WTUN Guest Lecture - Global Water Security: The need for a holistic approach
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The presentation will introduce some of the general challenges of global water security (i.e., water availability and quality), highlighting the challenges of climate change, increasing population growth, and pollution. The concept of virtual water will be introduced and the necessity for society, industry, and governments to address water security in a global holistic framework. Examples will be given as to how western cultures can have a significant impact on water security for citizens living in many less well-developed parts of the world. Some small changes in our behaviour could have a significant impact on water quality in so many developing countries and we could have a marked impact on improving the quality of life and saving lives of fellow citizens world-wide.
The need for a holistic approach to water security will also be considered at the regional scale, with a detailed field data and hydro-bacteriological modelling study being undertaken to assess the causes of non-compliance of the bathing waters along the Ribble River Basin and the Fylde Coast. The estuary includes shellfish harvesting sites and the coast includes popular bathing waters, such as Blackpool. Field data were collected from the catchments, CSOs, WwTWs and river networks and the coast, for both wet and dry conditions, with the results highlighting the need for a holistic approach from Source to Sea, with sediment interactions also proving to be an important bacteria transport mechanism.
This session will be introduced and moderated by Iqbal Mujtaba, Professor of Computational Process Engineering and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) in the Faculty of Engineering and Digital Technologies at the University of Bradford.
About Professor Roger Falconer:
Roger Falconer is Emeritus Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, and an Independent Water Engineering Consultant. He graduated from Imperial College with a PhD in 1976, followed by posts at the universities of Birmingham (1977-86), Bradford (1987-97), and Cardiff (Professor 1997-18). He has managed a wide range of research projects on hydro-environmental modelling (computational and experimental) and has been involved in over 100 EIA studies worldwide. He has published extensively in the field and advises UK and overseas governments, consultants, and water companies, on water and environmental engineering projects. He regularly gives lectures and media and TV interviews on a range of topics relating to water and energy security. He is a Fellow of the: Royal Academy of Engineering, Chinese Academy of Engineering (For. Mem.) and European Academy of Sciences. He was President of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (2011-15) and was awarded an Hon DEng from the University of Bradford in 2022.
About Professor Iqbal Mujtaba:
Iqbal M. Mujtaba is a Professor of Computational Process Engineering and is the Associate Dean (Learning, Teaching & Quality) at the University of Bradford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE) and a Chartered Chemical Engineer. He is currently an honorary professor at the East China University of Science & Technology (ECUST), University of Jordan, and Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (Professor Naser Chair).
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This webinar is hosted by the World Technology Universities Network – WTUN.