CIWEM E-News – October 2004
Dear Subscribers,
Thanks for subscribing to CIWEM’s E-News. This is a free electronic version of the monthly newsletter which is distributed to all those interested in CIWEM’s work. The service is administered through CIWEM’s web site www.ciwem.org where you can subscribe via the top menu button for ‘NEWSLETTER’. If you would rather not hear about our work, you can also unsubscribe there.
This email is being delivered to over 7000 subscribers.
The following issues are covered in this edition of the newsletter:
1. CIWEM Launches More 2005 Awards
2. CIWEM’s Autumn Conferences – Book Now!
3. Subscription Payment Now Possible on Members Section of CIWEM’s Website
4. Technical Panels Update
5. Consultations
6. Fees and Subscriptions 2005
7. In Brief
8. New 2004/05 Branch and Group Calendar of Events
9. Events for CIWEM Young Members
10. Free Monthly Environmental Legislation Updates
11. Specialists in Land Condition Training Day
12. The Construction Careers Event 2004
13. Towards Sustainable Use of Organic Wastes Conference
14. Key Issues in Managing Soils for the 21st Century Conference
15. Threats or Opportunities – The Regulatory Challenges facing the Environmental Solutions Industry
16. Accelerating Sustainable Development Conference
17. Join CIWEM
1. CIWEM Launches More 2005 Awards
CIWEM has recently launched two of its leading Awards which seek to promote innovation in the water industry, and practical application of science and engineering for sustainable environmental improvement.
The 2005 Ken Roberts Award for Technical Innovation in the Water Industry offers a prize of £1,000 for submissions which may relate to projects, research or other relevant work and will be judged on the following criteria:
- Relevance to the water industry
- Technical and environmental excellence
- Innovation
- Practical value
- Presentation.
The World of Difference Award, supported by Black & Veatch, focuses on innovative design in water and wastewater projects. The winner of the World of Difference Award will receive a trophy, a framed certificate and a cheque for £1000. The winning project and one runner-up project will be promoted by CIWEM and featured in Water and Environment Magazine.
The Award is international, and submissions from younger people encouraged. The size of the project is immaterial: small projects that make a big difference are encouraged to apply. The judging panel will consider the originality of the concepts and take into account the age and experience of applicants.
To be eligible for the Award, projects must:
- Relate to the water cycle
- Be specific, rather than a theoretical design
- Be innovative and achievable
- Be beneficial to the environment and demonstrate sustainability.
Entries for either award should be in the form of a summary report up to ten A4 pages in length, including figures, tables and photographs. A hard copy of the submission should be sent to Harriet Greene at CIWEM (15 John Street, London WC1N 2EB), along with an electronic copy in MS Word format sent as an e-mail attachment (if the file size is under 1MB) to hgreene@ciwem.org, or four individual copies sent on CD.
The closing date for entries for the 2005 Ken Roberts Award is 14 January 2005. The deadline for entries to the World of Difference Award is 30 January 2005.
For more information see www.ciwem.org/awards/
2. CIWEM’s Autumn Conferences – Book Now!
CIWEM’s conferences running this coming autumn are now booking and spaces are filling up fast. Here is a list of forthcoming conferences and other events. Links are provided to electronic brochures where available.
CIWEM, in Association with Defra
Making Space for Water – Developing a New Government Strategy for Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management in England – 20th October, 2004
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/events/Making_Space_for_Water_Programme.pdf
Integrating Land-Use and Water in Practice
Linking Surface and Groundwaters: Developing Priorities and Long-term Vision – 10th November, 2004
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/about/Groundwater_Programme_Eversion.pdf
European Biosolids - 14th – 17th November, 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Tel: 0113 242 4200 Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/events/9th_Biosolids_-_Brochure.pdf
Risk Management in Water Supply
14th December, 2004, Edinburgh
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Tel: 0113 242 4200 Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk
World Wetlands Day 2005
31st January and 1st February 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Public Participation and the Environment
8th March 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Developing Themes in Environmental Management
11th May 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems)
15th June 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
European Flooding 2005
Autumn 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
For further information about CIWEM’s programme of national conferences, please contact Justin Taberham, Director of Policy, CIWEM, E-mail: Justin@ciwem.org
3. Subscription Payment Now Possible on Members Section of CIWEM Website
Further to the launch last month of the Members Area of the CIWEM website, we are pleased to announce that members can now pay their subscriptions on-line. Registration is simple and free for all current CIWEM members at www.ciwem.org/members/. The ability to log CPD hours online will be available from 1st January 2005. We hope that these improvements will make managing your CIWEM membership quicker and easier.
September saw three of CIWEM’s technical panels meet, continuing to provide expert contribution to the Institution’s policy and technical output.
Wastewater Management Panel
The first to meet was the Wastewater Management Panel, who held an evening meeting after the close of the first day of CIWEM’s successful Second National Conference at Bretton Hall, wakefield. The Panel welcomed a new member, Tanya Kent to her first meeting and approved the membership of John Ward. The Panel considered a range of issues through the meeting, including preliminary feedback from the Second National Conference and options for next year’s event and the possibility of running a conference in 2005 on issues concerning the feminisation of fish and endocrine disrupting substances. The Panel also debated the Institution’s Policy Position Statement on Combined Sewer Overflows and made final recommendations for updates. Finally, the issue of levels of operator training and awareness were discussed, with a recommendation that there was a real need for certification schemes to ensure that training practices were of sufficient quality.
Water Supply and Quality Panel
The Water Supply and Quality Panel met at CIWEM in London and focused primarily on its ongoing programme of conferences and policy statements. The forthcoming conference on Risk Assessment for Drinking Water Supply, to be held in Edinburgh on 14th December, was discussed as was a future conference on Computer Simulation in Water Treatment and Supply which will be run by Swansea University. Other ideas for future events included emerging contaminants in water supplies as well as whirlpools, spas and legionella. Policy Position Statements currently being worked on by the Panel include those on Cryptosporidium and Disinfection.
Water Resources Panel
The Water Resources Panel are in the process of updating a large number of Policy Position Statements including those on Environmental Economics, Planning Water Resources in the UK, and Reservoirs: Global Issues, as well as producing new PPSs considering Water Resources Under Climate Change, Drought, and New Reservoirs. Panel members had also contributed towards CIWEM responses to a number of public consultations since their previous meeting.
Future conferences with which the Panel is involved include the forthcoming conference in November on Integrating Land-Use and Water in Practice - Linking Surface and Groundwaters: Developing Priorities and Long-term Vision. Discussions were also held regarding an event on PR04 – Regulation of the Water Industry, which would review the periodic preview process focusing on experiences from PR04 and look forward to future reviews in the context of supply / demand planning. This was scheduled for the Spring of 2005. CIWEM would also be supporting the Institution of Civil Engineers’ conference on National Water Resources: Challenges for the Next 10 Years, which was scheduled for April 2005. The Panel welcomed an after-lunch speaker from the Office of National Statistics on the gathering and use of census data.
5. Consultations
CIWEM responds to a wide range of consultation documents as part of its technical and policy output. The majority of technical comment for these responses originates from the Institution’s Technical Panels but if you are a CIWEM member you may register your views with us for incorporation into a response. It is important that the Institution reflects its members’ views as far as possible in these responses. A list of the consultations that are currently being considered, together with an internet address for the papers themselves, features in every edition of E-News.
If you have views on any of the issues raised in any of the consultation papers listed below we would very much like to hear from you. A deadline for when we need to receive your comments is always listed. Please do make sure you have your say. If you would like to view recent consultation responses made by the Institution you can do so on the Institution’s website at www.ciwem.com/policy/consultation
Current consultations:
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Making space for water: Developing a new Government strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/waterspace/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 15/10/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Draft Environmental Information Regulations Code of Practice
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/envinfo/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 25/10/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Guidance on Directive 2000/76/EC on the Incineration of Waste (Edition 2)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/ppc-wid/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 12/11/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Consultation on the Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment - EC Proposals relating to the Aarhus Convention
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/aarhus/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 19/11/04
Department of Trade and Industry
Consultation on Guidance to Power Station Developers
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/consultations/power_station_final.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 12/11/04
Department of Trade and Industry
The Renewables Obligation Order 2005: Statutory consultation
http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables/policy/roo2005.shtml
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 19/11/04
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Review of PPG25: Development and Flood Risk
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/
contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=5034&l=2
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 22/10/04
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Consultation on PPS9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/
documents/page/odpm_plan_030964.hcsp
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 16/11/04
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Draft Government Circular: Biodiversity and geological conservation: Statutory obligations and their impact within the planning system
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/
documents/page/odpm_plan_030967.pdf
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 16/11/04
6. Fees and Subscriptions 2005
Your invoice for membership of the Institution will be arriving with you shortly and for your information the fees and subscriptions for 2005 are now available on the membership page of the CIWEM website www.ciwem.org. These fees and subscriptions for the forthcoming year were approved by the CIWEM Annual General Meeting in June 2004.
To make it easier for you to pay, and to give you more choice in the way you pay, you can now do so online via the Institution’s website. It’s quick, easy and secure and full instructions on how to do this will be given on your subscription invoice.
If you would like to take advantage of the discount offered if you pay by Direct Debit then please contact the Institution to request a DD Mandate. Your completed Mandate will need to be returned to us by the 1st November to allow us to make the collection of your subscription on January 1st 2005.
If you have already retired from salaried and fee-earning employment you are eligible to be placed on the retired register of members at a reduced subscription rate. You will still qualify if you undertake some part time work provided your total earned income is no more than £12,000 per annum. If you would like to apply please contact us as soon as possible for a form so that we can adjust you record and subscription accordingly.
If you are an engineer you will see that there has been no increase in the ECUK subscription rate for next year.
For those members who are registered as Chartered Scientists the fee also remains at £15, and for Chartered Environmentalists the full annual fee of £25 will apply.
The regulation management fee will be applied to all those members who are registered with any of the three external bodies. However for those who hold more than one external registration only one fee will be applicable.
Should you need clarification, a Direct Debit Mandate or Retired Register Application Form, please contact the Membership Department – tel: 020 7831 3110 or email: membership@ciwem.org
CIWEM One-Day Courses
The next ‘Preparing for the CIWEM Professional Review’ course will be held on Tuesday 2nd November, 2004.
The next ‘How to be a CIWEM Mentor’ course will be held on Thursday 2nd December, 2004.
For further details please visit www.ciwem.org/education/.
Habitats Guide – Volume 1
Featuring a varied collection of habitat case studies, CIWEM’s new publication, Habitats Guide – Volume 1 (ISBN 1 870752 78 3) is a useful resource for all those with an interest in habitat management, creation and restoration, from students to environmental practitioners alike. It gathers together existing good practice guidance and case study information and looks at the planning context, EC Directives and other legislation affecting various habitats.
Each chapter aims to provide an introduction to the habitat, consider relevant legislation and set out best practice guidance for habitat management/creation/restoration. These principles are exemplified through case studies, from the UK and overseas, and reference is made to a wide range of texts, journal papers and websites, to further support the reader.
The guide costs £9.99 plus £3.00 Postage & Packing (including VAT). To order a copy, please send a cheque for £12.99 payable to ‘CIWEM’ to Harriet Greene, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, WC1N 2EB. Please contact Harriet if you would like further information about the guide (E-mail: hgreene@ciwem.org; Tel: 0207 831 3110).
Meeting Room for Hire at CIWEM
The Institution's premises in John Street, situated between Bloomsbury and the City, has a room available for letting. Set out in Board Room style, it comfortably seats up to 15 people and is ideal for small meetings.
Hire charges are as follows:
Rate for 15 people: £25 per hour or £125 per day
Rate for 8 people: £20 per hour or £105 per day
Tea/coffee and biscuits are charged at £2.50 per head and sandwiches/cold buffet lunch requirements are charged at cost plus £1.00 per head.
All charges are subject to VAT.
Photocopier and fax facilities can be made avaliable, subject to a charge of 10p per photocopy page and 10p per fax page (UK only).
For further information, contact CIWEM
Tel: 0207 831 3110
E-mail: reception@ciwem.org
8. New 2004/05 CIWEM Branch, Group and National Events Calendar On-Line
CIWEM’s comprehensive programme for 2004-05 of conferences and other events being run by the Institution’s Branches and Groups is now on-line at www.ciwem.com/events/calendar/. This calendar also includes those conferences being run nationally and illustrates the diversity of issues covered by the Institution and the wealth of expertise contained within the membership. Contact details are provided for all events so if you are interested in attending, please register your interest to the appropriate Branch or Group contact!
9. Events for CIWEM Young Members
Routes to Chartered Membership of CIWEM Workshop (Metropolitan Branch)
20th October 2004
The National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HE
Need help getting Chartered? Then this Workshop is for you!
This event is designed to provide practical advice from experienced young colleagues who have recently achieved chartered status and specialist officers of the Institution.
The format will include break-out workshops in smaller groups where your individual worries may be discussed and answered. At the same time in an adjacent room there will be a Career Fair where important employers from our Branch area will be promoting opportunities they are able to offer to young professionals in the water and environmental sectors.
For further information please contact Jivir Viyakesparan at jivir.viyakesparan@mwhglobal.com
Young Members Paper Competition & Branch New Members Forum Launch & Social (North West and North Wales Branch)
17th November 2004 6pm – 8pm
United Utilities, Lingley Mere, Warrington
For further information please contact Oliver Lowe, oliverlowe@environment-agency.gov.uk
Routes to Chartered Membership of CIWEM (South Western Branch)
10th November, Evening Meeting 6:30pm, Wessex Water, Taunton: Routes to Membership. An opportunity to quiz Rosemary Butler, Director of Membership at CIWEM, on the membership options available within CIWEM. There will also be opportunities to find out more about the CIWEM SW New Members branch and discover how others are tackling structured training. The event will be followed by a social at a local pub.
Places are limited - contact Nolan Vincent nolan.vincent@wessexwater.co.uk for more information.
Weekend Away (South Western Branch)
21st-23rd Jan 2005 (Fri evening - Sunday), Weekend Away, Princetown, Dartmoor. An opportunity to meet up with fellow CIWEM New/Young members in a relaxed atmosphere. Styled on a more independent version of the Young Members Study Tour, there will be opportunities for walking and a visit to a local attraction. Bunkhouse accommodation is provided at the Plume of Feathers Pub in Princetown, Dartmoor.
Places are limited and are expected to go fast! Contact Jo Robinson for more information jrobinso@southwestwater.co.uk
10. Free Monthly Environmental Legislation Updates
Keeping up to date with the latest environmental legislation and how it may affect your company or organisation can be a major drain on your time.
To assist companies and organisations to do this more easily, Business Eco publishes a monthly e-mail update called Legal e-Zine that explains new environmental legislation and informs you of recent developments. The service is completely free and the information is provided in a format that makes sense to your organisation and saves you time.
To sign up, just send an e-mail to ezine@eco.uk.com.
Legal e-zine is just one of the services provided by Business Eco. Others include:
- Environmental management
- Waste management
- Climate change agreements
- Supply chain support
- ISO 14001 / BS 8555 standards
- IPPC applications
- Environmental training
For more information please contact: Business Eco Group, Chancery House, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1JB. Tel: 020 8288 9333. E-Mail: info@eco.uk.com Web: www.eco.uk.com/
11. Specialists in Land Condition Training Day
As part of the development of the Specialists on Land Condition (SiLC) Registration scheme, members of the SiLC Professional and Technical Panel and Asessors Panel, are hosting a training day to provide information about the SiLC assessment process and the completion and use of the Land Condition Record on which the scheme is based. The training day is open to all those who are considering applying to become a SiLC.
The day will be hosted by a member of the SiLC Professional and Technical Panel (PTP) and by members of the SiLC Assessors Panel, it will be held on Thursday 2nd December 2004 at The Burlington Hotel, Birmingham. Registration will be at 9.30 am. Please book early to ensure a place, numbers are limited and will be allocated in order of application.
Further information is available at www.silc.org.uk/
12. The Construction Careers Event 2004
The Construction Careers Event 2004 is the UK's leading recruitment event, taking place in London on 5th and 6th of November, and in Manchester on 18th and 19th of November. It brings together the best candidates, from ambitious graduates to construction professionals looking for their next career move - along with the UK's top construction employers, looking to recruit right there and then. The Construction Careers Event will provide 1000's of opportunities, career development seminars and expert CV advice. Exhibitors include Balfour Beatty, Costain, WSP, Mouchelparkman, Capita Symonds, Heriot Watt, Waterman Group plc and Posford Haskoning. For more information see www.constructioncareersevent.co.uk/
13. Towards Sustainable Use of Organic Wastes Conference
28-29 October, Peterborough, England
The Sustainable Organic Resources Partnership has organised this as a participatory conference / workshop with good speakers at an affordable price. In this context organic resources include manures, sludges, biowastes, organic wastes from the food industry etc.
The objectives of the conference are to:
- Consider the issues facing the producers and users of organic resources, the owners and users of land, the purchasers and processors of produce from treated land, the retailers, consumers and the regulators
- Understand the aspirations of each of these key sectors in the short and medium term
- Consider lessons learned though case studies of current projects
- Recognise the challenges that lie ahead, including those of welcomed practice and effective communication
- Understand the implications of current and future UK and EU policy and legislation
- Decide how the Sustainable Organic Resources Partnership can facilitate progress
- Contribute to decisions on the future organisation and work programme of the Partnership
Further details of the event are available from info@sorp.org.
14. Key Issues in Managing Soils for the 21st Century Conference
IAgrE, and the SCI Environment & Agriculture Group, in association with the British Society for Soil Science, are holding a one-day conference on 3 November 2004, 10.00 until 16.15 at the Peterborough Suite, East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE.
The conference will be chaired by Peter Kendall, Deputy President of the NFU.
For a copy of the programme and a booking form, click www.iagre.org/files/mangsoil.pdf and for further details please contact the IAgrE Secretariat or e-mail conferences@iagre.org
This conference is an IAgrE accredited event (4 CPD hours) and 5 BASIS CPD Points.
15. Threats or Opportunities – The Regulatory Challenges facing the Environmental Solutions Industry
3rd November, 2004
10 St James’s Square
London SW1
The rapid growth of environmental protection policy and legislation across the world has created an enormous global market for environmental solutions, calculated to be over $515 billion per annum (comparable to the pharmaceutical industry) and growing rapidly to $688 billion by 2010.
The Environmental Industries Commission’s National Industry Conference is the key event for UK companies to understand the huge market opportunities being created by UK and EU environmental policy and legislation – and to overcome the barriers to realizing them.
There will be keynote speeches by Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, exploring how future high environmental standards will create business opportunities; and from Barbara Young, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, giving early warning of how environmental protection will be achieved in practice.
For further information and to book your place see the conference leaflet at:
www.eic-uk.co.uk/images/leaflet_2004.pdf
Or contact EIC on Tel: 020 7935 1675 E-Mail: info@eic-uk.co.uk
16. Accelerating Sustainable Development Conference – November 2004
The Sustainability Alliance are running an important 2-day conference, Accelerating Sustainable Development, on 16-17 November 2004 at the IEE, Austin Court, Birmingham, UK. Uniquely, this conference will bring together engineers and technical professionals from many different fields to exchange their knowledge and learn from each other’s best practice. In addition to featuring a line up of leading speakers on sustainable development policy and practice, the conference will:
-
Produce an interdisciplinary technical action plan to drive forward sustainable development in the UK
-
Generate interdisciplinary professional input into the current review of the UK Sustainable Development Strategy and other policy documents
The conference and implementation plan will focus on 6 key areas: Energy, Transport and Infrastructure, Waste, Water, Food, Rural land use and ecology, Buildings and urban planning.
Click here for full details: http://conferences.iee.org/sustain
CIWEM is a vibrant environmental professional body which offers professional development, an impressive programme of local, national and international events, a magazine ten times a year, a quarterly journal, excellent networking opportunities and many other benefits. Contact membership@ciwem.org for more details.
That was the e-newsletter from CIWEM’s Policy Department. Please keep comments and suggestions coming in. If you would like to be taken off the mailing list, please email webmaster@ciwem.org
Please pass any comments to:
Justin Taberham, Director of Policy, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, England, WC1N 2EB
Tel: 020 7831 3110 Fax: 020 7405 4967 E-mail: Justin@ciwem.org
Web Site Design Service
Ludwood Interactive have designed the all new CIWEM web site. They specialise in designing graphically rich sites which feature intuitive navigation systems and a wealth of interactive features.
As part of an affinity relationship with CIWEM, Ludwood Interactive are now offering a special discount of 10% on web site design projects to all CIWEM members. An additional contribution of 10% will be donated to CIWEM on new projects carried out for its members.
Why not consider Ludwood Interactive for your next web project? Contact Ludwood Interactive via their web site www.ludwood.com or via tel: 020 7346 8400.
site designed by ludwood interactive