Development of a risk based approach to surface water abstraction

该项目将开发一种从集水区抽取地表水用于饮用水供应的新系统。该系统将基于日益广泛的来自遥感、卫星信息和流域利益攸关方的集水区和环境数据，以开发水质和水量的实时预测模型，并评估水资源的风险。该项目的成果将包括一些科学工具，以解决一些持续存在的环境和社会问题，包括供应的弹性、从地表水中提取水的生态可持续性、与水处理相关的能源成本上升以及饮用水质量法规的遵守。该项目建立在与Severn Trent Water(STW)的现有合作伙伴关系的基础上，以及以前在EPSRC EngD项目中开发的初步建模工具。新系统在提高供水复原力和供水质量、显著改善水质合规性、减少抽水对环境的影响以及减少昂贵和能源密集型处理过程的需要方面具有重大潜力。从长远来看，该项目可以扩展到英国和海外的其他网站/公司(例如，通过GCRF机会)。

The project will develop a new system for surface water abstraction from catchments for potable (drinking) water supply. This system will be based on increasingly widespread catchment and environmental data from remote sensing, satellite information and catchment stakeholders to develop real time predictive models for water quality and quantity and evaluate risks to water resources. The outputs from the project will include scientific tools to address a number of ongoing environmental and societal concerns regarding the resilience of supply, ecological sustainability of water abstraction from surface waters, the rising energy cost associated with water treatment and compliance with drinking water quality legislation.The project builds on and existing collaborative partnership with Severn Trent Water (STW) and well as preliminary modelling tools previously developed in an EPSRC EngD project. The new system has significant potential to both improve the resilience and quality of water supplies, significantly improving water quality compliance, reducing environmental impact of abstraction and reducing the need for expensive and energy intensive treatment processes. In the longer term the project is scalable to other sites/companies in the UK and overseas (e.g. via GCRF opportunities).