East of England Water Partnership

5th November 2013

Welcome from ChairJane Hunt

Environment Agency

Objectives for today

• Ensure that we leave with a common sense of purpose for the Water Partnership

• Identify the priorities for water management and water stewardship in the region

• Identify the key stakeholders we need to make it happen

• Give ourselves confidence that everyone is committed to what we agree

Group DiscussionAmbition for the Partnership

Group discussion Vision

• Work collaboratively and show leadership on water management

• Oversee delivery of key regional projects such as Water Resource East Anglia and water efficiency initiatives

• Organise wider water forums which give all water users a say on water management

• Work across sectors and organisations to improve resilience for future droughts

• Promotes best practice in communications • Shape governance arrangements for national water resource

management and to prepare for future droughts • Ensure a coordinated and planned response to the pressures

of population growth and climate change.

Group discussion Concordat

• Purpose• Aims and objectives• Membership• Governance• Commitment

Professor Elise Cartmell Professor of Water Technology

Cranfield Water Science Institute

Cranfield University

Who Are We?

• A global centre of expertise in science, technology, engineering and management (STEM)

• An environment for strongly business-engaged research, innovation, and postgraduate education

• Renowned for delivering programmes that transform professional lives

Thematic & SectorFocus

• Aerospace

• Automotive

• Defence & Security

• Energy

• Environment

• Health

• Management

• Manufacturing

Our Graduates

• Cranfield dominates areas of UK Postgraduate Education

• MBA Ranked No. 1 in the UK and No. 3 in the World*

• Cranfield is one of the top UK universities for graduate employment **

• Truly international

* The Economist & The Wall Street Journal

** 93% (source HESA)

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Research

• One the UK’s top five research intensive universities* (with Oxford, Cambridge and London’s Imperial College and UCL)

• Ranked 3rd in the UK for ‘research power’ in Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering (UK RAE, December 2008)

*research income as percentage of turnover

Strategic PartnershipExamples

• Jaguar Landrover• P&G• QinetiQ• Rolls Royce• Severn Trent Water• Unilever• Yorkshire Water

• Airbus• ARA• AVIC• BAE Systems• Boeing• Civil Aviation Authority• DEFRA• DSTL

Cranfield Water Science Institute

Cranfield Water Science Institute

Internationally-recognized centre of excellence undertaking research, consultancy, and education in science, engineering and

management of water in the municipal, industrial and natural environments.

Aim to drive water innovation and deliver excellence

Biochem Engineering

Risk Chemical EngineeringAnalytical

Chemistry

Water Management

River Restoration

Molecular Microbiology

Catchment Management

Climate Change

Membrane Science

Asset Management

Irrigation Modelling

Extensive Processes

Gas Systems

Water and sanitation

Economics

Focus on thematic research areas

Maintaining the flow

Sewage works of the future

Catchment processes

Securing food in a changing world

International water development

Infrastructure and governance

Membranes

Instrumentation and control

Examples of Research Clients – UK Water Facilities

Sewage treatment works facilities

Pilot hall

• Three 1 m3 pilot wastewater treatment plants

• Gas testing

• MBRs,• Media beds• Anaerobic processes

• Ponds• UASBs • Anaerobic digesters

Laboratories

Media development

Conventional and advanced water, wastewater and surface analysis

Renewable energy demonstrator

1.5 m3 pilot digester linked to a CHP engine and combustion and gasification pilot plants

Gas analysis

Temperature monitoring

Gas analysisTemperature monitoring

Temperature monitoringCoolant out

Coolant in

Temperature monitoring

Gases to clean-up and flue

Pre-heated air

Feed system

CoalBiomassWasteSorbent

Pulverised coal, biomass, waste or natural/fuel gas & air

Cooling water out

Cooling water in

Gas analysis

Cooling water in

Cooling water out

Cyclone

Ash removal system

Fluidised bed

Coolant out

Coolant in

Gas analysis

Temperature monitoring

Gas analysisTemperature monitoring

Temperature monitoringCoolant out

Coolant in

Temperature monitoring

Gases to clean-up and flue

Pre-heated air

Feed system

CoalBiomassWasteSorbent

Pulverised coal, biomass, waste or natural/fuel gas & air

Cooling water out

Cooling water in

Cooling water out

Cooling water in

Gas analysis

Cooling water in

Cooling water out

Cyclone

Ash removal system

Fluidised bedFluidised bed

Coolant out

Coolant in

Experimental farm 120 hectares

Soil lysimeters

Boreholes

FAAM

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Monitoring

Cranfield Airport

Masters Level Teaching

We offer Masters courses that can be completed full-time or part-time.......

MSc in Water:Water & Wastewater EngineeringEnvironmental Water ManagementCommunity Water & SanitationMTech in Water Processes

MTech Water Processes

Scope• Asset planning and management• Process optimisation• Water company R&D• Process design

Careers• Water companies• Environmental / engineering

consultancies• Research

Dr Pete JarvisCourse tutor

Professional development - short courses

Relevant work at Cranfield

Field studies and monitoring

Data analysis

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Catchment Modelling

Holman et al (2010), STOTEN 408, 1847-1857

Flood risk management

Hess et al. (2010) Hydrolog Proc 24(10), 1357-1368

Catchment Studies

Thurne:• Water resources• River modelling• Drainage• Wetland

restoration• Salinity

Bure & Ant:• Water resources• Water quality• Catchment

management

Wensum:• Water resources• Water quality• DTC consortium• Soil structure

The Fens:• Land drainage &

Carbon• Wetland restoration

East Anglia:• Land use modelling(RegIS)• Climate change impacts• CFMP Land Management

Delivery Tool

Nar:• Land and soil

management• Recharge

Irrigation & water resources

Irrigation technology

Irrigation scheduling

Water user groups

Farm reservoirs

Water trading

Climate change impacts

Source: © Cranfield University

(dry years)(wet years)

Potatoes near CambridgeUKCP09 data, with 10% and 90% probability error bars

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Water footprinting - potato production in England

Water used in processing 0.3 m3/t

Blue water withdrawn0.3 m3/t

Consumed0.1 m3/t

Returned 0.2 m3/t

Water used in growing108.7 m3/t

Blue water withdrawn35.0 m3/t

Consumed21.0 m3/t

Returned14.0 m3/t

Green water73.7 m3/t

Consumed73.7 m3/t

• Water use 109 m3/t• 68% green water

• Total water consumption 95 m3/t• 78% green water• Almost all in the growing phase

Water risk mapping

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Daccache, A., Keay, C., Jones, R.J.A., Weatherhead, E.K, Stalham, M.A., and Knox, J.W (2012). Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales: impacts and adaptation. Journal of Agricultural Science 150: (2): 161-177

Climate change impacts on crop production and land suitability

Water quality risk

Relative hazard exposure potential for livestock suppliers – runoff and sediment

Improving water use efficiency and water capture in field crops

• Improved water use efficiency: Genetic manipulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis in tomato: a model crop system to study the impact of elevated ABA on water use efficiency and root hydraulics.

Novel tomato rootstocks to confer water use efficiency and resistance to abiotic stress: e.g. EU FP7 project: “ROOTOPOWER”. 2012-2015

Improved root systems for water capture: Genetics of root development in tomato: discovery and fine-mapping of QTL and monogenic mutants that impact on long-term root distribution in soil

Group DiscussionAreas of common ground

Thoughts for afternoon and next steps

East of England Water PartnershipNetworking lunch

East of England Water Partnership Stakeholder Session

5th November 2013

Welcome from ChairJane Hunt

Environment Agency

Presentations from the Water Partnership

Peter Simpson – Anglian WaterJohn Devall – Essex & Suffolk Water

Group DiscussionDavid Webb - Sustainability East

Group discussion Strategy and Plans for 2015 – 2020

• Partnership and collaboration in practice e.g. Water stewardship

• Topics that could benefit most from a partnership approach

e.g. Resilience, growth, customer behaviour, climate change

• Concepts, tools and projects to deliver aimse.g. behaviour change, projects such as Water Resources East Anglia

Summary and Next Steps