Report by Conference Chairman Bob Andoh, Chief Technology Officer, Hydro International Developing best practice approaches to removing pollutants from surface water runoff is a matter of growing interest and concern to a broad community of professionals employed in the design, development and construction of drainage schemes. If ever there was evidence of the enthusiasm and [...]
The aim of this conference is to set out the context, scale and impact of surface water flooding and show how we are moving through the important phases of mapping and planning to deliver schemes to manage the risk of flooding to communities.
The aim of this conference will be to set out the policy drivers, emerging trends and understanding on the scale of the problem and whether we are making progress.
This free seminar provides opportunities for those involved in SuDS delivery to share good practice with a particular focus on the work enthusiastically undertaken by local authorities in lieu of any National Standards for Sustainable Drainage.
The conference will bring together senior level industry professionals to hear detailed case studies covering planning, buildings and urban fabric, and public engagement. Delegates will take away key messages that will help deliver change with insights into how to formulate a coordinated approach in preparing for the future.
A ONE-DAY conference focusing on best-practice in surface water treatment is being hosted by sustainable drainage specialists Hydro International, bringing together a distinguished panel of expert speakers to highlight problems and solutions for the effective delivery of surface water quality. “Surface Water Management – Implementing Quality” will be held at The National Self Build & [...]
The CIWEM Rivers and Coastal Group Annual Conference. The aim of this conference will be to take stock of the changes that have taken place in the funding, planning and delivery of Flood and Coastal Risk Management schemes and seek to determine both the successes and blockers identified during initial application of the process. 30 [...]
Over the last years, the European Commission has invested considerable resources in research on water. The main aim of the STEPWISE project is to further develop the WISE-RTD Water Knowledge Portal, which intelligently links EU water policies with European water research results, tools and experiences. STEP-WISE and STREAM will jointly organise their final conference on [...]
Converting Strategy into Smart Delivery for Serviceability With speakers from throughout the industry including consultants, water companies, local authorities and the Environment Agency, this year’s conference will bring quality papers to inform and challenge us as we focus on Converting Strategy into Smart Delivery for Serviceability. A workshop session, research group meeting, conference dinner and [...]
The 11th International Conference – Computing and Control in the Water Industry, “Urban Water Management : Challenges & Opportunities” will be held at the University of Exeter on 5 – 7 September. View the full list of papers View full details of the conference and book. Hydro International are Gold Sponsors of the conference.
Hydro are one of the key sponsors of the 2011 European Water and Flood Modelling Conference, which will be held on the 20th and 21st September at the historic Tortworth Court hotel in South Gloucestershire. The conference will bring together world leaders in water and sewer network modelling, network management and optimisation, and asset management. Attendees will [...]
This conference will take stock of the past 18 months of new guidance, legislation and the changing emphasis of the Government’s policies in coastal flood and erosion risk. It will also look at our developing understanding of the risks to coastal communities, businesses and environment and the next steps that are needed. The conference will [...]
The aim of this conference is to take stock of current thinking on climate change, the developing evidence base on emissions and risks, and in covering both adaptation and mitigation and their inter-relationships to look at how this thinking is being put into practice in response to the major drivers. The conference will demonstrate the [...]
The Coalition Government have given the strongest endorsement for the need for catchment scale delivery fully involving local stakeholders of the Water Framework Directive and other environmental programmes. The aim of this conference will be to describe the major catchment scale initiatives and will focus on how these can be best drawn together into an [...]
CIWEM held its Surface Water Management Conference in London on 14 June 2011. The conference reviewed the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act and progress made by Local Authorities, especially Lead Local Flood Authorities in carrying out their flood risk management roles. The conference focused on surface water management and the key issues, [...]
In April 2011, CIWEM held a two-day Annual Conference that addressed multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector and also focused on the issue of the “Big Society” the governments programme and the implications for the environment sector. Conference outputs can be accessed here: Papers covered The issues, challenges and [...]
Exploring international experiences, retrofitting and water-sensitive cities.
A QUESTION of quality set the agenda for a keynote industry conference to discuss the future of urban stormwater management and surface water treatment in the UK. A speakers’ panel of highly-respected industry experts and leading academic took to the podium at the Arup Campus, Solihull on May 12, 2011 to to explore differing multi-national experiences in [...]
A QUESTION of quality set the agenda for a keynote industry conference to discuss the future of urban stormwater management and surface water treatment in the UK. A speakers’ panel of highly-respected industry experts and leading academic took to the podium at the Arup Campus, Solihull on May 12, 2011 to to explore differing multi-national experiences in [...]
CIWEM, June 14th, SOAS London The pace of change in surface water management is very fast with the implementation of the Flood and Water Management Act and the rapidly developing involvement of Local Authorities. The aim of this conference is to focus on surface water management and the key issues of legislation, implementation and the need [...]
CIWEM Annual Conference, 2011
Thursday 12 May – Arup’s Campus, Solihull, Hosted by Hydro International
A QUESTION of quality will set the agenda for a keynote industry conference hosted by Hydro International to discuss the future of urban stormwater management and surface water treatment in the UK.