EWSC Autumn Webinar Series: A recap

The Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) Autumn Webinar Series consisted of five different sessions.

Each session focused on a different area of the EWSC project, and offered a chance for project’s partners to share updates on the ’Enabling Actions’ they have been working on.

Session 1: An introduction to Enabling Water Smart Communities

This first session introduced the project, explained the challenges it’s aiming to address, explored the EWSC vision and framework, and explained what people could expect to get out of the webinar series.

Speakers:

Catherine Moncrieff, Policy & Engagement Manager, CIWEM
Rebecca Chau, Senior Strategic Designer, Arup

Further Reading:

What is a Water Smart Community?

Session 2 - Value focus: Water for people and places

This second session of the EWSC series shared insights from existing water reuse systems and integrated water management plans, and explored the implications for optimising the shared value of water reuse between developers, local authorities and water companies.

Speakers:

John Hernon, Strategic Development Manager, Thames Water
Catherine Moncrieff, Policy & Engagement Manager, CIWEM

Further Reading:

Findings from a water sustainability webinar and survey with local authorities

Session 3 - Community focus: Community perspectives and engagement with water

The third session of the EWSC webinar series offered a chance for the academics involved with EWSC project to present their initial findings from literature reviews, case study interviews and workshops with professionals and potential future residents.

Speakers:

Ella Foggitt, Research Associate, University of Manchester
Kavindra Paranage, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
Catherine Moncrieff, Policy & Engagement Manager, CIWEM

Further Reading:

Session 4 - Assets focus: Onsite water reuse

The fourth session in the EWSC webinar series shared insights on the challenges, opportunities and costs associated with community-level water reuse schemes. This included outcomes from a recent workshop with water company representatives and new cost data, associated with dual pipe water systems, that had been published in a report.

Speakers:

George Warren, Integrated Water Manager, Anglian Water
Alastair Chisholm, Director of Policy, CIWEM

Further Reading:

EWSC publishes report investigating costs of water reuse

Session 5 - Community-led stewardship models for water smart communities

The fifth and final webinar of the EWSC series explored the initial findings from research into existing stewardship models and co-designing a stewardship model.

Speakers: