The Change and Water Scarcity Focus Area is led by Enda O’Connell, Chris Kilsby (Newcastle University) and Adrian McDonald (Leeds University).<\/p>\n
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) suggests that, under current climate change modelling scenarios, future summers could become hotter and drier while winters will become warmer and wetter. This is predicted to be most pronounced in the south and east of England where water scarcity is likely to become a major issue and a range of options for managing the supply-demand balance will need to be investigated. There is a need to ensure that water resource planning and the assessment of options take adequate account of uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Our second Workshop “” was held in Birmingham on 1st February 2011.
\nA meeting Report Summary is . Presentations are available to view as .pdf files.<\/p>\n
Enda O’Connell, Newcastle University Adrian McDonald, Leeds University<\/strong> Pete Boden, Edge Analytics Ben Piper, Atkins Chris Kilsby, Newcastle University Clare Ridgewell, Essex and Suffolk Water Simon Barnes, IGD James Gilchrist, OFWAT Magda Styles, Environment Agency Our first Workshop in this Focus Area ‘ Water Resource Management\u00a0in a Changing Climate’ was held\u00a0at Birmingham University\u00a0in February 2010. It explored methods for using the UKCP09 future climate scenarios in water resources assessment and mechanisms for transferring this knowledge to water companies so that they can update their water resources assessments using the best available science.\u00a0 Whilst the UKCP09 scenarios focus on water supply in the future, (LEC) outlined her complimentary new EPSRC project\u00a0 that\u00a0 focuses on developing a practice-based model of water demand . The project will target S and SE England, regions already vulnerable to climate stresses, and likely to be most vulnerable to any future climate change and growth in water demand.\u00a0 Research results will help frame the terms of the next Periodic Review and provide tools and data for a more integrated treatment of climate change impacts that can be rolled out across the UK. Meeting notes including summaries of presentations and a synthesis of the Workshop\u00a0can be found <\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/p>\nWorkshop on “Water Resources\u00a0Management in a Changing Climate”<\/h4>\n