Consultants in water high quality from 17 totally different international locations will probably be descending on Aberdeen subsequent week for a three-day worldwide workshop.
The occasion, being co-led by and held at The James Hutton Institute, will discover latest advances in water high quality measurement serving to to pinpoint vitamins and chemical compounds in freshwaters utilizing state-of-the artwork sensors.
Operating from 17 to 19 June, the workshop will embody shows by consultants from throughout 4 continents, together with from Canada, New Zealand, Northern Eire and Scandinavia, in addition to subject journeys to river restoration and water high quality monitoring websites in Aberdeenshire.
Dr Miriam Glendell, occasion co-organiser and analysis chief in catchment modelling on the Hutton, says, “We’re proud to host the fifth on this sequence of workshops right here on the Hutton the place now we have a powerful deal with waters, from understanding water high quality administration and modelling, and host Scotland’s Hydro Nation Worldwide Centre.
“There are numerous advances being made in how we will monitor and perceive our waters and river catchments for pollution, from organic to rising contaminants, corresponding to eternally chemical compounds and prescription drugs.
“Sharing these advances, how greatest to deploy them and the way greatest to make use of the info they supply, together with use of sensors and AI, will probably be a significant focus at this occasion, serving to to drive ahead experience, proof and understanding on this space to tell coverage and practise and safeguard our waters in Scotland, the UK and past.”
The occasion, the fifth Worldwide Workshop on Excessive Temporal Decision Water High quality Monitoring and Evaluation, is run by the Hutton, Hydro Nation Worldwide Centre (based mostly on the Hutton), the College of Stirling and the Swedish College of Agricultural Sciences. Sponsorship is offered from Badger Meter, the mum or dad firm of the world main model of water high quality sensors from s::can.
The sector journey will embody visits to the Beltie Burn restoration challenge close to Torphins and the Hutton’s Glensaugh analysis farm the place nature-based options (corresponding to “leaky boundaries” and riparian planting) are being monitored and assessed and long-term information assortment takes place as a part of the Environmental Change Community. The occasion has beforehand been held in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Eire.
