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The following issues are covered in this edition of the newsletter:

1. Habitats Guide – Volume 1 Published!
2. Calling Young People to Attend Forum Meeting!
3. CIWEM Conferences
4. Technical Panels Update
5. CIWEM Photographic Competition 2004
6. Consultations
7. WEM Recruitment Media Pack
8. Get your Journal on CD
9. In Brief
10. Faststream Recruitment! Hot Jobs! Water Industry! England & Scotland!
11. Yacht – The Engineering Recruitment Experts
12. Specialist in Land Condition Training Day
13. MAIN Event
14.Join CIWEM

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1. Habitats Guide – Volume 1 Published!

Featuring a varied collection of habitat case studies, CIWEM’s new publication, Habitats Guide – Volume 1 (ISBN 1 870752 78 3) is a useful resource for all those with an interest in habitat management, creation and restoration, from students to environmental practitioners alike. It gathers together existing good practice guidance and case study information and looks at the planning context, EC Directives and other legislation affecting various habitats.

This volume considers a range of habitats which have experienced human intervention, from estuaries and ancient woodlands to buildings and golf courses. The final chapter considers different methods of comparing habitats and the difficulties involved in this analysis.

The chapters in this volume are written by fifteen different authors, all of whom are specialists in their fields. Each chapter aims to provide an introduction to the habitat, consider relevant legislation and set out best practice guidance for habitat management/creation/restoration. These principles are exemplified through case studies, from the UK and overseas, and reference is made to a wide range of texts, journal papers and websites, to further support the reader.

The guide costs £9.99 plus £3.00 Postage & Packing (including VAT). To order a copy, please send a cheque for £12.99 payable to ‘CIWEM’ to Helen Wilson, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, WC1N 2EB. Please contact Helen if you would like further information about the guide (E-mail: helen@ciwem.com; Tel: 0207 831 3110).

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2. Calling Young People to Attend Forum Meeting!

CIWEM is launching a Young Persons’ Forum which will be run by young people, who may be members of CIWEM or working towards membership. The Forum will work on issues which are relevant to young people in the environment sector and will have representation on CIWEM Council.

Whilst we envisage that the Forum will mainly communicate by e-mail, we feel that it is necessary to hold an initial meeting so that members can meet each other, select a Chairperson and identify what the Forum wants to achieve. This meeting will be held in Birmingham on Monday 5th April.

Please contact Helen Wilson (E-mail: helen@ciwem.com) if you would like to attend the meeting or if you wish to be added to the e-mail circulation list to receive correspondence relating to the Forum.

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3. CIWEM Conferences

CIWEM’s conferences continue to go from strength to strength. Featuring top-level speakers and yet still representing excellent value for money, the Institution’s events are now attracting bumper audiences and receiving great feedback from delegates.

Forthcoming events cover topics such as Diffuse Pollution, Fly-Tipping and Environmental Crime, Wastewater Reuse, Climate Change and Water Resources and Phosphorus Removal from Wastewaters. Further details and a full listing can be found below:

CIWEM’S WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE CONFERENCE SERIES

Water Framework Directive – Integrating Approaches to Diffuse Pollution
5th May 2004, London
Programme and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Diffuse Pollution May 5 CIWEM Programme.pdf
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

Water Framework Directive – Integrated River Basin Management – 13th July 2004
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

Water Framework Directive – Water Resources and Groundwater – 10th November 2004
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

OTHER FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

Flytipping and Environmental Crime – 5th May 2004
Programme and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Flytipping.pdf
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.ukTel: 0113 242 4200

Wastewater Reuse – Recapturing a Waste Resource – 17th May 2004
Further details and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Water & Wastewater Conferences.pdf
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Water Resources Under Climate Change – 18th May 2004
Further details and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Water & Wastewater Conferences.pdf
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Phosphorus Removal from Wastewaters – Still a Challenge for the UK? – 8th June 2004
Further details and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Water & Wastewater Conferences.pdf
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Improvement Programmes for Combined Sewer Overflows and other Intermittent Discharges – 23rd June 2004
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

CIWEM Presidential Conference – Science and the Environment – 1st July 2004
The theme being innovative scientific developments in land, air and water
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel. 0113 2424200

Getting to Grips with Quality at the Tap – Health, the Customer and Regulations – 15th June 2004
Programme and booking form available at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Quality At The Tap Brochure.pdf
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Young Members’ Study Tour – 20th – 24th September, 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

CIWEM National Conference – 13th-15th September 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Flood Management – 20th October 2004
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

9th European Biosolids & Organic Residuals Conference – 14th-17th November 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200

Public Participation
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 890415

Developing Themes in Environmental Management
Contact Bob Earll, CMS,
Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk Tel: 01531 89041

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4. CIWEM Technical Panels update

Air Panel

CIWEM’s Air Panel met in late February. They discussed current consultations to which the Panel is responding and articles that panel members are writing for the CIWEM magazine on topics including risk, odours and carbon emissions trading. They discussed the one-day Planning and Management of Odour event that they are organising jointly with the Wastewater Management Panel, which will be held at the CIWEM National Conference in September 2004. The Panel also began planning an event on Air Quality and Health and worked on a related Policy Position Statement on Health Impact Assessments (HIA) for land development.

One of the Panel members, Claire Holman, has written an article on HIA which was published in the February issue of WEM magazine and is available on the Panel’s web page: www.ciwem.com/policy/panels/air.asp The Panel is seeking views on the need for technical guidance on HIA within the land use planning regime, and would welcome your comments. Please send your views to Helen Wilson, Policy Officer, at helen@ciwem.com

The Air Panel has an active and knowledgeable membership with a wide range of expertise but we are still looking for some new panel members. If you are interested in joining the panel, please forward your CV to Justin Taberham, Director of Policy at justin@ciwem.com

Waste Management Panel

CIWEM’s Waste Management Panel met in early March and welcomed a new member, Larry Wolfe of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, to the meeting.

The main focus of the meeting was the development of a programme for a forthcoming event on Innovations in Waste Management, and the ongoing development of Policy Position Statements on Mechanical and Biological Treatment (MBT), Recycling, and Energy from Waste.

The Waste Management Panel has an active and knowledgeable membership with a wide range of expertise but we are still looking for some new panel members. If you are interested in joining the panel, please forward your CV to Justin Taberham, Director of Policy at justin@ciwem.com.

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5. CIWEM Photographic Competition 2004

2004 sees the launch of the WEM (Water and Environment Magazine) environmental photographer of the year competition. Open to members and non-members, this is your opportunity to display your creative and technical skills. The WEM photographer of the year will receive £150 to spend on photographic equipment.

Entries should be environmental in subject and sent in printed format or saved to disk. All entries must be received by Lead Media Ltd at 6 Harforde Court, John Tate Road, Hertford SG13 7NW before the closing date of 30 June 2004.

Photographers who wish their images to be returned should provide an addressed and postage paid envelope for the return of their entry. Entries may be published in WEM at the Editor’s discretion. No remuneration can be paid for the publication of images but full credit will be given to the photographer should an image be used in WEM.

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6. Consultations

CIWEM responds to a wide range of consultation documents as part of its technical and policy output. The majority of technical comment for these responses originates from the Institution’s Technical Panels but if you are a CIWEM member you may register your views with us for incorporation into a response. It is important that the Institution reflects its members’ views as far as possible in these responses. A list of the consultations that are currently being considered, together with an internet address for the papers themselves, feature in every edition of E-News.

If you have views on any of the issues raised in any of the consultation papers listed below we would very much like to hear from you. Contact details for either Alastair Chisholm or Helen Wilson are provided for each consultation paper, along with a deadline for when we need to receive your comments. Please do make sure you have your say.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State’s Final Consultation on Part B Combustion and Incineration Notes
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/ppc/
Contact helen@ciwem.com by 29/03/04

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Regulations about public places under section 42 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/public-places/index.htm
Contact helen@ciwem.com by 12/04/04

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Protecting people and the environment from hazardous chemicals
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/synthetic-chemicals/index.htm
Contact helen@ciwem.com by 13/04/04

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping Strategy
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/flytipping-strategy/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.com by 30/04/04

Environment Agency
Review of the Water Abstraction Charges Scheme
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/consultations/640533/?version=1&lang=_e
Contact alastair@ciwem.com by 26/03/04

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Consultation Paper on Planning Policy Statement 1: Creating Sustainable Communities
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/
page/odpm_plan_027494.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.com by 30/04/04

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Implementation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (2001/42/EC)
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/
contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=4398&l=2
Contact helen@ciwem.com by 30/04/04

OFWAT
Water Act 2003, Water Supply Licensing: Modifications to Water Undertakers’ Existing Conditions of Appointment and Conditions of Water Supply Licensing
http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/
cons_modification270204.pdf/$FILE/cons_modification270204.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.com by 30/04/05

OFWAT
A consultation paper on the application of powers under section 22A of the Water Industry Act 1991 to impose financial penalties
http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/aptrix/ofwat/publish.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/
cons_section22a260204.pdf/$FILE/Cons_section22a260204.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.com by 14/05/04

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7. WEM Recruitment media pack

Water and Environment Manager (WEM) 2004 recruitment and display media pack is now available. If you or your company are looking to recruit in 2004 WEM's recruitment section can provide the answer. For a pdf of the media pack please e-mail your request to WEM@leadmedia.co.uk

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8. Get your Journal on CD

Recipients of CIWEM’s Journal are now being offered the opportunity to receive the publication in CD ROM format, either in addition to the printed version (for an additional cost of £96 for UK recipients or £116 for those overseas) or instead of the hard copy.

If you wish to change the format in which you receive your Journal, please fill in the form on the back cover of your Journal and return it to the freepost address supplied.

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9. In Brief

CIWEM Environment Group Chair in UK Carbon Vision delegation
Dr Katherine Hyde, Chair of CIWEM’s Environment Group, has been invited to join the UK Carbon Vision (Defra / EPSRC / Carbon Trust) delegation visiting Boston, Ottawa and Vancouver for a week at the end of the month. Lord Whitty, Defra Minister for Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy, will accompany the delegation.

How to be a CIWEM Mentor
Next course date: Thursday 25 March 2004
For a registration form and course details
please click on the following link:
http://www.ciwem.org.uk/education/course2/index.asp
Course contact: Harriet Jackson
E-mail: harriet@ciwem.org.uk

IAgrE Annual Conference
IAgrE, a partner alongside CIWEM in the Society for the Environment, will be running its Annual Conference: Land Use and the Environment – Delivering Solutions on 13 May 2004 at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

To book for this important conference or for further details, please contact:
IAgrE, Tel: 01525 861096 Fax: 01525 861660 Email: conferences@iagre.org or book on-line at the website: www.iagre.org

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10. Faststream Recruitment! Hot Jobs! Water Industry! England & Scotland!

• Senior Project Manager - Mechanical or Electrical bias. Based Scotland. To £240/day or £37k plus car.
  Join this leading contractor and play a key role in the development of their Scottish portfolio of projects!
  
• M&E Site Manager - Based East Anglia. 6 months duration. £200/day.
  With a world wide reputation for quality, our client offers the chance to oversee some of its most important sites!
  
• Mechanical/Electrical Design Engineer - Based Scotland. Contract & permanent opportunities! To £220/day or £35k.
  Our client is a contractor with an envied water industry reputation. Help shape their future in Scotland!
  
• Network Modeller - Based East Anglia. Water projects using ISIS! To £28k.
  Working for a global multi-discipline consultancy, be part of a team working within large scale water projects.
  
• Civil Engineer - Based Yorkshire. Design manager for CSO schemes. To £35k.
  Join a leading water joint venture company working on behalf of a major utility, leading a team of engineers on wastewater projects.

Visit our website at www.faststream.co.uk to register your CV and to view our current vacancies for water industry professionals, alternatively please call on 023 8033 4444 to discuss possible opportunities.

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11. Yacht – The Engineering Recruitment Experts

Yacht promise a fresh new approach to engineering recruitment, with a unique service dedicated to finding exactly the right job for you. Right now, Yacht has a number of opportunities in the infrastructure and utilities sector for engineers and environmental professionals.

Visit us now to register your CV and learn how Yacht can help you find a successful career in engineering.
http://www.yachtgroup.com/uk/pages/home/default.asp

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12. Specialist in Land Condition Training Day

As part of the development of the Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC) Registration scheme, members of the SiLC Professional and Technical Panel and Asessors Panel are hosting a training day to provide information about the SiLC assessment process and the completion and use of the Land Condition Record on which the scheme is based. The training day is open to all those who are considering applying to become a SiLC.

The day will be hosted by a member of the SiLC Professional and Technical Panel (PTP) and by members of the SiLC Assessors Panel, it will be held on Wednesday 2nd June 2004 at The National Centre for Early Music, York. Registration will be at 9.30 am. Please book early to ensure a place, numbers are limited and will be allocated in order of application.

For a programme and booking form visit the SiLC website at www.silc.org.uk

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13. MAIN Event

MAIN 2004
The Membrane Academia Industry Network Conference, May 19 -20 2004, Cranfield University

MAIN 2004 represents the final event of the Membrane Academia Industry Network. MAIN was initiated in January 2000, with its principal aim of disseminating information between the industrial and academic membrane communities within the UK. Since then there have been three workshops and the development of a database of UK membrane plant and academic study (www.cranfield.ac.uk/sims/water/mem-net/)

The meeting presents the opportunity to exchange ideas and keep abreast of current trends in R&D, plant operation and performance, and governing regulatory and legislative issues. It comprises a 2-day meeting, culminating in an open discussion on the future of membrane technology in the municipal sector and the associated challenges to be met by the research institutions. Presentations will include keynote papers on membrane fouling characterisation by leading international researchers, along with papers in the general area of membrane science and technology as selected by the Scientific Committee from submitted papers. As well as publication of all presentations in the conference proceedings, papers will appear in a special edition of the CIWEM Journal, subject to the usual Journal peer review process.

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14. 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.com 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.com

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.com

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