Whisky galore!
The UK spirits industry is booming.
With the number of distilleries at an all-time high, regulation is required to ensure there is no impact on the environment.
The water of life
Neat or with a dash? Enthusiasts may disagree on …
Going with the flow. Modelling the travel time of pollution.
A pollution incident upstream could affect 16 public water supply intakes in the Thames basin. How long will it take?
Time for WHS
WHS needed to develop an operational tool to map the travel time of a pollution incident at …
Making practice perfect. Source apportionment in the river network.
The Environment Agency (EA) and UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) have been working together to develop a water-quality model to allocate the proportions of loads and concentrations of priority substances from different sources in the river network (source apportionment).
Time
…Assessing water resources on a large scale
Information on the magnitude and variability of flow regimes, at the river-reach scale, is central to water resource and water quality management. It is also essential to know the difference between natural and artificial components of stream flow data.
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… The water of life. Helping to assess water availability for Scotch whisky.
Scotch whisky production is the third biggest industry in Scotland. It is worth more than £5bn for the UK economy and growing fast. Can available water resources cope with demand?
Water is critical for many aspects of production, but mainly …