CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Annual Conference 2023

Themes of the conference 

As ever we will deliver engaging and thought provoking content through presentations, roundtables and workshops addressing the critical challenges of:

Storm water discharges - Now a perennial headline in the media, the spotlight remains on our community to deliver solutions. We have commitments, Action Plans, and are very much embarking on the journey to delivery within Asset Management Period 8 and beyond. What does this mean for resources, training, and innovative BlueGreen approaches?

Big data - challenge and opportunity. As the volume of information on asset condition and performance increases, we strive to understand what is important and translate this into benefits for customers and the environment.

Sewerage planning – With the dust settling on Cycle 1 of the Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans it is pertinent to reflect on the successes, translation to Periodic Review, and what is meant ‘Best Value Plan’. Improvements and revisions building on these reflections in preparation for Cycle 2."

Speakers 2023

We are thrilled to announce a great line-up of speakers for this year's CIWEM UDG Annual Conference.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Making green & nature based solutions the norm for the delivery of storm overflow reduction

Amelie Loubens, Water Enginner, Arup and Christian Phillips Adams, SOAF Programme Manager, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water

Improving efficiency from SOAF to AMP8 Assessments - Flexible Modelling Approaches for River Quality Assessment

Ashley Silk, Senior Consultant, Intertek

Treating discharges from overflows

Ben Carter, Modeller, RPS

Surface water runoff - the overlooked threat?

Bridget Woods-Ballard, Technical Director, HR Wallingford

SuDS+ community-led futures

Catlin Rogers, Principal Innovation Consultant, Isle Utilities

Ed Gower, Technical Director, Binnies

Data challenges of the July 2021 flooding

Fiona Barbour, BD Lead Scotland and Ireland | ICE Resilience CAB Co-chair, Mott MacDonald

Balancing water quality and infrastructure

Hector Troncho, Senior Engineer, WSP

Modelling blue-green approaches to stormwater management

Hannah Howe, Principal Consultant, AECOM

Storm overflows - two water company strategies

Margaret Williams, Strategic Waste Planning Lead, Severn Trent

Is there harm in reducing spills at storm overflows beyond hard?

Olivia Robbins, Urban Drainage Modeller, RPS

A risk-based tool that accounts for uncertainty in water quality studies

Phillipa Mohan, PhD Student, University of Sheffield

Water quality models and prioritisation

Rosie Wilson, Junior Consultant, Intertek

The PR24 U_MON6 driver: MCERTS certified monitoring of emergency overflows at sewage pumping stations

Simon Withey, Advisor, Environment Agency

CIWEM UDG Annual Conference Awards

The CIWEM UDG WaPUG Prize and the WSP Adam Dean Award were held again at the Urban Drainage Group Annual Conference.

The CIWEM UDG WaPUG Prize

Awarded to a person or team who has either:

• an established history of distinguished service in the field of urban drainage;
• made a lasting contribution to urban drainage practice, through development of tools or process, or the delivery of enhancements;
• exhibited leadership and inspiration to other urban drainage practitioners;
• influenced urban drainage issues and policy on a national level;
• delivered a significant urban drainage solution, demonstrating innovation and excellence;
• delivered innovation that has led to a step change in the way urban drainage issues are approached.

This year WaPUG Prize Winner - Martin Osborne 

The WSP Adam Dean Award

Adam was passionate about encouraging people starting out in their careers to get involved in their profession by sharing their knowledge and experience through papers and presentations. He saw it as an important step in building self-confidence, communication skills and engaging with the wider profession.

The WSP Adam Dean Award is aimed at encouraging those yet to take the big step of presenting at a conference to develop a poster presentation to be displayed and presented to a judging panel at the CIWEM UDG Annual Conference 2023.

Applications are invited from those with under four years experience who are yet to present a paper, and should take the form of a 200 word summary.

The selection of the finalists will made using the following criteria:

• Demonstrate clear understanding of the project needs and benefits to client, environment or community;
• Understanding of technical challenges and / or any innovation;
• Outline individual’s direct contribution to the project;
• What has the individual gained from their involvement and how will they apply this in their careers.

WSP Adam Dean Award Finalists: 

Megan Burn - Stantec, Desilava Mihova - WSP , Kristy Hulme - Mott MacDonald, Step Inancay - WSP, Luke Hind - WSP, Jinging Xue - Intertek

WSP Adam Dean Award Winner - Jinging Xue, Intertek

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