About this Event
In partnership with the Papplewick Pumping Station Trust, the Institute brings you a panel discussion with leading experts in the fields of water resources and sustainability.
With the world grappling with climate change on an increasingly critical basis, it is crucial that cities begin and continue to plan their resources to ensure they remain sustainable.
On World Water Day, Chaired by Stephen Meek (Director, Institute for Policy and Engagement), expert guests will discuss water sustainability in relation to the City of Nottingham.
This event is supported by the Water Works Interdisciplinary Research Cluster.
Speakers:
Chair: Stephen Meek, Director, Institute for Policy and Engagement
Dr Emily O'Donnell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Pete Vale, Technical Lead - Innovation, Severn Trent Water
Chloe Langley, Principal Officer - Flood Management Strategy and Policy, Nottingham City Council
Greg Broughton, Sustainable Growth and Place Manager (East Midlands), Environment Agency
Joining instructions will be sent 2 days prior to the event. We will be using the platform, Microsoft Live Teams.
Papplewick Pumping Station
Set in the tranquil Nottinghamshire countryside and regarded as the finest surviving Victorian water pumping station in England, Papplewick Pumping Station is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument and continues today as a museum and hub for water education activities. Built in Gothic Revival style architecture, Papplewick is unique in retaining all of its original features including its six hand fired Lancashire boilers and two James Watt beam engines that once lifted fresh water 200 feet out of the ground for the people of Nottingham. Also at the museum is the only surviving steam powered Robey winding engine formerly of Linby Colliery, a miniature passenger steam railway, a café and a brick vaulted underground reservoir which can be toured on steaming days.
Web: www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk
Institute for Policy and Engagement
The Institute for Policy and Engagement was created to help form partnerships and networks between the University of Nottingham’s world-class research and people and organisations it can help. Its mission is to support the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enrich policy making, inspire people, support communities, and transform lives and shape the future. It aims to be a beacon, renowned for creating partnerships between researchers, policy makers and the public. Through these partnerships it will tackle together the most compelling challenges, locally, nationally, and globally.