Tackling combined stormwater overflows
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Awareness and concern about the volume of sewage entering our rivers and seas has gained momentum with widespread calls for the water sector to improve the situation. This is a complex situation, so what are the most effective approaches to significantly reducing the use of storm overflows and improving the quality of bathing and river water? Join to hear:
- Updates on plans to tackle overflows and expert discussion on the challenges these plans involve
- Case studies on scaled deployment of catchment solutions delivered in partnership
- Grey vs green infrastructure what’s the right balance
- Bringing facts to the debate - measuring water quality in real time
Chair and overview: Significantly reducing overflows for cleaner seas and rivers – our approach
Nick Mills, Head of the clean rivers & seas task force, Southern Water
Putting green recovery funding to use – using nature based solutions to manage surface water
Adam Boucher, Operations lead – Green Recovery, Mansfield Sustainable Flooding Resilience, Severn Trent
Working towards a sewer overflow free future – a practical approach to a shared problem
Mike Williamson, Managing director – water division, Adler and Allen
Water quality risk forecasting - real time water quality and AI monitoring at Warleigh Weir and Poole Harbour
Ruth Barden, Wessex Water
