WATER ARCHIVE
2012
09 February 2012
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from ADAS and the University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research recently held a...
17 January 2012
ADAS has been commissioned to undertake tracing and modelling work to inform the improved management of the sediment problem across...
2011
12 December 2011
ADAS is involved in a collaborative project investigating the effectiveness of buffer strips at removing sediment and Phosphorus (P) across...
07 December 2011
An ADAS team led by Professor Adrian Collins has been using innovative dual-signature tracer technology to assess the efficacy of...
30 November 2011
ADAS has been commissioned by Natural England to undertake source apportionment work to inform the improved management of the River...
14 November 2011
A team led by Professor Adrian Collins is embarking on a programme to detect the landscape scale efficacy of targeted...
20 October 2011
ADAS has recently aligned with the Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) and South West Water (SWW) to adopt the River Tamar...
22 August 2011
James Clarke, Science and Business Development Manager for Soils, Crops and Water, outlines the importance of water availability when assessing...
22 August 2011
Simon Groves, Principal Consultant, reviews why landowners need to prepare for unpredictable water supplies and ensure farms are prepared for...
22 August 2011
Andrew Walker, Head of Animal Health and Welfare, looks at the importance of water availability for livestock businesses.
22 August 2011
Adrian Collins, Head of Water Quality Science explains, using nitrate as an example, how modelling can help target management in...
22 August 2011
Chris Fawcett, Head of Sustainability, looks at the issue of water scarcity and how water footprinting can improve supply chain...
15 July 2011
The Pesticides Forum has published its latest annual report ‘Pesticides in the UK – the 2010 report on the impacts...
25 May 2011
Intensive nitrogen applications have been made to land from agriculture for the last 40 years. These loads have created water...
19 May 2011
ADAS has completed a series of projects assessing the impacts of changing availability of pesticides. These reports cover all key...
14 April 2011
Farming systems and research consultant, Sarah Wynn outlines the Integrated Advice Pilot study funded by Defra.
29 March 2011
The deadline to have sufficent slurry stores in place in Welsh NVZ designated areas is the 1st January 2012. Gary...
11 March 2011
The first 20 entries with the correct answer will win a 20% discount off any of the services described below!...
18 February 2011
ADAS will be visiting electricity distribution network operators (DNO’s) to give them an update on farming, soils & drainage and...
17 February 2011
Some of the flooding that affected utility sites in 2000 & 2007 was pluvial in nature. Pluvial flooding is the...
2010
13 December 2010
ADAS provide a range of services to support British Waterways and their contractors under British Waterways’ National Dredging Contract, maintaining...
17 November 2010
Jeremy Wiltshire, Head of Carbon Management, explores the growing importance manufacturers and retailers are placing on supplier engagement programmes.
10 November 2010
In this article, Principal Consultant Jon Abbatt MRICS MICFor explains what ADAS can do to assist water companies manage these...
10 November 2010
In this article, ADAS senior consultant John Newton highlights the risks faced and reminds water companies that as employers, they...
10 November 2010
Pollution associated with agriculture must be controlled to protect the ecological integrity of aquatic habitats. According to Defra, farming is...
29 October 2010
ADAS has re-published the reference book 345 (flood flow calculation sections) and also made available the Technical Note on Workmanship...
10 September 2010
ADAS is helping water companies to achieve their renewable energy targets by enabling them to investigate renewable energy schemes using...
12 July 2010
Businesses in the North West are being urged to take action to minimise impacts of water shortages. The good news...
07 July 2010
Accurately predicting pesticide use is a fundamental requirement for water companies yet keeping up to speed with changes in cropping...
29 June 2010
ADAS and VI-CIC are holding a series of agronomist meetings on pesticides and water quality in July 2010.
24 June 2010
ADAS’ high Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) Verify scores make it one of the top seeds in the environmental sector...
15 June 2010
This week 12–18 June 2010 is Water Saving Week supported by Defra and Sustainable Business, which seeks to raise awareness...
29 April 2010
The demand on the world’s freshwater resources is under increasing pressure. Water footprinting is a technique that can be...
29 April 2010
Water use in agricultural production including the embedded water in imported agricultural commodities and goods such as food and clothes...
24 February 2010
Food production has a complex and inextricable relationship with the natural environment. Some inputs are extracted from natural sources and...
22 February 2010
This Guide deals with the SSAFO regulations specifying the minimum legal standards required to prevent pollution of water from agriculture....
11 February 2010
The end of this icy cold winter and some recent rainfall will kick start the emergence of Great Crested Newts...
25 January 2010
Defra together with the EA has recently announced that ADAS is to lead a major collaborative research programme in one...
21 January 2010
ADAS Environmental Consultants provide a range of services to support British Waterways and their contractors. Work has resulted in a...
2009
14 September 2009
Designing cross country pipelines to avoid ecological impact is key to successful capital project delivery. Failure to manage ecological risks...
14 September 2009
An all too common issue for utilities and developers is the presence of European Protected Species on a potential development...
14 September 2009
The recycling of biosolids (treated sewage sludge) to agricultural land is the best practicable environmental option in most circumstances, working...
14 September 2009
The EU LIFE and Defra funded project ‘WAgriCo’ developed and demonstrated integrated catchment management in pilot catchments in Germany and...
17 August 2009
A range of information has just been published to help farmers and agronomists manage oilseed rape to minimise the risks...
13 August 2009
The use of all medicines, both veterinary and human carries the potential for risk of harm to the environment. Some...
06 August 2009
ADAS Environmental Consultants are exploring the most cost-effective methods of managing tramline wheelings in autumn-sown cereal crops to reduce the...
15 July 2009
Britain has successfully obtained a derogation from the EC Nitrates Directive allowing livestock farmers to have a manure nitrogen (N)...
15 July 2009
ADAS Environmental Consultants have delivered the diffuse pollution element of the Thames Water Drinking Water Safety Plan (DWSP). Using...
28 May 2009
The Scottish Government has appointed ADAS Environmental Consultants to evaluate and further develop the existing methodology used in assessing risk...
19 May 2009
Following the introduction of risk based monitoring programmes and the availability of new analytical methods, metaldehyde (one of the active...
08 May 2009
Diffuse pollution costs the water industry an estimated £250m a year. Traditionally companies have relied upon end-of-pipe technologies to remove...
08 April 2009
Following new environmental regulations which came into force on the 1st January 2009, dairy farmers are having to reassess business...
06 April 2009
Catchment management plans will be vital if the UK is to improve water quality and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions,...
02 March 2009
The floods of the summer of 2007 had impacts on arable, horticultural and livestock farming and food production across the...
02 March 2009
New rules are in place which relate to the way that farmers need to manage their land, in particular the...
27 February 2009
The increasing frequency of potentially catastrophic flooding events has focused the attention of utility companies on flood risk assessment for...