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CIWEM E-News – June 2005
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This month:
1. New RSPB / CIWEM Saltmarsh Creation Handbook Published
2. CIWEM Conference on Agricultural Diffuse Pollution: Understanding, Progress and Action
3. CIWEM Conferences Digest
4. Technical Panels Update
5. CIWEM Jobs Market – Free Service
6. Calling all Aspiring Chartered Environmentalists!
7. CIWEM WaterAid Project Links
8. CIWEM Professional Indemnity Insurance
9. Consultations
10. In Brief
11. ENDS Report Offer for CIWEM Members
12. Truth and Lies about the Global Water Crisis
13. Join CIWEM
1. New RSPB / CIWEM Saltmarsh Creation Handbook Published
Coastal saltmarsh is a habitat of great conservation value, recognised as such by international treaties and conventions as well as by European and United Kingdom legislation.
Around 600 ha of the United Kingdom saltmarsh resource were lost between 1992 and 1998 as a result of various causes and it has been projected that the UK will have lost around 8.5% of this habitat, as estimated in 1989, by 2012. English Nature is presently assuming the loss of 100ha of saltmarsh in England annually as a result of relative sea level rise.
These important issues are considered in “The saltmarsh creation handbook: a project manager’s guide to the creation of saltmarsh and intertidal mudflat” recently published by RSPB and CIWEM.
The handbook presents practical guidance on the restoration and creation of coastal saltmarsh and associated intertidal mudflat to help those involved in the planning and delivery of such schemes successfully realise their goals.
Following an introductory overview, the handbook covers issues arising in the project-planning phase. Site selection, scheme design, formulation of management plans, funding considerations, the current legal and planning context, the regulatory framework and the process of environmental impact assessment are addressed.
The handbook then describes the practical techniques available to restore and create saltmarsh. It covers the engineering operations necessary to produce suitable site conditions and the establishment techniques employed to optimise/enhance site development. The case studies presented reflect the evolution of the approach from simple, small-scale, single function schemes to sophisticated, large-scale, multiple-function projects and illustrate how the practical techniques described have been applied to site-specific circumstances.
Technical terminology has been kept to a minimum to make the text accessible to the widest possible audience (hopefully everyone with an interest in the subject). Plates and figures have been widely used to illustrate the subject matter and extensive reference has been made to other publications in the field, relevant recent and on-going research projects and other sources of useful information.
This important reference is now available from our book agents, Lead Media: Tel: 0870 3000 690 for the price of £29.99 plus postage and packing. Further details may be found at: http://www.ciwem.org.uk/publications/saltmarsh.asp
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2. CIWEM Conference on Agricultural Diffuse Pollution: Understanding, Progress and Action
15th June 2005
SOAS, London
Agricultural diffuse pollution from nutrients is widely acknowledged to be one of the most pressing environmental issues for a wide variety of reasons including:
- Nitrate levels in drinking water, failure of compliance standards and escalating treatment costs,
- Widespread damage to biodiversity both terrestrial and aquatic and the need to meet SSSI Public Service Agreement targets
This important conference aims to bring together all the key stakeholder groups with an interest in agricultural diffuse pollution to describe recent insights and developing programmes that should help create the right climate to resolve these long standing issues. The objectives of the conference are to:
- Outline a wide range of current Government work in this area
- Highlight important research findings from a range of disciplines which help us understand the scale of the problem and the solutions which we should be looking for
- Look at how current programmes are being rolled out to help meet this challenge
- In particular consider how concerted stakeholder actions at catchment scale can help to meet the challenge.
A brochure and booking form is available on the CIWEM website at the following address: http://www.ciwem.org.uk/events/Diffuse_WFD_programmeV3.doc, alternatively please contact Bob Earll, Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
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3. CIWEM Conferences Digest
CIWEM Conferences are continuing to be well attended and regarded. Outputs from recent conferences may now be found on the CIWEM website at: http://www.ciwem.org.uk/events/outputs.asp
The World Wetlands Day Conference 2005 was in a new format, mixing multiple workshops with plenary sessions, and this proved very popular with the 200 delegates. We are already making plans for the 2006 conference.
The Public Participation conference in March 2005 was extremely popular and a new model of “marketplace” speakers was utilised.
We have a large number of sponsors and supporters for events in 2005, and bookings are going well. If you are interested in sponsoring any of the conferences noted below, please contact Justin Taberham, Email Justin@ciwem.org
Note that the Water Framework Directive event on July 13th is booking at a fast pace – please book soon!
The Role of Health Impact Assessments in Land Use Planning
22nd June 2005, London
Sponsors to date: Arup, EON-UK, Peter Brett Associates, Living Knowledge Consulting
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Water Framework Directive
Diffuse Pollution - A Reality Check of the Key Challenges
13th July 2005, London
Sponsors to date: MWH, Ewan Group plc, ADAS, RSPB, Metoc
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
CIWEM National Conference 2005
6th-8th September 2005, Wakefield
Sponsors to date: Yorkshire Water, YARA, Anders Elite, MWH
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Integrating Land Use and Water in Practice – Using Science to Improve Catchment Management
12th October 2005, London
Sponsors to date: Ewan Group plc
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Joint ICE/CIWEM Conference 2005
Infrastructure Asset Maintenance and Management
October 2005, London
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Young Members’ Study Tour 2005
12-16th September 2005, University of Nottingham
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Water Framework Directive – Hydro-morphology and Flooding
9th November 2005, London
Sponsors to date: Ewan Group plc, MWH, RSPB
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Water Quality and Public Health – Swimming Pools and Spa Baths
November 2005, Manchester
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
10th European Biosolids & Biowastes Conference - A decade of change
13-16th November 2005, Wakefield
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Regulation in the Water Industry
30th November 2005, London
Sponsors to date: Ewan Group plc
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
World Wetlands Day Conference
1st and 2nd February, 2006, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Water Framework Directive – Monitoring and Reporting
February 2006, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Spring/Summer 2006, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Water Framework Directive – Scotland
Summer 2006, Edinburgh
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Flood Management
Autumn 2006, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Climate Change and Water Management
Autumn 2006
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
Farming and Water
Autumn 2006
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415
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4. Technical Panels Update
Two of CIWEM’s Technical Panels met in May. The Water Supply and Quality Panel focused on the development of a range of future conferences, with subjects including Water Quality and Public Health – Swimming Pools and Spa Baths, Emerging Contaminants in Water Supply, New Developments in Analysis, Disinfection – Risk and the Regulatory Regime, and Inorganics. The Panel also spent time discussing the content of their forthcoming special edition of Water and Environment Magazine, which will be published in February 2006, as well as putting the finishing touches on a soon to be published Policy position Statement on Lead in Drinking Water.
The Water Resources Panel thanked member Richard Harpin, who retired from the Panel, for his assistance in recent years. The Panel discussed the water resources implications of the Government’s Sustainable Communities Plan, and continued the development of a range of draft Policy Position Statements. Discussions also took place on how the Panel could play an active part in the development of CIWEM’s young members. A decision was taken that each Panel member would invite a junior colleague to the next meeting. This ‘shadow’ panel would gain first hand experience of the issues discussed at such a forum, and would hold an afternoon debate.
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5. CIWEM Jobs Market – Free Service
CIWEM now offers the facility for employers with job vacancies to advertise them on a dedicated Jobs Market area of the Institution’s website. For a limited time, we are offering this service free of charge and it couldn’t be easier to upload the details of the post you wish to fill. Simply visit http://www.ciwem.org.uk/jobs/ and click on ‘Post a Job’, then fill in the form. Your advert will immediately go live on CIWEM’s Jobs Market page!
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6. Calling all Aspiring Chartered Environmentalists!
If you are currently a Fellow or Member of CIWEM you will have been sent an application to register with the Society for the Environment as a Chartered Environmentalist, (CEnv), via the ‘grandparenting route’.
This ‘fast track’ way of becoming CEnv is time limited and the guillotine will fall at midnight on the 22nd of September 2005. If you are considering making an application but as yet haven’t done so please make sure your completed form and supporting documentation are with us by the above date. After this time you will be expected to undertake another full Professional Interview to gain the title.
If you have mislaid your form but would still like to register please go to the CIWEM website where you can download the information and application form, www.ciwem.org
Should you not be sure whether you qualify for registration and would like to discuss this with someone please make contact with the Membership Department helpdesk 020 7831 3110 or email membership@ciwem.org
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7. CIWEM WaterAid Project Links
CIWEM is pleased to announce that it raised over £14,400 for its 2004/5 Project Link with WaterAid, which focused on India. Of this total, an impressive £7,645 was raised by the Northern Ireland Branch largely through their popular Golf Day. Other Branches which raised significant amounts were West Midlands, South Western, Metropolitan and Scottish.
The Institution has a new Project Link for 2005/6 which will focus on the Old Ningo & Dodowa districts of Accra, Southern Ghana. The majority of the people in the project area are engaged in fishing and carry out subsistence farming. Access to potable water is 9.35%. The prospect of locating ground water has not been successful in the past years. The ground water sources are often salty and the piped water supply from Accra flows sometimes only once a month or less. As a result women and children have to cover at least 1kilometre or more to fetch water using about 2 hours of their day, every day.
The project is preparing communities to organise themselves into manageable units to acquire knowledge and skills in hygiene promotion, to build surface water tanks to store the occasional flow of tap water and to arrange for regular water tanker services. Household and public latrines are to be constructed to suit local conditions. This is expected to facilitate the adoption of good hygiene behaviour. There is also a strong school hygiene promotion component.
The objective of the project is to improve the quality of living and reduce poverty resulting from improved access to water, sanitation and the adoption of positive hygiene behaviour change.
This is the final year of a three year project cycle and at the end of the project in March 2006, Pronet (Accra) will have enabled 10,000 people to gain access to water, sanitation and hygiene promotion. More information on WaterAid is available at www.wateraid.org
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8. CIWEM Professional Indemnity Insurance
Do you find it difficult and expensive to obtain Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance?
CIWEM is aware that its members have found Professional Indemnity (PI) cover increasingly expensive and difficult to obtain in recent years, especially smaller firms and individual consultants. As a result, CIWEM is currently exploring the possibility of offering a PI insurance scheme exclusive to its members.
For more information, please click here: www.millergroupservices.com/CIWEM
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9. Consultations
CIWEM responds to a wide range of consultation documents as part of its technical and policy output. If you are a CIWEM member and have views on any current public consultations, please feel free to share them with us. A list of the consultations that are currently being considered, together with an internet address for the papers themselves, features in every edition of E-News. A deadline for when we need to receive your comments is always listed. If you would like to view recent consultation responses made by the Institution you can do so on the Institution’s website at www.ciwem.com/policy/consultation
Current consultations:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards: guidelines for halogen and hydrogen halides in ambient air for protecting human health against acute irritancy effects
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/airqual-halogen/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 20/06/05
Ofgem
Revision of guidelines on green supply offerings: Consultation document
http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/temp/ofgem/cache/cmsattach/10986_10905.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 20/06/05
Ofgem
The regulatory implications of domestic scale microgeneration
http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/temp/ofgem/cache/cmsattach/11267_12305.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 08/07/05
Pesticides Safety Directorate
A National Strategy For The Sustainable Use Of Plant Protection Products
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/environment.asp?id=1539
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 15/06/05
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Royal Commission Study on the Urban Environment
http://www.rcep.org.uk/urbanenvironmentinv.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 02/08/05
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10. In Brief
CIWEM at Chelsea Flower Show
CIWEM showcased the Water Works UK GROW rooftop water recycling system at the Chelsea Flower Show last month, and is pleased to announce that the stand was awarded a Bronze Medal by judges and attracted a lot of attention and positive feedback. CIWEM and Water Works UK want to thank everyone for the sterling help from all concerned, including people from Geberit, CIWEM and Cranfield University. Information about the Chelsea stand and the GROW rooftop water recycling is at www.ciwem.org/press.
New Chair for Certificate & Diploma Management Board
CIWEM is delighted that Prof. Simon Pollard will be taking up the role of Chair, Joint Examinations Board. This Board manages the Institution’s post-graduate Certificate and Diploma (http://www.ciwem.org/education/certificate/index.asp). Simon said of his new role, “the Certificate is highly regarded by the environment sector and the Chair offers me the opportunity to make a significant professional contribution to CIWEM”.
Simon was appointed to the Chair in Waste and Environmental Risk Management at Cranfield University in September 2002. Simon’s research and teaching interests are in sustainable technology systems, the management of wastes, contaminated land and environmental risk. He is the author of over 100 publications, Associate Editor of “Science of the Total Environment” and Director of Cranfield University’s Integrated Waste Management Centre, coordinating activity on waste and resource management across the University.
He obtained his PhD in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College in 1990, having formerly held appointments at the Universities of Alberta and Edinburgh. His industrial experience has been with consultants Aspinwall & Company, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and as the Environment Agency’s Head of Risk Analysis.
Stocks of CIWEM Habitats Guide Volume 1 and Risk Assessment for Environmental Professionals Running Low – Get Your Copy Now!
There are only 20 copies each of Habitats Guide and Risk Assessment for Environmental Professionals left. For more information on the publications and how to order visit http://www.ciwem.org.uk/publications/
CIWEM One-Day Workshops
There are still places left on the 'Preparing for the CIWEM Professional Review' workshop, Tuesday 25th October 2005.
Places also available on the 'How to be a CIWEM Mentor' workshop, Tuesday 15th November 2005.
For further details please visit www.ciwem.com/education/.
Meeting Room for Hire at CIWEM
The Institution's premises in John Street, situated between Bloomsbury and the City, has a room available for letting. Set out in Board Room style, it comfortably seats up to 15 people and is ideal for small meetings.
For further information, contact CIWEM
Tel: 0207 831 3110
E-mail: reception@ciwem.org
Or visit: http://www.ciwem.org.uk/about/meeting.asp
Snippets
CIWEM Executive Director Nick Reeves has been appointed by the Environment Agency to its Thames Regional Fisheries, Ecology & Recreation Advisory Committee (RFERAC). The Institution’s President, Geoff Bateman OBE will represent CIWEM on the Science Council’s Science and Sustainability Group. The Chartered Institution of Building has had its application to become a Constituent Body of the Society for the Environment approved.
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11. ENDS Report Offer for CIWEM Members
FREE TRIAL OFFER
To the UK’s leading monthly journal of environmental policy and business
Whether it’s the latest progress in implementing the Water Framework Directive or a blow-by-blow update on the REACH debate, our specialist writers have it covered. Stitching together the many strands of environmental policy and business, The ENDS Report offers a invaluable spectrum of coverage from the overview of the industry to the fine detail of a specific subject.
As a member of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, you can now trial The ENDS Report and www.endsreport.com FREE OF CHARGE for 28 days. Alternatively, order by 30th June and take advantage of the £50 saving - exclusive for CIWEM members.
To start your FREE trial click here http://www.endsreport.com/web/ciwem
To take advantage of the CIWEM subscription offer click here http://www.endsreport.com/web/ciwem-dis (this offer excludes current ENDS Report subscribers).
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12. Truth and Lies About the Global Water Crisis
Come and see Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop discuss the issues of global water poverty, WaterAid and her book “Troubled Water”. This high profile event will be held on 27th July at the University of Reading from 7pm onwards.
Dame Anita Roddick is a supporter of WaterAid and recently published her book “Troubled Water”, an examination of the global water crisis and the role played by the international water industry. The evening is hosted by the Environment Agency and sponsored by Thames Water, with all proceeds going to WaterAid.
The evening will include presentations from Anita and Stephen Turner, Head of Planning and Development at WaterAid. This will be followed by a question and answer session with a panel of experts comprising Dame Anita Roddick, Stephen Turner, Richard Aylard (External Affairs Director at RWE Thames Water) and Chris Birks (Environment Agency Thames Regional Director). The evening will conclude with a book signing, wine and canapé reception and a raffle.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Come along and join the debate about one of the most important issues of our time.
Tickets are priced £12.50 (£10 NUS concession) and are available from:
WaterAid, Swift House, Frimley Business Park, Camberley, GU16 7SQ.
Please make cheques payable to WaterAid, include a return address for the tickets and let us know how many you would like. For more information please contact wateraid@environment-agency.gov.uk
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13. Join CIWEM
CIWEM is a vibrant environmental professional body which offers professional development, an impressive programme of local, national and international events, a magazine ten times a year, a quarterly journal, excellent networking opportunities and many other benefits. Contact membership@ciwem.org for more details.
That was the e-newsletter from CIWEM’s Policy Department. Please keep comments and suggestions coming in. If you would like to be taken off the mailing list, please email webmaster@ciwem.org
Please pass any comments to:
Justin Taberham, Director of Policy, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, England, WC1N 2EB
Tel: 020 7831 3110
Fax: 020 7405 4967
E-mail: Justin@ciwem.org
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