Industry veterans discuss the purpose of water monitoring

At ILM's Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring (WWEM) event, Dominic Shepherd of the Environment Agency and Lee Upton of South West Water talked to Oliver Grievson about the practice of water quality monitoring and its role in meeting the many challenges facing Britain's waterways. To watch the discussion, click here.

Topics include:

• Storm overflow event duration monitoring
• Flow pass forward (FPF) monitoring
• Benefits of improved monitoring
• Growing public concern over storm overflows 
• How will the new Environment Act shake things up?
• Onsite monitoring at low-, medium-, and high-risk sites
• The future of onsite monitoring
• What should the requirements be for measuring water quality in rivers?
• How should water quality data be presented to stakeholders?

If you're interested in attending the next WWEM in 2024, click here to find out more about the event.