Time

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Venue

VIRTUAL | WEBINAR | Republic of Ireland

Cost

Free to attend

Hosted by the CIWEM Republic of Ireland branch

Event description

The Irish water industry is the largest consumer of electricity in the public sector, accounting for some 21% of the overall use. This electricity, which goes largely into aerating sludge during wastewater treatment and pumping drinking water and wastewater, contributes large volumes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year.

As with the Irish Government, the UK government has set a target of 2050 for net zero emissions. However, the water industry in the UK has pledged to reach this goal by 2030. An estimated 10 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions could be prevented by the water industry reaching net zero two decades ahead of the UK Government’s legally binding 2050 target.

As Ireland implements initiatives for its Climate Action Plan 2019, we take a look at the initiatives of one of our UK counterparts in the water industry. This event will discuss some of the measures that will allow the UK water industry to reach its ambitious target.


Part of the CIWEM Climate Emergency Adaptation and Resilience digital series



Register for 27 April 2021

About the speaker

Andy Dunn

Our speaker, Andy Dunn, is Chief Engineer at one of the UK’s largest public water supply and wastewater treatment companies, Thames Water. He joined Thames Water in January 2019 to lead the Science and Engineering teams, with responsibility for technical strategy and oversight of regulatory compliance, including driving the carbon agenda. Andy is currently Chair Elect of the CIWEM Trustee Board and will start his term in office in July 2021.


Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

This webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded. Please note that registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event. You will receive an email with joining instructions after you have successfully registered for the webinar and the registration has been approved by our team. If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please make sure you add this event to your calendar, all you need to do is copy the body text of the joining instruction email, go to your Calendar, create a new calendar appointment, set the start and end date and time, paste the text and click the "Save & Close" button.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Laura Foley at Laura.foley@cdmsmith.com .

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