3. Objectives for today
• Ensure that we leave with a common sense of
purpose for the Water Partnership
• Identify the priorities for water management
and water stewardship in the region
• Identify the key stakeholders we need to make
it happen
• Give ourselves confidence that everyone is
committed to what we agree
5. Group discussion
Vision
• Work collaboratively and show leadership on water
management
• Oversee delivery of key regional projects such as Water
Resource East Anglia and water efficiency initiatives
• Organise wider water forums which give all water users a say
on water management
• Work across sectors and organisations to improve resilience
for future droughts
• Promotes best practice in communications
• Shape governance arrangements for national water resource
management and to prepare for future droughts
• Ensure a coordinated and planned response to the pressures
of population growth and climate change.
9. Who Are We?
• A global centre of expertise in
science, technology, engineering
and management (STEM)
• An environment for strongly
business-engaged research,
innovation, and postgraduate
education
• Renowned for delivering
programmes that transform
professional lives
11. Our Graduates
• Cranfield dominates areas of
UK Postgraduate Education
• MBA Ranked No. 1 in the UK
and No. 3 in the World*
• Cranfield is one of the top UK
universities for graduate
employment **
• Truly international
* The Economist & The Wall Street Journal
** 93% (source HESA)
12. Number of postgraduate students studying Engineering and Technology:
2010/11
Number of postgraduate students
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Source: HESA (2012). NB: Only HEIs with more than 500 students registered in engineering and technology are shown.
13. Research
• One the UK‟s top five research
intensive universities*
(with Oxford, Cambridge and London‟s
Imperial College and UCL)
• Ranked 3rd in the UK for „research
power‟ in Mechanical, Aeronautical
& Manufacturing Engineering
(UK RAE, December 2008)
*research income as percentage of turnover
16. Cranfield Water Science Institute
Aim to drive water innovation and deliver excellence
Internationally-recognized centre of excellence
undertaking research, consultancy, and education in
science, engineering and management of water in the
municipal, industrial and natural environments.
17. Water
Irrigation
Biochem Risk
Chemical Management Modelling
Engineering
Engineering River
Analytical
Restoration Water and
Chemistry
sanitation
Membrane
Science
Gas Systems
Extensive Catchment Climate Change Molecular
Processes Management Asset
Microbiology
Economics
Management
18. Focus on thematic research areas
Maintaining the flow
International water
development
Sewage works of the future
Infrastructure and governance
Securing food in a changing
world
Membranes
Catchment processes
Instrumentation and control
23. Pilot hall
• Three 1 m3 pilot
wastewater treatment
plants
• Gas testing
• MBRs,
• Media beds
• Anaerobic processes
• Ponds
• UASBs
• Anaerobic digesters
30. We offer Masters courses that can
be completed full-time or parttime.......
MSc in Water:
Water & Wastewater Engineering
Environmental Water Management
Community Water & Sanitation
MTech in Water Processes
31. MTech Water Processes
Scope
•
•
•
•
Asset planning and management
Process optimisation
Water company R&D
Process design
Careers
• Water companies
• Environmental / engineering consultancies
• Research
Dr Pete Jarvis
Course tutor
38. Water footprinting - potato production in England
Water used in
processing 0.3 m3/t
Blue water withdrawn
0.3 m3/t
Consumed
0.1 m3/t
Returned
0.2 m3/t
• Water use 109 m3/t
• 68% green water
Water used in growing
108.7 m3/t
Blue water withdrawn
35.0 m3/t
Consumed
21.0 m3/t
Returned
14.0 m3/t
Green water
73.7 m3/t
Consumed
73.7 m3/t
• Total water consumption 95 m3/t
• 78% green water
• Almost all in the growing phase
40. Climate change impacts on crop production and land suitability
Baseline
2030H
2050H
Cropped area
2030L
2050L
Daccache, A., Keay, C., Jones, R.J.A., Weatherhead, E.K, Stalham, M.A., and Knox, J.W
(2012). Climate change and land suitability for potato production in England and Wales:
impacts and adaptation. Journal of Agricultural Science 150: (2): 161-177
42. Improving water use efficiency and
water capture in field crops
• Improved water use efficiency: Genetic
manipulation of abscisic acid biosynthesis in
tomato: a model crop system to study the
impact of elevated ABA on water use
efficiency and root hydraulics.
Improved root systems for water capture: Genetics of root
development in tomato: discovery and fine-mapping of QTL and
monogenic mutants that impact on long-term root distribution in soil
Novel tomato rootstocks to confer water use efficiency and
resistance to abiotic stress: e.g. EU FP7 project: “ROOTOPOWER”.
2012-2015
51. Group discussion
Strategy and Plans for 2015 – 2020
• Partnership and collaboration in practice
e.g. Water stewardship
• Topics that could benefit most from a
partnership approach
e.g. Resilience, growth, customer behaviour,
climate change
• Concepts, tools and projects to deliver aims
e.g. behaviour change, projects such as Water
Resources East Anglia
International leading research team tackling the agenda of sustainability and security in water resources, energy and chemicals. Research is focussed on short and long terms solutions to municipal, industrial, agricultural and environment needs.Run UK’s largest Water MSc programme producing 70 plus new graduates per year.
Here’s 2 slides on our work and industry publications, one on irrigation and water resources, and one on climate impacts/adaptation, UK orientedThe little pictures at the bottom of the first are examples of booklets we have produced for farmers based on our research projects, and the map relates to my TWSTT project on water trading.The second looks at climate change impacts on irrigation need for potatoes, land suitability for rainfed potatoes, and the booklet we produced for the industry.(Booklets all available from the UKIA website)Keith