry, West Midlands – the project has yet to be launched
• East of England and Hartlepool area – in the early planning stages of the project

For more information on the initiative visit the project’s website:
(http://tapintosavings.org/)