Water Resources: Research
Garden Water Restrictions. a report to Defra Reviewing International Models of External Water Use Restrictions – November 2006
Waterwise is a UK NGO focussed on water efficiency in the UK. Waterwise have undertaken research on the scope of the current legislative framework relating to hosepipe bans. The research highlights shortcomings and suggests amendments to the legislation. The research will feed into the Defra public consultation on the scope of the current hosepipe ban legislation which will be undertaken early in 2007.
- Garden watering restrictions (PDF) (717 KB) - November 2006
Defra Climate Change Impacts and Adaption: Cross-Regional Research Programme. Topic C: Water
The overall aim of the project was to develop practical guidance on how to manage water resources in a changing climate. The research was completed by HR Wallingford, The Met Office and Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd. The project reviewed the impacts of climate change and potential adaption strategies based on case studies in two contrasting regions of the UK.
Trees and Drought Project on Lowland England - TaDPoLE - November 2002
The Trees and Drought Project on Lowland England (TaDPoLE) arose initially as a desk-based scoping study carried out for the Department of the Environment in association with the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission to assess the likely range of impacts of afforestation on water quantity.
The main aim of this follow on study has been an assessment of the likely impacts on water resources of the increase in woodland embodied in Government planning for the countryside. Using the extreme values of groundwater recharge rates which have been derived for each land-use for the comparatively wet period 1998-02, future recharge beneath a tract of land that has a current mix of forest and non-forest land-use, has been modelled for a number of land-use change scenarios.
- TaDPole Executive Summary (PDF) (560 KB) - November 2002
Climate Change and Demand for Water (Revisited) - CCDeW - February 2003
The CCDeW project has evaluated the impact of climate change on the demand for water in England and Wales. The project re-visits the 1996 benchmark study by Herrington to take advantage of new datasets, regional coverage of demand predictions and new methodologies for climate impact assessment. Demands for water for domestic purposes, and industrial, commercial and irrigation uses are included in the study. Estimates of changes in demand for each are made through the use of the UK Climate Impacts Programme's climate scenarios and the Environment Agency's water demand scenarios.
The CCDew project was undertaken by a consortium of leading research institutes. The project began in 2000 and produced the final report in 2003. See the executive summary and the final report on the Stockholm Environment Institute website.
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