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Next BRIM Workshop: A Reference Architecture for a Resilient UK Water Supply System (2 May 2018) - BRIM - Building Resilience Into risk Management

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Next BRIM Workshop: A Reference Architecture for a Resilient UK Water Supply System (2 May 2018)

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Wednesday 2nd May, 2018 – 09:30 to 16:00
@ Loughborough University, LE11 3TU

Aims of the workshop

A workshop event will bring together a range of stakeholders from academia and industry to actively explore the benefits of adopting a reference architecture of the UK water infrastructure.

Background

The variability of the UK’s weather and climate, and the occurrence of extreme weather events (e.g. draughts and floods) present long-term challenges in meeting water demands. There is an apparent need to develop a resilient water supply to meet all demand from both social demand and environmental aspects. Water supply systems have traditionally been designed to cope with the worst drought that has previously occurred. Drivers, which push for a change in planning efforts, come from; a growing population; a growing economy; climate change; uncertainty; environmental regulation and abstraction.

Here, resilience is in terms of current water resource availability and knowledge sharing between companies on future reliability of water resource options and potential alternatives. This lack of knowledge sharing between companies, neighboring or otherwise, against which levels of service can be compared and improved, is critical to the sustainability of future water supply. An integrated approach to water resources management plan (WRMP) by water companies as a collective, or at least a selection of companies who see the largest threats, would see potential benefits. This is also true of drought measures that can be included in an integrated WRMP and considers the likelihood of increased drought frequency and severity in a time of increased uncertainty.

Participation

We are looking for attendees to get involved in discussions and activities throughout the day. We are also looking for presentations from those working in the areas of water resource management, resilience engineering, systems modelling or similar and related topics. Due to the time constraints, please send a message to d.joannou@lboro.ac.uk with the outline of the presentation, where a selection of presentations will be made.

Workshop Outputs

1. A shared understanding of the role of a reference architecture in the water supply system context

2. Identifying key stakeholders and planning the next steps for developing a reference architecture

3. A list of related topics (directly or indirectly) related to this research area

Cost & Registration

This event is free of charge to all registered participants and includes lunch and refreshments. Please send an email to d.joannou@lboro.ac.uk to register your interest for the event.

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