Engineering the future of water

Behaviour change and demand management

Chair: Dr Jean Venables FREng

Speakers: Melvyn Kay, Dr Jan Selby, Steve Magenis, Michael Norton MBE, Robert Musgrove, and Daniel Webb

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Dr Jean Venables CBE FREng FICE Chairman, Crane Environmental

Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities

22 November 2011

Water abstraction

Storage

Treatment

Distribution

Use (Household,

Business, industry)

Sewage

Water Use

Sewage

Sewers (Separate or combined)

Waste Water Treatment Works

River/Sea

Sewage

Effluent

Overflow

Combined sewer

overflows

Groundwater infiltration

Rain

Combined sewerage system

Infiltration

Surface water

Foul flow

Overflow

River

•Skimmers •Oxygenation

Waste water

treatment works

Overflow

River

Sludge for disposal

Effluent River • Lining • Maintenance

• Green Infrastructure • Rain water harvesting • Disconnect highway

drainage • SUDs

• Local waste water treatment works

• Reduced water use

Management - balancing flows

Storage in system

From ODPM presentation on PPS25 (2006) and the JBA Review of IDBs Report (2006)

Land Drainage in England and Wales

‘The areas which… …derive benefit or

avoid danger as the result of drainage

operations’. The Medway Letter (1933) in describing IDB Drainage

Districts.

Internal Drainage Boards in England and Wales

• 156 in England & Wales

• Cover a 10th of England

• 1.2million hectares

Engineering the future of water Behaviour change and demand management

1:30pm Guests arrive, refreshments served

2:00pm Welcome from Chair, Dr Jean Venables FREng

2:10pm The link between water, agriculture and food

Melvyn Kay, Executive Secretary, Irrigation UK

2:40pm How society values water

Dr Jan Selby, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, School of Global

Studies, University of Sussex

3:10pm Planning - where we put the demand

Steve Magenis, Senior Engineer, Royal Haskoning

3:40pm Tea and coffee served

4:00pm The case of virtual water

Michael Norton MBE, Managing Director, Water & Power, Halcrow

4:30pm The role of smart water infrastructure in supporting behaviour change

Robert Musgrove, Capital Programmes Lead, IBM and Daniel Webb, IBM

Global Business Services

5:00pm Closing comments from Chair

5:15pm Drinks reception

6:15pm Close

Engineering the future of water

Behaviour change and demand management

Chair: Dr Jean Venables FREng

Speakers: Melvyn Kay, Dr Jan Selby, Steve Magenis, Michael Norton MBE, Robert Musgrove, and Daniel Webb

www.engineeringthefuture.co.uk

Twitter: @EngtheFuture #GWS2011

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