Tag: Water

Building a joint knowledge base for catchment management

Last month, Dr Nick Voulvoulis and I visited the Netherlands to meet our GLOBAQUA partner, Dr Adriaan Slob, to develop a policy work plan involving stakeholder collaboration workshops to facilitate the bridging of the science and policy gap for the GLOBAQUA catchment case studies. The meeting concluded with the need to promote interdisciplinarity between researchers, water managers, policy-makers and other actors within the catchment in both the assessment of water quality and improving management decisions to meet the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD).

Why interdisciplinary knowledge is important in catchment management?

The management of water resources is becoming increasingly complex as it is deeply embedded within a diverse range of economic and cultural activities emphasising the need to understand how our society interacts with the natural water environment.

Working in a diverse industry: Water

Environmental Technology MSc student Rhys Goddard speaks about his experience during the Anglian Water Placement in 2014/2015.

Monday 12th May 2014 marked my first day both as a member of the Innovation Department at Anglian Water, and in a role relevant to the field of my degree. For me, the Anglian Water placement followed on from what was a relentless journey through academia, through which I had gained a wealth of theoretical knowledge. However, as a recent graduate I still lacked any industry experience. The opportunity to study as a post-grad student at one of the most prestigious universities in the world while also gaining industry experience from one of the largest water company in the UK was therefore too great for me to miss.