Priority water research questions as determined by UK practitioners and policy makers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Brown, L E ^a   Mitchell, G ^a   Holden, J ^a   Folkard, A ^b   Wright, N ^a   Beharry Borg, N ^a   Berry, G ^c   Brierley, B ^d   Chapman, P ^a   Clarke, S J ^e   Cotton, L ^f   Dobson, M ^g   Dollar, E ^h   Fletcher, M ⁱ   Foster, J ^j   Hanlon, A ^k   Hildon, S ^d   Hiley, P ^l   Hillis, P ^m   Hoseason, J ^d   Johnston, K ^a   Kay, P ^a   McDonald, A ^a   Parrott, A ^d   Powell, A ^g   Slack, R J ^a   Sleigh, A ^a   Spray, C ⁿ   Tapley, K ^a   Underhill, R ^o   Woulds, C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Weetwood   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f Consumer Council for Water ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^h MWH UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^j DRINKING WATER INSPECTORATE   (United Kingdom)

^k YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^m UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^o RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Appraisal; Ecosystem services; Extreme events; Freshwater biodiversity; Freshwater pollution; Integrated catchment management; Wastewater treatment; Water supply

Indexed keywords

APPRAISAL; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXTREME EVENTS; FRESHWATER BIODIVERSITY; FRESHWATER POLLUTION; INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; POLLUTION; RESEARCH; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTREME EVENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; FLOODING; HYDROLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORKSHOP;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649759924     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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