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Chemical engineering student working to improve water quality in Peru

on 26th Nov 2018

On 18 October, Andina, the official press agency of the Peruvian government, published an article by Luis Iparraguirre about Nazia Loayza, a student involved in PEER and International Water Security Network (IWSN) projects as part of the Agua-Andes team.... Read more »

Categories: Blog Peru South America Student scholarships

How is scarce water in South Africa really allocated and what are the implications for catchment resilience and fruit production?

on 6th Nov 2018

By Bruce Lankford (University of East Anglia), and Jon McCosh, Mlungisi Shabalala and Lutendo Mugwedi (Institute of Natural Resources) Abstract In this piece we argue that; 1) an absence of purposive managed water allocation can be observed in some... Read more »

Categories: Africa Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Ecosystems Gamification Groundwater Nexus Resilience River basins uMngeni

Former IWSN student championing efforts to save one of Africa’s longest remaining free-flowing rivers

on 17th Oct 2018

A former International Water Security Network (IWSN) student has been leading national efforts in Zambia to save the Luangwa River from the potentially detrimental effects of damming. Sililo Agness Musutu, who currently works as a freshwater coordinator for the... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Monash South Africa Student scholarships Zambia

World Water Congress and Exhibition: Shaping Our Water Future

By: Sarah Ward on 9th Oct 2018

Between 16-21 September, 9,815 participants from 98 countries, representing governments, utilities, academia, private companies, and international organisations, came together at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo Exhibition Centre) to participate in a strategic platform discussing and co-creating solutions to our global... Read more »

Categories: Asia Blog Climate change adaptation Green infrastructure Resilience University of the West of England

Fishing rights, property rights, human rights: the impact of the privatisation of the UK commercial fishery

By: Thomas Appleby on 9th Oct 2018

The sea is by and large a giant public open space, usually owned in some form by the state on behalf of the public. The sheer scale and multiple user nature of the space means that there are often... Read more »

Categories: Blog Fishing University of the West of England

From water labelling to pumps-as-turbines, WatefCon 2018 covered it all!

By: Sarah Ward, Karen Simpson, James Dunn and Joe Thomas on 4th Oct 2018

Introduction by Sarah Ward: One of the most friendly and comprehensive water conferences, the Water Efficiency Network Conference, yet again exceeded all expectations and delivered an impactful, industry-grounded and state of the art knowledge exchange experience for academics and... Read more »

Categories: Blog University of the West of England Water services

Survey on perceptions of drinking water launched

on 11th Sep 2018

A student at the University of the West of England has launched a survey to find out about people’s water drinking habits and their opinion on drinking water fountains. Joe Thomas, studying for an MSc in Environmental Consultancy, is... Read more »

Categories: Blog University of the West of England

A management tool for pastures and wetlands of the Pilpichaca community

By: Ana Luisa Calvo Acosta on 29th Aug 2018

The aim of the study ‘Community Management Plan for pastures and wetlands of the Pilpichaca community in the Huancavelica region’ (CMP Pilpichaca) was to generate a scientifically validated management tool intended to serve as a guidance instrument for engagement... Read more »

Categories: Blog Peru University of the West of England

Water security in the parks and gardens of Hermosillo

By: David Ruiz López on 21st Aug 2018

David Ruiz is a senior undergraduate student majoring in Public Administration at the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico. David won the International Water Security Network Student Prize 2018. He is interested in water security issues related to greenspace... Read more »

Categories: Blog Green infrastructure IWSN Student Prize Mexico South America University of Arizona

Supporting just transitions to renewable run-of-the-river hydropower: Lessons from Nepal Himalayas

By: Arica Crootof (MS) on 8th Aug 2018

Coding each interview, I am taken back to the dusty bench, the leather chair, the kitchen stool, the grassy patch where I was given chai and cookies and invited to sit and to listen. Whittling down the hundreds of... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Asia Blog Himalayas Nepal River basins University of Arizona

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