16 March 2023
In 2022 between March and September Wales received just 63.8% of its expected rainfall, the driest seven-month period in 150 years. As a result, Drought was declared for much of the summer across the whole of Wales, only going into recovery after welcome autumn rainfall in late November 2022.
This webinar will provide an overview of drought management in Wales and a synopsis of the hydrological highlights and sequence of events during 2022.
Our three speakers, will each provide an overview of the droughts’ impacts from the perspective of the environment | land management, water users, agriculture and water supply providers’ perspectives. They will review the actions taken in response to the drought and discuss lessons learnt to consider when managing and planning for droughts in the future.
Following the presentations, there will be a Q&A session.
Part of the CIWEM Land and Water Management digital series.
Register for 16 March 2023Tracey Dunford
Tracey Dunford has over 20 years’ experience working for Natural Resources Wales, NWR (and formerly Environment Agency Wales) within water resources, including hydrometric monitoring, hydrology and water resources planning. She is now a lead advisor and expert on water resources planning, including drought management within Wales. She leads on policy and guidance for developing water resources management plans and drought plans (including regional plans) that are within or affecting Wales. She also reviews these plans and advises the Welsh Government on them.
Tracey is the drought co-ordinator for NRW for past few years. She works with colleagues and other organisations to ensure we are prepared for droughts and key role in co-ordinating NRWs response to recent experience within Wales. She works with the Welsh Government, water companies, FUW, NFU, Public Heath Wales and others via the Wales Drought Liaison Group. She also leads on co-ordinating NRWs water resources evidence needs and has been an active stakeholder for the about drought research (led by UK CEH). She is also a member of CIWEM’s Welsh branch, the Water Resources Panel and was awarded the President’s Award for 2022.
Mr Gareth Parry
Gareth Parry joined the Farmer’s Union of Wales, FUW, Policy Team in 2019 to help provide effective and timely communications on all policy related issues.
As senior policy and communications officer, he is responsible for relevant areas of work relating to policy communications both internally and externally including the continued regular provision of news and updates to FUW officials, members and those outside the organisation. Gareth helps to develop focussed relationships to ensure clear communication of the Union’s position on important legislative issues that promotes the interests of FUW members and lays the foundations for a forward-looking agricultural industry. He is also responsible for directing the servicing of Standing Committees of the Council of the Union.
Gareth has a family background in agriculture and prior to joining the Policy Team, completed a degree in Agriculture and Business Studies at Aberystwyth University with first class honours
Thomas Elmitt
After graduating from Cardiff University having studied Maths and Physics, Tom Elmitt undertook a local flood risk management foundation degree while working across North Somerset Council, with secondments to EA Wales’ National Capital Programme Management Service and Hyder Consulting’s Water team. After two years in the local authority, Tom joined Welsh Water initially within Developer Services, and then Water Resources as a water resources analyst, principally focussed on South East Wales and supporting the production of Welsh Water’s 2014 Water Resources Management Plan with modelling and data analysis. In 2016 Tom moved into his current role of South West area water resources manager, covering Barry to Borth, and providing technical support to drought plans, Water Resources Management Plans, and abstraction licence changes, as well as advice and management of operational responses to the dry weather events of 2018 and 2020, and the drought of 2022.
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.
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If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Tracey Dunford at Tracey.Dunford@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk.
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