WISE CDT Annual Report 2020-21

WATER INFORMATICS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

EPSRC CENTRE FOR DOCTORAL TRAINING

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics:

Science and Engineering (WISE)

© Steven Haywood 2019

© Steven Haywood 2019

ANNUAL REPORT 2020/21

WISECDT.ORG.UK

Contents Foreword: CDT Director

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Highlights of the Past Year

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Cohort 3 Case Studies – Life Post-WISE

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Introduction to the WISE CDT

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One Year On: Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic and Lessons Learned

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Our Students ■

Research Theme: Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience

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Research Theme: Water Resources – Supply and Quality 11

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Research Theme: Coastal and Marine Processes 13

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Research Theme: Flood Risk and Prevention 14

Our Alumni

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Student Experience

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Industry Engagement

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Research Visits

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Outreach

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Conferences

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Workshops, Seminars and More

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Prizes, Awards and Achievements

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Publications

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PhD Theses

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CDT Outcomes

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The Management Team

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Foreword: CDT Director I am proud to present the seventh Annual Report for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (‘WISE CDT’).

When I drafted the Foreword to last year’s Annual Report, the UK was three months into its first Coronavirus pandemic ‘lockdown’. Regrettably, the pandemic has now persisted for over 18 months and we are all acutely aware of its ongoing economic, social and personal tolls. Throughout the period covered by this Annual Report our students have generally been working on their PhDs from home, physically separated from research groups, supervisors and their cohort. I commend our students for persevering with their studies virtually, for their resilience in adapting to new ways of working and for continuing to support one another.

The WISE CDT is grateful to UK Research and Innovation (‘UKRI’) for its commitment to supporting postgraduate researchers to complete their doctoral programmes. This national initiative has been ably backed up by the CDT partner universities – Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter - which have developed enhanced support and wellbeing services to help mitigate the challenges people are facing. I thank everyone involved with WISE for their unstinting efforts to provide a high-quality CDT experience for our students and I am grateful to our Advisory Board for their ongoing engagement and encouragement.

I am proud to report that we have much to celebrate over the past year, including 14 new PhD successes at the time of writing. As WISE moves closer to the end of its grant period, we take the opportunity in this report to highlight some stories from our alumni and to report on our outcomes to date. WISE has also published a journal paper about the CDT, our approach to postgraduate training and the lessons we have learned so far.

Read more on page 3.

Finally, I would like to mark the departure of Co-Director Professor Thorsten Wagener, who has taken up a Humboldt Professorship at the University of Potsdam in Germany.

I extend our gratitude to Thorsten for his immense contributions to WISE from its inception and we all wish him well. Dr Ross Woods has taken over from Thorsten as Bristol’s Co-Director, with colleague Dr Rafael Rosolem joining the management group as Co-Investigator.

I trust you will enjoy reading the 2020–21 Annual Report and find it an interesting and informative review of the year’s activities and achievements.

Professor David Butler FREng FICE FCIWEM Director, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water Informatics: Science and Engineering

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Highlights of the Past Year PHD SUCCESSES

UKRI POLICY INTERNSHIP: CATHERINE LEECH

We are proud and delighted to report our students’ PhD successes.

As we go to press, having successfully defended their theses over the past year are:

UKRI’s Policy Internships Scheme offers the chance for doctoral students to work for three months in a highly influential policy organisation, engaging in policy topics relevant to both host and researcher.

Stamatis Batelis, Bristol

Sebastian Gnann, Bristol

Paul Bayle, Bath

Dolores González Olías, Bath

Stephen Clee, Cardiff

Arthur Hajaali, Cardiff

Catherine Leech (Cohort 4, Cardiff) was one of two successful WISE applicants in 2019-20. Catherine undertook her internship remotely with the Government Office for Science (‘GO-Science’) in late 2020 where she worked with the Chief Scientific Advisers’ network to develop a coherent induction process, as well as providing secretariat support.

Whilst Coronavirus restrictions prevented Catherine from taking part in some of the usual internship experiences, she thoroughly valued this opportunity – so much so that she is continuing her collaboration with GO-Science through part-time employment:

“I would highly recommend a policy internship to anyone who is wanting to add an extra string to their bow and learn about science in government, offering a different perspective to our work in academia and applying research in a different way.”

Read Catherine’s full report on page 28.

Rosanna Lane, Bristol

Anna Lo Jacomo, Bristol

Elli Mitrou, Cardiff

Cain Moylan, Bristol

Giovanni Musolino, Cardiff

Eirini Nikoloudi, Exeter

Lina Stein, Bristol

Alex Stubbs, Cardiff

Learn more about our alumni on pages 15–17. Read our Cohort 3 case studies on Sebastian, Dolores, Giovanni and Eirini on pages 4–5.

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ONLINE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: UNIVERSITY OF BATH Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, WISE students from the University of Bath have continued to engage the public in their research and have discovered that the move to online delivery has allowed them to reach more people than ever before. For further details of our students’ outreach activities, including ‘European Researchers’ Night’ and the ‘Engineering Curiosity Big Beam In’, see page 25.

BRISTOL ALUMNI JOIN UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM Two of our University of Bristol alumni, Dr Sebastian Gnann and Dr Lina Stein, have joined former WISE Co-Director Professor Thorsten Wagener at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Both Seb and Lina are now working as Postdoctoral Researchers within the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography. Read Seb’s Cohort 3 case study on page 4 to find out more.

UK JOINT BIOSECURITY CENTRE PLACEMENT: DEBBIE SHACKLETON Exeter Cohort 4 student Debbie Shackleton was successful in her application for a research placement at the UK Joint Biosecurity Centre (‘JBC’). Debbie is helping to develop models to better understand the COVID-19 outbreak, and even influence UK policy.

Find out more about Debbie’s placement on page 22.

APPOINTMENT TO EPSRC STRATEGIC ADVISORY NETWORK We are proud to report that Bath WISE Co-Investigator Professor Jonathan Dawes has been appointed to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s (‘EPSRC’) Strategic Advisory Network (‘SAN’). The SAN was established in 2011 and comprises around 30 individuals from EPSRC’s stakeholder groupings, so offers a range of perspectives from academia,

business, third sector and government. The role of the SAN is to provide the EPSRC Executive with advice and guidance in relation to the development of new cross-cutting strategies, to test new ideas, and to facilitate a two-way dialogue with the research and user communities on topical issues and EPSRC strategy.

WISE CDT JOURNAL PAPER: ‘HYDROINFORMATICS EDUCATION’ Over the past eighteen months, WISE has been developing a paper about the CDT for the international open-access journal ‘Hydrology and Earth System Sciences’ (‘HESS’). The paper discusses the need for this type of postgraduate training, our structure and approach, the results to date and the lessons we have learned so far. Authored

by Professor Thorsten Wagener with CDT management group members, ‘Hydroinformatics education – the Water Informatics in Science and Engineering (WISE) Centre for Doctoral Training’ is available on the HESS website (doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2721-2021).

The WISE CDT is grateful to everyone who has contributed to this paper – either directly or indirectly – and we extend our huge thanks to everyone for being part of the WISE journey!

‘Information and water cycles’. Hydroinformatics education

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Cohort 3 Case Studies – Life Post-WISE

SEBASTIAN GNANN

DOLORES GONZÁLEZ OLÍAS

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

UNIVERSITY OF BATH

Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher

Role: Civil Engineer

Employer: University of Potsdam, Germany

Employer: CCell

What does your job involve?

I have just started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute of Environmental Science and Geography at the University of Potsdam, Germany. My research can be broadly divided into two topics. Firstly, I am exploring how we can develop and make better use of perceptual models in hydrology, particularly at larger scales. Secondly, I am trying to better understand how climate and landscape characteristics control large scale hydrological processes.

In addition, I will also be involved in teaching and student supervision.

Why did you want to do a PhD? To make a valuable contribution towards a fairer and more sustainable society. To develop the skills to be an independent researcher.

How has the WISE CDT PhD Programme helped you in your current role?

The PhD taught me how to carry out independent research and this continues to be my main day-to-day activity. In addition, the WISE CDT allows you to be part of a great community from the very beginning and the opportunity to attend international conferences and complete a research visit allowed me to connect with the wider academic world. This network, consisting of both personal and professional contacts, is still very beneficial to me today.

Any tips for our current students?

Whilst the pandemic has made travelling more difficult, I would encourage you to make use of all the great opportunities that WISE has to offer: attend summer schools, conferences, and undertake a research visit! I learnt a lot from these experiences, they always renewed my passion for science and were an amazing opportunity to see a bit more of the world. When it comes to research, try to do what you enjoy. Of course, this isn’t always possible and it’s certainly not always easy, but it’s fundamental to an enjoyable and productive PhD. Speak to your colleagues (and supervisors) a lot.

Sharing your troubles and your successes will make your PhD a much better experience.

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To what extent has your PhD shaped your research and career goals?

I believe my work has contributed significantly to improve the field of microbial fuel cells biosensors. However, I’ve also realised that the key to changing the current societal status is not impacted by developing new technologies. Instead, working towards policies that implement sustainable solutions would be more effective. That’s why I’m now interested in working in environmental policy development.

To what extent has your PhD helped your achieve your goals?

The PhD gave me the resources and freedom to explore the ideas that I thought would improve biosensors for water quality. I’ve also developed the skills to perform effective research and produce scientific papers.

GIOVANNI MUSOLINO

EIRINI NIKOLOUDI

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Job Title: Students’ Administrator

Role: Civil Engineer

Employer: I.C. Novate Mezzola, Italy

Why did you want to do a PhD? A PhD would give me the chance to learn deeper about the field of my interest, to network with people from academia and industry, to travel and explore new places and to meet new people through conferences. The thought that, by the end of my PhD I would be an expert in a particular area, as well as having discovered/invented a new method, excited me.

What does your job involve?

Currently, I am looking for a job but over the past few months I have been working at an Italian comprehensive school whilst preparing for my PhD viva. This provided me with vital job experience in a different working environment during the Coronavirus pandemic.

My role involved taking care of the students’ administrative needs (657 students, in total) as well as their parents, in addition to collecting and analysing student data and preparing short reports for both internal and external purposes.

How has the WISE CDT PhD Programme helped you in your current role?

The many skills that I have developed throughout my time on the WISE CDT programme, both specific and “soft”, have been very useful in my role at the school. For example, the capacity to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to analyse and report data, as well as public speaking in front of a range of different audiences, to name just a few!

Any tips for our current students?

Completing a PhD can be very tough, but it is also an amazing opportunity so try to make the most of the many opportunities it has to offer. My special recommendation would be to undertake as many research visits as possible and participate in lots of conferences – they are great opportunities for developing new ideas and increasing your network.

To what extent has your PhD shaped your research and career goals?

My PhD has significantly covered my research and career goals. I found the research in this subject interesting throughout the whole programme. This PhD can also open to me many career avenues in academic and research institutes, which are my career goals.

However, I would like to have spent some more time studying different subjects too, related to the water sector.

To what extent has your PhD helped your achieve your goals?

I expect that the field I have chosen to study particularly concerns our society today and hence many career jobs will open in the future.

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Introduction to the WISE CDT

© Steven Haywood 2019

WHAT IS A CENTRE FOR DOCTORAL TRAINING? Centres for Doctoral Training (‘CDT’s) are one of the approaches through which UKRI provides support for doctoral training. The WISE CDT is funded through EPSRC, which is the principal UK government agency funding research and training in engineering and physical sciences disciplines. EPSRC-funded CDTs bring together diverse areas of expertise to train engineers and scientists ‘in areas of national need’. The aim is to equip students with the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle evolving issues and future challenges. CDTs offer the opportunity for universities to create new working cultures, build relationships between teams – both within and across institutions – and forge lasting links with industry.

CDT students are fully funded for the equivalent of four years’ full-time study. The first year allows them to explore the research area and build strong expertise in their ‘home’ discipline, while developing the skills and knowledge to cross disciplinary boundaries effectively. Students also undertake a formal programme of taught coursework to develop and enhance technical knowledge and skills across a range of appropriate disciplines. For the remaining three years students develop their doctoral research, while continuing to join together as a cohort for CDT events and training courses, which include technical and transferable skills training.

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The benefits to students include: ■ competitive stipends; ■ an innovative, supportive and engaging student experience gained through training as a cohort; ■ opportunities to engage in research collaborations with leading researchers across the CDT partnership; ■ integral involvement of leading industry, business, government and other stakeholders in both training and research.

It’s immensely satisfying that WISE students continue to support the economic, environmental and social strategies of business with their cutting edge bespoke research.

Professor John Banyard OBE FREng, WISE CDT Advisory Board Chair

ABOUT THE WISE CDT The WISE CDT was one of 115 centres funded through EPSRC’s 2013 CDT Exercise and is a partnership between the University of Exeter, University of Bath, University of Bristol and Cardiff University. EPSRC funding is supported by resources from the WISE

partner universities and external collaborators. The four WISE universities comprise the GW4 Water Security Alliance (‘WSA’) (gw4water.com); a research consortium that pursues a common vision of addressing the impact of global change on water to benefit people and ecosystems.

The WISE CDT recruited five annual cohorts between September 2014 and September 2018, with each cohort comprising a minimum of 15 students. WISE is a four-year programme, with all entrants based together at the University of Exeter for the first year Postgraduate School. As our students have varied academic backgrounds and experiences, the Postgraduate School ensured that entrants gained a solid understanding of water informatics and related topics, plus wider research skills, before returning to their registered university base to progress their PhD project. WISE students report benefiting greatly from belonging to a cohort with varied backgrounds and experiences. Students’ co-location for the first year Postgraduate School has proved to be extremely valuable for cohort-building and has enabled them to support one another and learn from others’ knowledge and experience.

WISE students receive generous financial support, comprising a stipend and fees for the equivalent of four years’ full-time study and a Research Training Support Grant (‘RTSG’) to cover additional training costs, such as conferences and the research visit.

The WISE CDT programme has ensured that students continue to join up as a cohort for training and regular events following Postgraduate School. In each year students complete a Transferable Skills and Engineering Leadership module, with all four partner universities delivering an annual module. Students participate in an annual residential Summer School, which also hosts the CDT Advisory Board meeting of industrial and academic partners and the Board of Examiners’ meeting. We additionally organise an annual Industry Event, hosted by an industrial partner, where students present their latest research findings and have the opportunity to engage with a range of industry and water sector stakeholders.

All students are strongly encouraged to undertake a research visit as they develop their PhD project. This will be to either a UK-based industrial partner or an overseas academic institution. Additionally, our students participate in a variety of regular activities organised by their home and partner universities, including specialist Master’s level modules, research seminars, presentations and outreach activities. WISE students attend and present at several UK and overseas conferences. The WISE CDT programme operates a principle of ‘guided freedom’, which gives students the responsibility and resources to influence their training programme.

The WISE CDT offers outstanding support, through courses, supervision, networking, and funding.

Cohort 2 student

GOVERNANCE The CDT’s senior management team consists of the Director, a Centre Manager and Co-Directors and Co-Investigators from each partner university. The management team meets formally as the Programme Management Group at least four times a year to plan, implement and review strategic and operational matters. Students from all cohorts are represented on this group to ensure a direct communication link with the management team. Student reps feed in comments and questions from their peers, propose ideas and contribute to planning and programme improvement discussion.

WISE has a full-time Administrator/Support Officer, based at the University of Exeter. Students across the WISE partnership are able to contact the administrator whenever they require assistance or have queries. WISE students additionally have access to a range of support through their registered university (encompassing student support services, wellbeing resources and services, training resources, careers services, student union).

WISE has an Admin./Finance group, comprising administrators and finance officers from each of the partner universities. This group meets at least quarterly to scrutinise the CDT budget, to consider student-related matters and to review and develop policy and procedures.

Each student has a minimum of two academic supervisors overseeing their PhD research. Supervisory teams may include a supervisor from another WISE university to provide a complementary skillset or expertise. Projects developed with industry will include an industry partner supervisor. The CDT requires all students to complete a WISE Annual Progress Review to evidence their development and progression, including any problems encountered and a selfassessment of their satisfaction with their PhD. The student’s primary supervisor, and industry supervisor where relevant, provide comments and a recommendation on progression. Annual Progress Reviews are considered by the CDT Programme Management Group and therefore allow WISE to maintain an overview of all our students across the partnership and to monitor trends over time.

WISE students are additionally required to comply with all required monitoring and review procedures at their registered university. This ensures that student progress is also considered independently of the CDT.

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Introduction to the WISE CDT The WISE CDT Advisory Board is chaired by Professor John Banyard, OBE FREng. With members spanning national and international universities plus UK water companies, public bodies, research organisations, consultancies and businesses, the Advisory Board delivers insight and challenge, guiding the CDT’s strategic development. The Advisory Board meets formally once a year, but Board members are kept informed of CDT activity and planning on an ongoing basis and also engage in CDT events.

Dr Ana Mijic, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Systems Water Management at Imperial College London, is the WISE CDT’s current external examiner. External examiners play a significant role in securing our academic standards and awards. External examiners’ reports and comments provide important feedback, supporting the maintenance and improvement of programmes. The WISE external examiner role initially focused on the Postgraduate School taught programme, with a formal Board of Examiners meeting taking place each summer. With no student intakes beyond 2018-19, the external examiner role now embraces the wider CDT programme and Dr Mijic has joined the CDT Advisory Board. Dr Mijic hosted an online External Examiner meeting with students in September 2020 to inform her annual report, subsequently feeding back her observations and insights to management group and Advisory Board colleagues at the February 2021 Board meeting.

The WISE CDT is monitored and evaluated by EPSRC throughout its lifetime. In its mid-term review WISE was awarded the highest possible assessment (‘good’), with EPSRC commenting that “this CDT has been successfully managed across multiple institutions with effective management and governance and a strong emphasis on cohort development”. Highlights noted by EPSRC were “the industrial engagement and the additional leveraged funding secured; the cohort development across multiple institutions; and the interaction with the Stream IDC”. EPSRC CDT training grant holders are required to submit an Annual Monitoring return to the research council. The Annual Monitoring return incorporates recruitment data, case studies, achievements and impact. This data supplements information available to EPSRC via other mechanisms (such as Je-S for student details and Researchfish for research outcomes). Together, this evidence helps EPSRC evaluate the impact of its overall investment and gather evidence to inform future strategies. The latest Annual Monitoring submission, completed by CDTs in early 2021, incorporated questions about COVID-19 and its impacts on both students and the delivery of the training grant.

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As a CIWEM-accredited programme (see below), WISE is required to submit an Annual Review Report, summarising any changes to the programme or developments implemented since accreditation.

PROGRAMME ACCREDITATION The WISE CDT pursued CIWEM (ciwem.org) accreditation to meet the needs of students without a formal engineering academic background. CIWEM accreditation was awarded in June 2018 and covers all student intakes. This was CIWEM’s first accreditation of a PhD programme. Areas of good practice highlighted by the accreditation panel included the relationships with and between student cohorts, our industry links and the ability of students to draw on academic expertise and facilities across the four universities.

CIWEM accreditation is important to the WISE CDT because it provides external validation of the quality of our programme. It supports the aim of raising professional standards in the water and environment sector by ensuring that the skill sets of our students meet the demands of the profession. CIWEM accreditation has also provided assurance to UK and overseas applicants to the programme. We believe that membership of CIWEM is an important core strand of our students’ professional development, offering many advantages such as networking through branch meetings and events. Following a CIWEM-accredited programme also enhances students’ career prospects by facilitating their path to Chartership.

The WISE CDT partner universities are additionally pursuing JBM accreditation of the PhD. To date, Exeter and Cardiff have obtained JBM accreditation for all their WISE student intakes.

As a student member of CIWEM it is great to see the WISE CDT programme acknowledged as a CIWEM accredited course. It demonstrates to future employers that CIWEM recognises the course content is relevant to the professional disciplines in the water and environmental management sector, where many of us aspire to end up working.

Laura Wignall, University of Exeter (Cohort 3)

One Year On: Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic and Lessons Learned As conveyed to both EPSRC and CIWEM through our annual reporting mechanisms, the WISE CDT has had to adapt the programme because of the Coronavirus pandemic and appreciates the significant challenges faced by students in both their professional and personal lives.

Our focus has been on supporting our students and on maintaining the CDT in order to provide the best training and learning experience possible in the circumstances.

The CDT’s experience is that the global public health situation has impacted students in a variety of ways and continues to do so.

Direct impacts on PhD research projects have included cancellation of fieldwork, data collection and research visits and closure or restricted access to laboratories and facilities. Personal impacts have encompassed additional caring responsibilities, unsuitable homeworking environments, social isolation and impacts on wellbeing and mental health - including the resurgence of historical conditions.

While throughout the pandemic the WISE training programme has continued without detriment to academic standards, delivery has primarily been online. CDT meetings have similarly moved online.

The CDT management group - which includes student reps – has met regularly to consider strategy and operational matters. Events planning, scheduling and delivery methods are regularly reviewed in consultation with students.

Academic supervision and research group meetings have also taken place online and students’ access to university offices and facilities has been managed in accordance with COVID-19 safety measures.

Students whose research is heavily lab-dependent are still being impacted by delays due to necessary access restrictions. Industry and academic partners continue to be supportive of the CDT, but the pandemic has impacted on some stakeholders’ availability and the accessibility of data, facilities and resources.

The recent experience of students has therefore been contrary to the philosophy behind CDTs in offering “an innovative, supportive and engaging student experience gained through training as a cohort”. The loss of these collaborative elements, together with the inability to travel overseas for research visits or international conferences, has been keenly felt and means that our students’ CDT experience has inevitably been somewhat diminished since March 2020. These deficits and general social isolation continue to make this an extremely challenging environment. The CDT is also aware from student feedback that, because their working lives are now totally “virtual”, there is less appetite for participating in additional non-mandatory online events, even if these are designed to promote engagement and socialising.

Throughout 2020 and 2021 WISE has engaged with UKRI, EPSRC and university colleagues to access funded extensions for those students needing additional time to complete their research projects to a doctoral level. WISE will continue to do everything possible to support our remaining students to maximise their experience and complete their PhD projects. As this Annual Report goes to press there are grounds for optimism, with the UK removing its remaining legal Coronavirus restrictions. In the same spirit, WISE is planning to run a September 2021 Summer School, in order to bring the cohorts together in person.

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Our Students RESEARCH THEME: ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE Aidan Barry, Bath (Cohort 2)

Jack Waterhouse, Bath (Cohort 3)

Project: Manipulation and Modelling of Microalgae for Enhanced Wastewater Nutrient Removal Supervisors: Dr James Doughty and Dr Tom Arnot

Project: Assessing Risk to Water Security in Complex Coupled Catchment-Reservoir Systems Supervisors: Dr Thomas Kjeldsen and Dr Lee Bryant

Sabrina Draude, Exeter (Cohort 3)

Jamie Brown, Bristol (Cohort 4)

Project: Methodology for Effective Blockage Reduction Supervisors: Prof Ed Keedwell and Prof Zoran Kapelan Industrial Supervisor: Rebecca Hiscock (Dŵr Cymru-Welsh Water)

Project: Assessing the Combined Effect of Carbon-Water Mechanisms on Hydrological Modelling in Brazil Supervisors: Dr Rafael Rosolem and Dr Ross Woods Industrial Supervisor: Dr Stanislaus Schymanski (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)

Simbi Hatchard, Bristol (Cohort 3) Project: Hydropower and its Environmental Impacts: Quantifying Trade-offs in Data Scarce Regions Supervisors: Prof Paul Bates, Dr Francesca Pianosi and Dr Sam Williamson

Richard Rees, Cardiff (Cohort 3) Project: Numerical Investigation into the Effect of Dynamic Pore Water Pressure on Slope Stability Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Michaela Bray

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Juliana Marcal, Bath (Cohort 5) Project: Improving Urban Water Security by Sectorisation of the Urban Area and Decentralisation of Water Infrastructure Supervisors: Prof Jan Hofman, Dr Junjie Shen and Prof David Butler (University of Exeter)

RESEARCH THEME: WATER RESOURCES – SUPPLY AND QUALITY Josie Ashe, Exeter (Cohort 1)

Bikash Ranabhat, Cardiff (Cohort 4)

Project: Using Continuous Time-Series Data to Build a Framework for Catchment-Scale Water Resource Management Supervisors: Prof Dragan Savic ́and Prof Richard Brazier

Project: Physical Testing and Numerical Modelling of a Vertical Axis Turbine for Hydroelectricity Generation Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian, Dr Allan Mason-Jones and Prof Roger Falconer

Damian Staszek, Exeter (Cohort 2) Project: An Integrated Approach to Water Resources and Investment Planning for Water Utilities under Uncertainty Supervisors: Prof Dragan Savic ́and Prof Guangtao Fu Industrial Supervisor: Patric Bulmer (Bristol Water)

Deborah Shackleton, Exeter (Cohort 4)

Charles West, Bristol (Cohort 3)

Bert Swart, Bath (Cohort 4)

Project: Large-Scale Groundwater Recharge Modelling in Africa Supervisors: Dr Rafael Rosolem and Prof Thorsten Wagener (University of Potsdam)

Project: A New Method of Microbubble Generation for Dissolved Air Flotation Supervisors: Dr Jannis Wenk and Prof John Chew

Paul Wills, Exeter (Cohort 3)

Paula Vicente, Exeter (Cohort 4)

Project: Smart Meters Collected Data Analysis and Segregation of Leakage from Actual Water Consumption Supervisors: Prof Fayyaz Memon and Dr Yulei Wu Industrial Supervisor: Paul Merchant (South West Water)

Project: Assessment of Drought Effects in Water Resources Availability Supervisors: Prof Raziyeh Farmani and Prof Dragan Savic ́

David Birt, Bath (Cohort 4) Project: Drinking Water Reservoir Resiliency in a Changing Climate Supervisors: Dr Jun Zang and Dr Lee Bryant

Project: Management of Emerging Contaminants Supervisors: Prof Fayyaz Memon and Prof David Butler Industrial Supervisor: Ruth Vinuela (South West Water)

Elisa Coraggio, Bristol (Cohort 4)

William Addison-Atkinson, Exeter (Cohort 5)

Project: Hydroinformatics of Smart Cities: Real-Time Water Quality Prediction Model for Surface Water Supervisors: Prof Dawei Han, Prof Weiru Liu and Prof Theo Tryfonas

Project: Investigating the Impact Associated with Faecal Indicator Bacteria in Urban Floodwaters Supervisors: Prof Albert Chen and Prof Fayyaz Memon

Vasileios Koukoravas, Exeter (Cohort 4) Project: Improved Leakage Related Modelling, Configuration and Operational Management of Intermittent Water Supply (IWS) Supervisors: Prof Raziyeh Farmani and Prof Zoran Kapelan

Project: Data-Driven Approaches to Hydraulic Time-Series Forecasting in Urban Drainage Supervisors: Prof Slobodan Djordjevic ́and Prof David Butler Industrial Supervisor: Dr Ole Mark (Krüger)

Stephanie Müller, Cardiff (Cohort 4)

Cristina Corti, Exeter (Cohort 5)

Project: Fish Response to Flow Alterations Supervisors: Dr Catherine Wilson and Dr Pablo Ouro (University of Manchester)

Project: Hazards and Drivers of Coastal Cliff Retreat in England Supervisors: Prof Akbar Javadi, Dr Steven Palmer and Dr Barend Van Maanen

Project: Mathematical Modelling for the Regional Quantification of Endemic Cholera Risk under Climate and Demographic Variation Supervisors: Prof Fayyaz Memon and Prof Albert Chen

Zara Visanji, Exeter (Cohort 4)

Arran Cooper-Davis, Exeter (Cohort 5)

Jessica Penny, Exeter (Cohort 4) Project: Impact of Land-Use Changes on Hydrological Regimes Supervisors: Prof Slobodan Djordjevic ́and Prof Albert Chen

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Our Students Daisy Harley-Nyang, Exeter (Cohort 5)

Daniel Power, Bristol (Cohort 5)

Project: Microplastics in Wastewater Supervisors: Prof Fayyaz Memon and Prof Tamara Galloway OBE Industrial Supervisor: Nina Jones (UKWIR)

Project: Understanding Global Soil Moisture Controls through the use of Cosmic-Rays Supervisors: Dr Rafael Rosolem and Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez

Mikkel Bue Lykkegaard, Exeter (Cohort 5)

James Rand, Bath (Cohort 5)

Project: Uncertainty Quantification for Large Scale and HighDimensional Hydrogeological Inverse Problems Supervisors: Prof Timothy Dodwell and Dr David Moxey

Project: Micro Underwater Vehicles for Autonomous Lake Inspection Supervisors: Dr Alan Hunter, Dr Lee Bryant and Dr Danielle Wain (7 Lakes Alliance/Colby College)

Sally Pearl, Bath (Cohort 5) Project: Investigating the Influence of Geologic Bombs and Reservoir Management on Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Metals and Resultant Water Quality Supervisors: Dr Lee Bryant, Dr Thomas Kjeldsen and Dr Pedro Estrela

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RESEARCH THEME: COASTAL AND MARINE PROCESSES Benjamin Beylard, Cardiff (Cohort 3)

Nicolas Hanousek, Cardiff (Cohort 5)

Project: Modelling of the Impact of Beach Nourishment on Coastal Morphology Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Prof Roger Falconer

Project: Near and Far-Field Hydro-Environmental Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Schemes Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer

Gwyn Hennessey, Bath (Cohort 3)

Ceri Howells, Cardiff (Cohort 5)

Project: Beach Erosion and Recovery Supervisors: Dr Chris Blenkinsopp and Dr Nick McCullen

Project: Analysis of Near-Surface Bidirectional Ducted Tidal Stream Turbines Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Prof Tim O’Doherty

Catherine Leech, Cardiff (Cohort 4) Project: Hydro-Environmental Characteristics and Modelling of Wake Dynamics of Turbines and Sluices in Lagoons and Barrages Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer

Nefeli Makrygianni, Cardiff (Cohort 4)

Vivien Maertens, Bath (Cohort 5) Project: Optimisation of Deep-Water Offshore Wind Systems Supervisors: Dr Jun Zang, Dr Chris Blenkinsopp and Prof Paul Milewski

Project: Modelling of Wind-Wave Interaction under Extreme Conditions Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Michaela Bray Industrial Supervisor: Dr Jean Bidlot (ECMWF)

Santiago Martelo Lopez, Cardiff (Cohort 5)

Oliver Foss, Bath (Cohort 5)

Samuel Rowley, Cardiff (Cohort 5)

Project: Composite Beaches and Dynamic Revetments – Coastal Protection Inspired by Nature Supervisors: Dr Chris Blenkinsopp and Dr Jun Zang

Project: Modelling of Flood Dynamics in the Middle Severn Catchment Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Zhihua Xie

Project: Numerical Modelling of Turbulent Interfacial Flows and Fluid-Structure Interaction Supervisors: Dr Zhihua Xie and Prof Shunqi Pan

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Our Students RESEARCH THEME: FLOOD RISK AND PREVENTION Joseph Shuttleworth, Cardiff (Cohort 2)

Laura Devitt, Bristol (Cohort 5)

Project: Numerical Modelling of Transcritical Flows: Applied to Short-Steep Catchments Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer

Project: Understanding Hydrological Uncertainties of Large-Scale Flood Hazard Mapping Supervisors: Dr Jeff Neal, Prof Thorsten Wagener (University of Potsdam) and Dr Gemma Coxon

In addition to finalising his thesis, Joe is now working as an Engineer at Arup.

Laura Wignall, Exeter (Cohort 3) Project: Flood Forecasting System for Large Catchments in Monsoon Climates Supervisors: Prof Slobodan Djordjevic ́and Prof Albert Chen

Andrew Barnes, Bath (Cohort 4) Project: Analysis of Heavy Rainfall Events using Machine Learning Supervisors: Dr Thomas Kjeldsen and Dr Nick McCullen

Giulia Giani, Bristol (Cohort 4) Project: Methodologies to Extract Information from RainfallStreamflow Time Series for Hydrological Analysis Supervisors: Dr Miguel Rico-Ramirez and Dr Ross Woods

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Georgios Sarailidis, Bristol (Cohort 5) Project: Understanding and Estimating Uncertainty in Global Flood Risk Models Supervisors: Dr Francesca Pianosi and Dr Ross Woods Industrial Supervisors: Kirsty Styles, Stephen Hutchings and Prof Rob Lamb (JBA Consulting)

Roberto Quaglia, Bristol (Cohort 5) Project: Spatio-Temporal Characterisation of Rainfall for Derived Flood Frequency Method Supervisors: Dr Ross Woods and Prof Dawei Han

Our Alumni COHORT 1 Ludovica Beltrame, Bristol (2014-18) Thesis: Simulating the Risk of Liver Fluke Infection in the UK through Mechanistic Hydro-Epidemiological Modelling Supervisors: Prof Thorsten Wagener and Dr Eric Morgan LinkedIn: ludovica-beltrame Ludo is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Milan in Italy. She is continuing her collaboration with the University of Bristol as a Visiting Research Associate in the Cabot Institute for the Environment.

Olivia Cooke, Bath (2014-18) Thesis: Assessment and Mitigation of Stormwater Runoff in an Informal Settlement Supervisors: Dr Lee Bryant, Dr Thomas Kjeldsen and Prof Wesaal Khan (Stellenbosch University) LinkedIn: olivia-cooke-3498a877 On completion of her PhD Olivia initially worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bath. She is currently a Data Analyst within the Civil Service.

Nejc Coz, Cardiff (2014-18) Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Modelling of Tidal Range Structures with Focus on Conservation of Momentum through Hydraulic Structures Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer LinkedIn: coznejc Nejc is a Research Assistant at the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (‘ZRC SAZU’).

Barnaby Dobson, Bristol (2014-18) Thesis: Uncertainty in Modelling and Optimising Operations of Reservoir Systems Supervisors: Dr Francesca Pianosi and Prof Thorsten Wagener Industrial Supervisor: Dr Chris Hutton (Wessex Water) LinkedIn: barnaby-dobson-299a2a62 Barney is a Research Associate in the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London. He works on the CAMELLIA Project, primarily as a water resource system modeller.

Laurence Hawker, Bristol (2014-18) Thesis: Regional Flood Models and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Uncertainty Supervisors: Prof Paul Bates and Dr Jeff Neal LinkedIn: laurence-hawker-5a503265 Laurence is a Research Associate in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol.

Jonathan King, Cardiff (2014-18) Thesis: Investigation and Prediction of Pollution in Coastal and Estuarine Waters, using Experimental and Numerical Methods Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer LinkedIn: kingja Jonathan is an Engineer at JBA Consulting.

Wouter Knoben, Bristol (2014-18) Thesis: Investigating Conceptual Model Structure Uncertainty: Progress in Large-Sample Comparative Hydrology Supervisors: Dr Ross Woods and Prof Jim Freer LinkedIn: wouter-knoben-79697340 Wouter is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. This is a 2-year position with one of the leading experts in hydrological modelling and part of the Global Water Futures program.

Mariano Marinari, Bath (2014-18) Thesis: Quantification and Valorisation of Agricultural Bioresource Residues in England Supervisors: Dr Tom Arnot and Dr Marcelle McManus Industrial Supervisor: Ian Law (Wessex Water) LinkedIn: marianomarinari Mariano is an Environmental Engineer at ARPA Lombardia in Italy (Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment).

Elli Mitrou, Cardiff (2014-18) Thesis: Large-Eddy Simulations of Multi-Phase Plumes in Crossflow and Stratified Flow Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Prof Zhihua Xie Elli is currently working at Black & White Engineering as a Senior Building Physics Engineer.

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Our Alumni Joshua Myrans, Exeter (2014-18)

Stamatis Batelis, Bristol (2015-19)

Thesis: Automated Analysis of Sewer CCTV Surveys Supervisors: Prof Zoran Kapelan and Prof Richard Everson LinkedIn: joshua-myrans-209760a0

Thesis: The Impact of Groundwater Representation in Land Surface Models under Current and Future Scenarios in Great Britain Supervisors: Dr Rafael Rosolem and Dr Mostaquimur Rahman LinkedIn: batelis

Following his PhD, Josh worked as a Research Associate on a 2-year KTP project with the University of Exeter and South West Water, with the aim of transferring new technology into the water industry. In July 2021, he was appointed as a Data Scientist at South West Water and as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter having been awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.

Ioanna Stamataki, Bath (2014-18) Thesis: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flash Floods and their Interaction with Urban Settlements Supervisors: Dr Jun Zang and Dr Thomas Kjeldsen LinkedIn: ioanna-stamataki-ba951a69 Following her PhD Ioanna worked at the University of Bath as a Research Associate, investigating and assessing the utility of documentary evidence of past flood events in Bath with contemporary flood risk assessments. She was then appointed to a temporary lectureship at Bath. In July 2021, Ioanna began a lectureship at the University of Greenwich.

James Webber, Exeter (2014-18) Thesis: Reliable and Resilient Surface Water Management through Rapid Scenario Screening Supervisors: Prof David Butler and Prof Guangtao Fu LinkedIn: james-webber James is continuing his association with Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems through two current projects. He is a Research Fellow on a project involving Exeter, Stanford and Melbourne, assessing the potential for large-scale surface water management across the San Francisco Bay. James is also an Impact Fellow for the NERC-funded SWEEP Sustainable Drainage project.

COHORT 2 Olivia Bailey, Bath (2015-19) Thesis: Sewer Systems of the Future: Developing a Stochastic Sewer Model to Support Design of Sustainable Wastewater Systems Supervisors: Prof Jan Hofman and Dr Tom Arnot LinkedIn: olivia-bailey-phd-124a029a Olivia is a Digital Water Consultant at Arup.

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Stamatis is a Data Scientist at the Financial Conduct Authority.

Paul Bayle, Bath (2015-19) Thesis: Coastal Protection and Nearshore Evolution under Sea Level Rise Supervisors: Dr Christopher Blenkinsopp, Dr Alan Hunter and Prof Gerd Masselink LinkedIn: paul-bayle-a6465095 Paul is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at BRGM (French Geological Survey) and the University of Bordeaux.

Stephen Clee, Cardiff (2015-19) Thesis: 3D Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Modelling of Offshore Sandbanks Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Catherine Wilson LinkedIn: stephen-clee-a36986b4 Stephen has just started working as a Research Associate at Cardiff University.

Arthur Hajaali, Cardiff (2015-19) Thesis: Numerical Investigation of the Flow Separation Unsteady Behaviour within the Diffuser of Bulb Turbine Unit Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Zhihua Xie LinkedIn: arthur-hajaali-78710053 Arthur is a Research Fellow at University College London.

Rosanna Lane, Bristol (2015-19) Thesis: National-Scale Hydrological Modelling of High Flows Across Great Britain: Multi-Model Structures, Regionalisation Approaches and Climate Change Analysis with Uncertainty Supervisors: Prof Jim Freer, Prof Thorsten Wagener and Dr Gemma Coxon LinkedIn: rosannalane Rosie is a Hydrological Modeller at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Anna Lo Jacomo, Bristol (2015-19) Thesis: Multi-Hazard Exposure of Cities and Implications for Urban Infrastructure Supervisors: Prof Dawei Han and Prof Alan Champneys LinkedIn: anna-lo-jacomo-82804643 Anna is a Research Associate at the University of Bristol and JBA Consulting.

Olivia Milton-Thompson, Exeter (2015-19) Thesis: Developing a Risk Assessment Model using Fuzzy Logic to Assess Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing Supervisors: Prof Akbar Javadi and Prof Zoran Kapelan LinkedIn: olivia-milton-thompson

COHORT 3 Sebastian Gnann, Bristol (2016-21) Thesis: Baseflow Generation at the Catchment Scale – An Investigation using Comparative Hydrology Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Howden and Dr Ross Woods Sebastian has just started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Potsdam in Germany.

Dolores González Olías, Bath (2016-20)

Olivia is a Project Geochemist with SLR Consulting.

Thesis: Self-Powered Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring: Sensor Development and Signal Treatment Supervisors: Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Dr Petra Cameron and Prof Jan Hofman LinkedIn: dolores-gonzález-olías-07689924

Cain Moylan, Bristol (2015-19)

Dolores is a Chemical Engineer at CCell.

Thesis: Sensitivity, Uncertainty and Refinement in a Global Flood Model Supervisors: Dr Jeff Neal and Prof Jim Freer LinkedIn: cain-moylan-191711140/ Cain is an Environmental Modeller at HR Wallingford.

Alex Stubbs, Cardiff (2015-19) Thesis: Large Eddy Simulation of Flow above Gravel Riverbeds Supervisors: Dr Michaela Bray and Prof Shunqi Pan LinkedIn: alexstubbs1 Alex is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at University College London.

Maria Xenochristou, Exeter (2015-19) Thesis: Water Demand Forecasting using Machine Learning on Weather and Smart Metering Data Supervisors: Prof Zoran Kapelan and Prof Jan Hofman Industrial Supervisor: Dr Chris Hutton (Wessex Water) LinkedIn: mariaxeno Maria is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University in the USA.

Giovanni Musolino, Cardiff (2016-21) Thesis: Flood Modelling and Hazard Assessment for Extreme Events in Riverine Basins Supervisors: Dr Reza Ahmadian and Prof Roger Falconer LinkedIn: giovanni-d-musolino-phd-10994453/ Giovanni is currently looking for work whilst finalising his thesis corrections.

Eirini Nikoloudi, Exeter (2016-20) Thesis: Event Management and Event Response Planning for Smart Water Networks Supervisors: Prof Zoran Kapelan and Prof Fayyaz Memon Industrial Supervisor: Dr Michele Romano (United Utilities) LinkedIn: eirini-nikoloudi Eirini is working as a Civil Engineer at a local engineering firm in Greece.

Lina Stein, Bristol (2016-21) Thesis: Using Hydrological Process Knowledge to Assess Flood Generation and Changes on a Global Scale Supervisors: Dr Ross Woods and Dr Francesca Pianosi Lina is starting a Postdoctoral Research post at the University of Potsdam in Germany.

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Student Experience

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POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL The WISE CDT Postgraduate School concluded its programme in summer 2019 on progression of the final intake (Cohort 5). All WISE entrants were co-located at the University of Exeter for their first year, which has been fundamental to establishing a WISE cohort experience. Commencing with a week-long induction programme, co-location in dedicated offices allowed students to get to know each other, the CDT’s academics and the CDT administrator, building relationships and developing a strong, supportive cohort to sustain them for the remainder of the programme.

The Postgraduate School in Water informatics ensured that students gained a solid understanding of water informatics and wider research methodology before they began their PhD research project. This was particularly important given WISE students’ varied academic backgrounds and experience. The programme accounted for 120 credits of taught Master’s level modules (National Qualification Framework level 7). The 8 modules were: n ECMM124: Hydroinformatics Tools n ECMM132: Urban Drainage and Waste Water Management n ECMM133: Water Supply and Distribution Management n ECMM144: Environmental and Computational Hydraulics

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n ECMM145: Computational Hydrology n ECMM146: Mathematical Modelling of Wastewater Treatment Process n ECMM171: Programming for Engineering n ECMM410: Research Methodology.

Three modules were created specifically for the WISE CDT and were only available to WISE students (ECMM144, ECMM145 and ECMM146, delivered by academics from Cardiff, Bristol and Bath, respectively). All other modules were shared with students following the University of Exeter’s MSc in Water Engineering and other MSc/MEng programmes within the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences. A key aim in designing the WISE CDT programme had been to develop students’ skills and understanding in addition to knowledge, including an appreciation of the present and future needs of the water industry.

New entrants to the CDT developed their PhD project proposal during their first year, presenting this to the CDT management group and Advisory Board members at Summer School on completion of their Postgraduate School module assessments.

There's a real community feel in the WISE CDT, opportunities to form relationships with your cohort but also with cohorts at a different stage of their development.

Cohort 2 student

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS AND ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME Transferable skills training is an essential component of the CDT programme. Key generic skills such as communication, commercial awareness, negotiation, problem solving and teamwork are invaluable for students’ development and future careers, whether in industry or academia. In each year of the programme students complete a Transferable Skills and Engineering Leadership (‘TSEL’) module delivered by one of the partner universities. Modules are designed to be distinct, build on earlier learning and align to students’ PhD progression. In addition to supporting the development of essential transferable skills, the programme prepares students for PhD submission, proposal writing and their future career.

PARTNER TSEL MODULES Year 1 Exeter: Focus of module: acquisition of a deeper understanding of the research process and methodology. The module covers communication, including supervisory relationships, science communication and public engagement, and overseas collaboration. It also focuses on patenting and intellectual property, negotiating and influencing skills, and developing a business model.

Exeter’s Year 1 module has been conducted jointly with students from the Stream Industrial Doctorate Centre to broaden the mix of participants’ backgrounds and experiences. The final Year 1 module was delivered in 2018-19 for Cohort 5 students.

Year 2 Bristol: Focus of module: maintaining motivation and independence; visualising data; preparation and delivery of conference papers and posters; writing and refereeing of journal articles and grant applications.

The final element of the Year 2 module will be delivered in September 2021 for Cohort 5 students, having been postponed from 2019-20 because of Coronavirus restrictions. A part-module was successfully delivered online in November 2020. As we go to press the plan is

to deliver the remaining VOX Coaching session in person during Summer School week. Previous cohorts report having greatly benefited from this experience.

Year 3 Cardiff: Focus of module: developing resilience; reducing stress; excelling as a researcher; leadership, management and team skills; professional etiquette; planning and writing a thesis; thinking of one’s career; entrepreneurship and leadership skills.

This final Year 3 module was delivered online in June 2021 to both Cohort 4 (module postponed in 2019-20 because of Coronavirus restrictions) and Cohort 5. The 2021 module included a new session on Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity delivered by the Centre for Inclusive Leadership. Cardiff WISE students Catherine Leech and Santiago Lopez wrapped up the event by hosting a quiz for all the participants.

Year 4 Bath: Focus of module: strategies for PhD viva preparation, thesis completion, smart and effective proposal writing, Early Career Researcher funding opportunities, career opportunities, and life after a PhD. With the imposition of Coronavirus restrictions in early 2020 Bath designed an online module and successfully delivered this for the second time in March-April 2021, with positive student feedback.

One final module will be delivered for Cohort 5 in 2021-22

I wanted to share how useful the WISE transferable skills courses really are!

At last year's transferable skills module in Bristol I was chosen to role play a situation with the presenter from VOX coaching where I had to practise speaking to someone who would be influential to my career but I might find it difficult to start a conversation with. I chose to act out an interaction with the Scientific Director at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and whilst on my [UKRI Policy Internship] placement I got to have the conversation for real! What's even more surreal is that I got to recommend the VOX coaching to him during an induction course, so everything came full circle!

Cardiff Cohort 4 student

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Student Experience RESEARCH SEMINARS WISE CDT students are part of an active research community and have the opportunity to participate in regular research seminars and events at their home and partner universities: ■ Bath’s Water Innovation & Research Centre (‘WIRC’): bath.ac.uk/research-centres/water-innovation-and-researchcentre-wirc-bath/ ■ Bristol’s Cabot Institute for the Environment’s Water Theme: bristol.ac.uk/cabot/what-we-do/water/ ■ Cardiff’s Hydro-environmental Research Centre (‘HRC’): cardiff.ac.uk/research/explore/research-units/hydroenvironmental-research-centre ■ Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems (‘CWS’): exeter.ac.uk/engineering/research/cws/ Throughout the four years, the CDT programme incorporates a mix of cohort and multi-cohort events to encourage students from all universities to mix, supporting discussion and exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries.

SUMMER SCHOOL The WISE CDT’s annual Summer School traditionally takes place in June. Summer School includes student research presentations and poster displays, a water-themed ‘challenge’, site visits, and talks from leading academic and industrial partners. Summer School week also hosts our annual Advisory Board meeting of industrial and academic partners and the Board of Examiners’ meeting, which reviews Postgraduate School marks and annual progression for all students.

Coronavirus pandemic restrictions meant the postponement of the 2020 Summer School. Student feedback has strongly supported these events taking place in person, therefore WISE is now planning for a September 2021 Summer School in the hope that the removal of restrictions will allow this event to take place.

Having a large group of people who are going through the same/similar things as you is really good – and in particular the cross university elements is super nice because you get different perspectives from different research groups.

Cohort 1 student

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Industry Engagement

Integral, ongoing engagement with industry is essential to the WISE CDT. The overall aim of WISE is to fill the skills gap by offering a postgraduate programme that fosters new levels of innovation and collaboration.

Through the establishment of a vibrant research and learning community, the CDT provides training at the boundary of water informatics, science and engineering. Integral to both the training programme and to students’ research projects is the involvement of leading industry, business, government and other stakeholders.

WISE CDT graduates may progress to academic, industry, regulatory, practitioner or research institutions. Exposure to real industry challenges and projects - and the networking and career development opportunities that arise from engagement with industry - are therefore highly valuable and necessary components of the training programme. Industry engagement for all students includes: n a series of seminars and invited lectures from industry and water stakeholders during the first year Postgraduate School; n regular Industry Days, where students present their research to water industry and practitioner stakeholders via poster and networking sessions; n engagement with Advisory Board members at Summer Schools, including presentations of PhD research project proposals and poster sessions displaying current research and preliminary results; n engagement with professional organisations such as CIWEM, the Institute of Water (IoW), British Hydrological Society (BHS), UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR), International Association for HydroEnvironment Engineering and Research (IAHR), and the International Water Association (IWA).

Additionally, many WISE PhD projects are co-developed by students and their supervisory teams in association with industry or practitioner partners. This ensures a route to impact and some real-world relevance to the project when it is delivered. As a result of occasions such as our Industry Days we have seen a growth in collaborative project development and - increasingly - internships and co-funding of projects. WISE has secured a number of industry co-funded studentships, including with Bristol Water, Dŵr CymruWelsh Water, South West Water, United Utilities, UKWIR and Wessex Water. Collaborative projects may involve an industrial partner joining the supervisory team. In-kind contributions include collaborator staff time and advice, invited seminars, site visits, access to stakeholder data, opportunities for in-company or on-site trials, and access to facilities and infrastructure.

In the absence of a 2021 Industry Day due to Coronavirus restrictions, students have accessed online events for the purposes of learning, sharing their research and networking. Seminar and webinar series further ensure that students continue to be exposed to key challenges and innovations within the water industry.

The WISE CDT provides a unique opportunity for students to participate in shaping their own research topic. This, coupled with the wide range of skills they will acquire by completing all that the postgraduate school offers, makes them very attractive prospective recruits for the Water industry.

David Evans, Director, Natural Energy Wyre

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Industry Engagement UK JOINT BIOSECURITY CENTRE PLACEMENT: DEBBIE SHACKLETON

COLLABORATION WITH LIVERPOOL CITY REGION: NICK HANOUSEK

In March 2021, Debbie Shackleton (Exeter, Cohort 4) took a 6-month break from her PhD to join the UK Joint Biosecurity Centre (‘JBC’) as an Early Career Researcher. In this role Debbie has been able to directly use her experience of modelling cholera outbreaks as part of her PhD research to help develop models in which to better understand the COVID-19 outbreak, and in turn, help direct policy.

Cardiff Cohort 5 student Nick Hanousek was recently contracted by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (‘LCR’) to carry out a modelling assessment of several proposed tidal range energy schemes for the Mersey area. This work required the development of a bespoke tidal range scheme implementation in the Telemac2D modelling software, applied to a coastal shelf scale model. The aim of the project was to provide validation of prior modelling undertaken by engineering consultancies, and to use a more technically developed approach to gain deeper insight into the behaviour of the proposed schemes.

During her first three months at JBC, Debbie primarily worked on two projects, the first of which involved contributing to the development of an algorithm which can determine the Covid risk of individual countries. This was then used to assist the decisionmaking process of placing countries on an international ‘Green List’.

The second project involved the development of a spatio-temporal model which can be used to track the geographical spread of new variants of concern within the UK - a project conveniently similar to her PhD work!

Debbie considers that she has greatly benefited from her JBC placement, which has allowed her to apply the skills and knowledge gained from her PhD to a very current issue, and even influence UK policy.

Spread of the COVID-19 virus

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Through a close working relationship with LCR, a highly detailed result was achieved along with some interesting insights into the effects of the proposed schemes. Nick would like to thank Dr Reza Ahmadian for his helpful supervision throughout this project, and Dr Shaun Benzon of the LCR for his attentiveness and encouragement.

Research Visits The universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter have strong links with the international academic community, as well as with consulting engineering and IT companies, water companies, government departments, and agencies involved in managing and improving the water environment.

All WISE CDT students are strongly encouraged to undertake a research visit of up to three months as they develop their PhD project. Research visits are funded by the CDT, some with supplementary support from the host institutes and the British Council, and are made to either a UK-based industrial/government agency partner or an overseas academic institution. During their visit students work on their research under the guidance of their primary PhD supervisor, the supervisor at the host institution and experts in their research area. On their return, students write a report evidencing the impact and outcomes of their visit.

Research visits enable students to profit from research facilities or resources not available locally, to obtain new insights through working with a different research group and to create new networks. Personal benefits include experiencing life and work in a different culture, confidence-building and making new friends.

WISE students’ programme evaluation forms consistently rate the research visit as one of the top 3 best parts of the CDT (along with

the cohort experience and the opportunity to present work and engage with UK and international researchers).

The encouragement to take a research visit has been really valuable, to work with new people and extend the impact of my research has been such a gift. Again something that is not common in a PhD but makes the WISE CDT into a really wellrounded, multi-faceted experience.

Cohort 2 student

The requirement for returning students to produce a formal research visit report was introduced in late 2018. All completed reports state that students considered their visit beneficial to both their research and to them personally, with the majority of visits also generating new links between the student’s home university and the host institution.

Three WISE CDT students were overseas on visits in early 2020 as Coronavirus restrictions took hold and had to return home early.

With travel opportunities still limited, WISE has been encouraging students to explore possibilities for alternative, local or virtual collaborations, where international travel cannot be pursued.

WISE is grateful to our partners for hosting these research visits, as the benefits to students – both professionally and personally - are immense. To date, WISE CDT students have been hosted by the following institutions and supervisors:

RESEARCH VISIT HOST INSTITUTION

HOST INSTITUTION SUPERVISOR

Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK Coldwater Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore, Canada Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands Deltares / Delft Technical University, Netherlands Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada DTU Copenhagen, Denmark Energy and Environment Research Initiative Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia Großer Wellenkanal - Ludwig-Franzius-Institut, Leibnitz Universität Hanover / Technical University Braunschweig, Hanover, Germany Hohai University, Nanjing, China International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria KWR Water Research Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Laboratoire de Machines Hydrauliques (LAMH), Laval University, Quebec, Canada Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Dr Cecilia Svensson Prof Martyn Clark Prof Patrick Reed Prof Jan Peter van der Hoek Dr Robert McCall Dr Aaron Cahill Dr Ole Mark Dr Aaron Cahill Prof Rodger Tomlinson Dr Stefan Schimmels Prof Yongping Chen Dr Yoshihide Wada Dr Mirjam Blokker Prof Yasuto Tachikawa Prof Sebastien Houde Dr Stefan Schimmels

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RESEARCH VISIT HOST INSTITUTION

HOST INSTITUTION SUPERVISOR

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg Nanjing Normal University/Hohai University, Nanjing, China National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore San Diego State University, USA Singapore Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (SCELSE), Singapore State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Texas A&M University, College Station, USA The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Tsinghua University, Beijing, China University College London, UK University of Arizona, Tucson, USA University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy University of California, Irvine, USA University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich, Switzerland Washington State Department of Ecology, USA WaterHarvest, India Water Research Laboratory, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Dr Stan Schymanski Drs Qiang Dai & Jing Huang Dr Eugine Makaya Prof Vladan Babovic Prof Hilary McMillan Dr Jamie Hinks Prof Peil Xin Dr Wesaal Khan Prof Scott Socolofsky Dr Heide Friedrich Prof Binliang Lin (two visits) Dr Eugeny Buldakov Prof Tom Meixner Prof Alberto Montanari Prof Brett Sanders (two visits) Prof Roger Nokes Prof Tim Fletcher Dr Murray Peel Prof Bryan Tolson Prof Jan Seibert Dr George Kaminsky Om Prakash Sharma Prof Ian Turner Prof Junqiang Xia

Outreach One of EPSRC’s key objectives is to "generate public awareness; communicate research outcomes; encourage public engagement and dialogue; and disseminate knowledge".

EPSRC therefore expects and encourages its researchers to engage with the public. The WISE CDT does this in a variety of ways, with the aim of both stimulating interest and educating. Public outreach activities require students to develop their communication skills in order to disseminate their research in a way that everyone can understand. Students also find these experiences enjoyable and wholly worthwhile.

FUTURES 2020: EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT In November 2020, FUTURES and The Global Science Show combined to celebrate ‘European Researchers’ Night’ in the form of a digital science festival. This proved to be an excellent opportunity for our Bath WISE CDT students and alumni - namely James Rand (Cohort 5), Andy Barnes (Cohort 4) and Dr Ioanna Stamataki (Cohort 1) - to showcase their research to a truly worldwide audience. Through the sharing of videos on underwater gliders, cloud formation and flash floods they demonstrated the global reach of social media for public engagement.

ENGINEERING CURIOSITY BIG BEAM IN In celebration of this year’s British Science Week, local engineers and schools in the West of England were paired up as part of the ‘Engineering Curiosity Big Beam In’. Organised by the DETI Inspire

Programme at the University of the West of England, the Big Beam In gave engineers the opportunity to ‘beam’ into a local school and participate in their lessons virtually, chatting and answering children’s questions about their role as an engineer and the impact of their work on the real-world, with the overall aim of fostering a curiosity for all things engineering.

Bath student James Rand was one of the many engineers to take part in this initiative and ‘beamed’ into several Key Stage 2 classes at the Cathedral Primary School in Bath. James discussed his earlier career as a Marine Engineer in the Royal Navy as well as his current role as a PhD researcher, and fielded a wide of range of questions from the incredibly enthusiastic children on areas such as engineering, lake science, military life and the environment.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TRAINING: JAMES RAND More recently, and in preparation for the much anticipated return of in-person public engagement, James Rand has undertaken bespoke training as part of ‘RATLab’ - a pop-up interactive show about biomechanics, aimed at 7-11 year olds. The training was designed to encourage the engineers to explore alternative methods of engaging the public in their research, primarily through the use of acting and puppetry.

RATLab is a new partnership between Green Ginger and the University of Bath, with funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering, and is designed to challenge negative associations with engineering and re-frame it as an exciting study and career path.

They aim to go on tour into primary schools in September 2021, equipped with an inflatable pop-up theatre, to showcase their unique and fun puppet show.

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Conferences WISE CDT students have the chance to attend and present at a range of UK and overseas conferences.

This offers fantastic networking opportunities and valuable preparation for future careers.

PhD students were also given the opportunity to present their research in the form of flash talks and a poster competition, with many WISE CDT students featuring amongst the winners – see page 32 for further details.

Sizeable groups of students and academics have presented at significant international conferences such as the AGU Fall Meeting and EGU. The Coronavirus pandemic has inevitably impacted on students’ ability to attend conferences in person. However, participation has continued via online events, which have offered new opportunities for engagement and networking. You can read about some of the past year’s conferences below.

In October 2020, Exeter Cohort 5 student Mikkel Lykkegaard presented his PhD research at ‘PyMCon 2020’; an asynchronous virtual conference on the Bayesian probabilistic computing framework known as ‘PyMC3’. Mikkel's algorithm has already been accepted into the PyMC3 code and his presentation was focused on an adaptive error model in the context of a groundwater flow problem.

10TH iEMSs CONFERENCE 2020

GW4 WSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020

In September 2020, Georgios Sarailidis (Bristol, Cohort 5) participated in the 10th iEMSs Conference (International Environmental Modelling and Software Society) where he presented his PhD research on ‘Integrating Human Knowledge and Data Mining through interactive Classification and Regression Trees (CART)’.

The revamped GW4 WSA Annual Conference took place online from 2-4 November 2020 and gave postgraduate research students from the WISE and Fresh CDTs the opportunity to share their research in the form of ‘One Minute Wonders’ – one-minute, single-slide presentations. Whilst not a competition, students were challenged to see if they could present their work clearly and quickly and capture the attention of delegates.

GW4 WSA PHD CON2020: KNOWLEDGE FLOW – BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN SCIENCE & COMMUNITY

PyMCON 2020

WISE CDT participants included Andy Barnes and James Rand (Bath), as well as Daisy Harley-Nyang and Mikkel Lykkegaard (Exeter). Stephanie Müller (Cardiff, Cohort 4) additionally presented a webinar on the use of leaky barriers for natural flood management.

1ST IAHR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CONGRESS

The first student-led GW4 WSA PhD Conference took place in September 2020 and WISE CDT student Juliana Marcal (Bath, Cohort 5) played a key role on the organising committee. The conference was originally supposed to take place in Bristol but in response to the Coronavirus pandemic went ahead virtually. It was a great success, with many PhD and MSc students from across the GW4 Alliance taking part. In addition, with expert speakers from Cardiff University, The Flow Partnership, The Mersey Forest and the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), the event brought together practitioners and researchers from across the world, working in areas of climate change, water scarcity and resource management, flood risk and policy, to discuss this vital ‘knowledge flow’.

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The 1st IAHR Online Congress for Young Professionals took place in November 2020, enabling the exchange of scientific advances amongst the IAHR youth community at an unprecedented scale.

Cohort 4 student Stephanie Müller (Cardiff) featured amongst the presentations with a talk on fish tracking in the wake of vertical axis turbines.

34TH NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS CONFERENCE (‘NeurIPS 2020’) In December 2020, Mikkel Lykkegaard attended ‘NeurIPS 2020’ and presented his PhD research on an adaptive error model in the context of a groundwater flow problem.

AGU FALL MEETING 2020 (‘AGU20’) The annual AGU Fall Meeting took place from 1-17 December 2020 and consisted of over a thousand hours of virtual content, including pre-recorded presentations from several Bristol WISE CDT graduates and students, namely Ludo Beltrame and Laurence Hawker (Cohort 1), Lina Stein (Cohort 3), and Laura Devitt and Georgios Sarailidis (Cohort 5).

6TH IAHR EUROPE CONGRESS The 6th IAHR Europe Congress, delayed until February 2021, adopted the motto of “No frames, no borders” and aimed to better understand and protect water resources. Nick Hanousek (Cardiff, Cohort 5) presented his PhD research on ‘Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in the development of a novel vertical axis stream turbine design’.

WATER SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE (‘WSCC 2021’) Jess Penny (Exeter, Cohort 4) and Juliana Marcal (Bath, Cohort 5) participated in the online Water Security and Climate Change conference (‘WSCC’) from 1-4 March 2021, which was originally due to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Jess' presentation was entitled 'ENhancing ResllienCe to future Hydrometeorological extremes; A study into Land Use Change within the Mun River Basin' and has been supported by the WISE CDT, the ENRICH project and TSRI. Juliana's presentation was entitled 'Urban water security assessment at city and sector levels'.

SIAM CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (‘CSE21’) In March 2021, Mikkel Lykkegaard gave a talk on sequential multilevel Monte Carlo for adaptive optimal design of groundwater surveys, as part of a mini-symposium at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (‘CSE21’). The mini-symposium, entitled 'Multiscale and Multilevel Methods for Uncertainty Quantification' was organised by Mikkel's primary supervisor, Professor Tim Dodwell as well as Professor Robert Scheichl from Heidelberg University/University of Bath.

YOUNG COASTAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS CONFERENCE 2021 (‘YCSEC’) The Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference (‘YCSEC’) took place in March 2021 and provided a unique opportunity for leading young coastal scientists and engineers working in academia and industry, to network with peers and share their research. This conference is traditionally UK-focused, however the move to online delivery opened it up to an international audience. WISE student Ollie Foss (Bath, Cohort 5) gave a presentation on his PhD research into sustainable coastal protection.

EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 (‘vEGU21’) This year’s EGU General Assembly took place virtually in April 2021 and brought together thousands of geoscientists from all over the world under the theme of “Gather Online”. A strong contingent of WISE students presented their research, including Jack Waterhouse and Andy Barnes (Bath), Jamie Brown, Giulia Giani, Dan Power, Georgios Sarailidis and Roberto Quaglia (Bristol), and Nefeli Makrygianni (Cardiff). Bristol WISE CDT graduate Dr Wouter Knoben (Cohort 1) also presented his current research and convened several sessions.

IWA DIGITAL WORLD WATER CONGRESS Mikkel Lykkegaard recently attended the IWA Digital Water Congress from 24 May – 4 June 2021, where he presented his first publication, entitled ‘Accelerating uncertainty quantification of groundwater flow modelling using a deep neural network proxy’. This paper has been accepted to the ‘Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering’ journal.

COASTAL DYNAMICS 2021 The Coastal Dynamics 2021 conference, with the theme of “Shaping the Future of our Coasts”, took place virtually from 28 June – 2 July 2021 and was attended by Bath student Ollie Foss (Cohort 5). Ollie gave an oral presentation on his PhD research, entitled ‘Morphodynamic response of a prototype dynamic cobble berm revetment constructed using angular, poorly sorted material’.

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Workshops, Seminars and More ‘TURNING THE TIDE – MICROPLASTICS DETECTION IN WASTEWATER’ In mid-2020, two renowned water magazines – the Institute of Water Magazine and the Water Industry Journal – featured an article by Bath Cohort 4 student Bert Swart on his approach to the issue of microplastics in wastewater.

Entitled ‘Turning the Tide – Microplastics Detection in Wastewater’, Bert explains how the University of Bath’s Water Innovation and Research Centre (‘WIRC’) are developing a state-of-the-art method of microplastics detection and characterisation with the use of an automated computer-based high speed camera. In parallel, they are also investigating the fate of microplastics in wastewater treatments plants and constructed wetlands, which will allow them to assess the severity of the issue in UK municipal wastewaters.

UKRI POLICY INTERNSHIP: CATHERINE LEECH UKRI’s Policy Internships Scheme offers the chance for doctoral students to work for three months in a highly influential policy organisation, engaging in policy topics relevant to both host and researcher. Internships are financially supported by the research councils and host partners, with studentships being extended for the period spent with the host organisation. These internships are designed to improve students’ transferable skills in project leadership, systematic review methods, communicating complex information to non-experts, writing for a policy audience, working at pace, and balancing needs of policy and evidence.

In late 2020, Catherine Leech (Cardiff, Cohort 4) undertook her internship – albeit virtually – at the Government Office for Science (‘GO-Science’), with the aim of obtaining a better understanding of how science informs policy. Catherine explains:

“Go-Science supports the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (‘GCSA’) in ensuring that the government has access to the best scientific evidence to inform policy and long-term decision making.

One way in which GO-Science achieves this is in facilitating weekly meetings with the network of departmental Chief Scientific Advisers (‘CSAs’) to facilitate collaboration, address cross-governmental issues and share best practice. During my internship, I worked closely with the CSA network, helping to provide a secretariat function for meetings as well as working on my primary task: developing a coherent induction process for incoming CSAs.”

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Whilst Catherine was unable to complete her internship in-person, due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions, she is positive about her experience:

“I would highly recommend a policy internship to anyone who is wanting to add an extra string to their bow and learn about science in government, offering a different perspective to our work in academia and applying research in a different way.”

Following on from her internship Catherine secured a part-time position at GO-Science, so has reduced her PhD working hours.

She recently presented her findings on 'Academic Engagement with Government' to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (‘POST’).

UNIVERSITY OF BATH WIRC WATER COLLOQUIA SERIES 2020-21 Due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions, the University of Bath’s popular WIRC Water Colloquia Series moved to an online format for the 2020-21 academic year and featured presentations from several Bath WISE CDT students and alumni. Amongst the presenters were Dr Paul Bayle (Cohort 1), Andy Barnes (Cohort 4), and Juliana Marcal and James Rand (Cohort 5).

‘EQUALITY IN ENGINEERING’ WORKSHOP With the help of several Bristol WISE CDT students, namely Lina Stein (Cohort 3), Elisa Coraggio and Giulia Giani (Cohort 4), and Georgios Sarailidis (Cohort 5), an engaging online workshop on the theme of ‘Equality in Engineering’ was hosted by the University of Bristol's Faculty of Engineering in November 2020. Run by Advance HE, the event aimed to improve knowledge and understanding of race and racism in Higher Education with a particular focus on the impact of language and terminology, as well as ‘micoaggressions’.

WISE CDT ‘ALUMNI PANEL’ The WISE CDT trialled an ‘alumni panel’ in late November 2020, which proved to be a great opportunity for graduates and current students (plus pets and offspring!) to connect from their current bases in the UK, mainland Europe and Canada. We would like to say a huge “thank you” to our panellists – Dr Barney Dobson (Bristol, Cohort 1) and Dr Olivia Milton-Thompson (Exeter, Cohort 2) – for talking about their experiences of work after WISE.

READING GROUP: EXETER CENTRE FOR WATER SYSTEMS In January 2021, the University of Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems introduced a fortnightly reading group for all postgraduate and early career researchers in which to critically analyse and share the latest advances in the field of water management. Several Exeter WISE students have led on these sessions, including Jess Penny (Cohort 4), Ari Cooper-Davis, Cristina Corti and Mikkel Lykkegaard (all Cohort 5).

Having just passed her viva, Dr Eirini Nikoloudi (Exeter, Cohort 3) gave a presentation on her PhD thesis, entitled ‘Event management and event response planning for smart water networks’. Eirini’s webinar provided an overview of failure events in water distribution systems and proposed a new response methodology to support decisions made by control room operators.

Also featuring in the 2020-21 webinar series was University of Bristol Co-Investigator Dr Rafael Rosolem, who presented ‘What does the cosmos tell you about soil hydrology?’. Rafael gave an overview of approaches to ensuring soil moisture at different scales, with a focus on what new cosmic ray neutron sensing technologies have to offer.

To round off the series, Bath Co-Director Professor Jan Hofman presented ‘Assessment of urban water security in sub-Saharan African Capitals’, a project between UNESCO, the University of Bath and KWR aiming to provide cities with a tool to assess their water, waste, and climate change challenges, using the City Blueprint Approach.

CIWEM WELSH BRANCH WEBINAR: RESEARCH IN FLUVIAL AND COASTAL WATERS GW4 WSA WEBINAR SERIES 2020-21 In response to the Coronavirus pandemic and ongoing home working, the GW4 WSA and Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems teamed up to provide a weekly webinar series for the 2020-21 academic year. This series featured a different guest speaker each week and aimed to stimulate discussion and knowledge exchange between academics, researchers, water professionals and students across the WSA partnership.

On 17 February 2021, CIWEM’s Welsh branch hosted a webinar on ‘Research in fluvial and coastal waters’ which included five minipresentations from researchers and PhD students from Cardiff University’s Young Professional Network (‘YPN’). WISE CDT presenters were Nefeli Makrygianni (Cohort 4), who presented on ‘Air-wave interaction in wave boundary layer’ and Sam Rowley (Cohort 5), with a presentation on ‘Modelling flood dynamics in the middle Severn Trent’.

WISE students are encouraged to participate in CIWEM events and WISE is grateful to CIWEM for offering opportunities for personal and professional development, especially during the Coronavirus pandemic when in-person contacts have been severely limited.

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Workshops, Seminars and More INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF PHDS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS ON ANADROMOUS SALMONID RESEARCH (‘NoWPaS 2021’) From 3–5 March 2021, Stephanie Müller (Cardiff, Cohort 4) participated in the first online ‘NoWPaS’ workshop where she presented her PhD research on ‘Tracking fish swimming behaviour in the vicinity of a hydrokinetic turbine’. This was a great opportunity for Stephanie to meet and engage with other postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers working in the areas of conservation ecology, salmonid behaviour and migration, and to learn about current issues relating to the conservation and science of fisheries.

5TH DualSPHysics USERS WORKSHOP The 5th DualSPHysics Users Workshop – which aims to bring together the growing community of SPH-code users and developers – took place from 15-17 March 2021, following a prolonged delay due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Nick Hanousek (Cardiff, Cohort 5), along with approximately 100 other like-minded individuals, attended this online event. Nick presented his work on ‘Using SPH modelling to complement flume study in the development of a novel turbine design’. Nick found this a great opportunity to meet other users, share insights, discover the latest updates, and receive feedback on his PhD research.

JOINT ICTP-IAEA WORKSHOP: USE OF COSMIC RAY NEUTRON SENSOR FOR SOIL MOISTURE MANAGEMENT The online Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on the Use of Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (‘CRNS’) for Soil Moisture Management and Validation of Remote Sensing Soil Moisture Maps took place from 10 –19 May 2021. Participating from WISE was Bristol Cohort 5 student Dan Power, as the subject is directly related to his PhD research. CRNS is a device for monitoring soil water content in a non-invasive and continuous way, supporting decision-making for improved land management practices. Dr Rafael Rosolem, Dan’s primary supervisor and WISE Co-Investigator, was one of the workshop’s key speakers and relished helping to train new CRNS users from all over the world.

‘WATER THEY UP TO: CWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT’ SERIES Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems has recently introduced a fortnightly spotlight series, entitled ‘Water they up to: CWS in the Spotlight’. This highlights a different academic, researcher or student each time, finding out their current activity and what comes to mind for them when thinking about water. WISE students Ari-Cooper

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Davis and Mikkel Lykkegaard (Cohort 5) have so far featured within this series.

BEMUSED’ INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM In May 2021, Jamie Brown (Bristol, Cohort 4) presented his PhD research at an international symposium for the NERC-funded ‘BEMUSED’ project – Brazilian Experimental datasets for MUltiScale interactions in the critical zone under Extreme Drought – a partnership between the University of Bristol and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Jamie’s presentation was entitled ‘Can using the carbon-water mechanisms in vegetation further our understanding of tropical hydroclimatology in Brazil?’.

FIELD EXPERIMENTS: JAMES RAND With easing Coronavirus restrictions, James Rand (Bath, Cohort 5) has relished the opportunity to resume fieldwork and can regularly be found conducting experiments at local reservoirs. In late 2020 and with the help of his peers – Jack Waterhouse (Cohort 3) and David Birt (Cohort 4) – James installed a newly refurbished weather station and thermistor chain moorings at Blagdon Reservoir near Bristol, which allowed them to measure lake temperatures throughout the winter.

More recent experiments have included water quality sampling at Llandegfedd Reservoir near Newport, incorporating both automated and manual methods.

Prizes, Awards and Achievements NERC COVID-19 DIGITAL SPRINT HACKTHON: ‘TEAM CORONASAURUS’ 3RD PRIZE

© Team Coronasaurus

A group of WISE CDT students, aptly named ‘Team Coronasaurus’, participated in the 2nd of four week-long NERC COVID-19 Digital Sprint Hackathons in June 2020. Exeter students Ari CooperDavis, Cristina Corti and Mikkel Lykkegaard, and Bath student James Rand (all Cohort 5) were tasked with using NERC and other publicly available databases to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown and recovery measures on meeting the Paris Agreement and net zero targets.

Looking at the way many organisations and companies rapidly adapted to alternative and home working practices, the team proposed a blended 2+2 working week i.e. longer working days with two days in the office and two at home, as well as an extra day off per week, which achieved a reduction in UK CO2 emissions by 10-20%.

Commended for their good analysis, modelling and informative YouTube video, Team Coronasaurus were awarded 3rd place overall.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY CELEBRATIONS 2020 Exeter’s College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences (‘CEMPS’) held its 4th International Women in Engineering Day celebration on 19 June 2020. This event aimed to encourage, support and promote early-career female researchers, including postgraduates, PhD students, research assistants, postdocs, research fellows and newly-appointed lecturers across the College’s Science and Engineering disciplines. For the first time this event took place virtually and was opened up to undergraduate students to widen participation.

Exeter Cohort 5 student Cristina Corti was awarded 4th prize in the presentation competition for her talk on ‘Point Clouds – How can we use them to quantify coastal cliff erosion?’, which focused on the use of LiDAR point cloud data to extract key metrics of cliff erosion, by using a clustering algorithm to segment the clouds.

The competition judges commended the high quality of presentations and the inspiring discussions arising from them.

Some of our women in engineering: Olivia Bailey, Olivia Milton-Thompson, Anna Lo Jacomo and Lina Stein.

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Prizes, Awards and Achievements GW4 WSA PHD CONFERENCE WINNERS

YOUNG HYDROLOGIC SOCIETY CHAIR 2021-22: LINA STEIN

As part of the first GW4 WSA PhD Conference, postgraduate research students from across the GW4 Alliance presented their research in the form of flash talks and a poster competition. WISE students featured amongst the winners, as follows:

The Young Hydrologic Society (‘YHS’) is a bottom-up initiative aimed at stimulating the interaction and active participation of young hydrologists within the hydrological community.

Founded in October 2012, YHS is currently run by a team of enthusiastic Master’s students, postgraduate research students and post-doctoral researchers from several universities across Europe. Lina Stein (Bristol, Cohort 3) was appointed by her fellow board members as the 2021-22 YHS Chair, and will serve for a two-year term.

Flash Talks: n 1st place: Daisy Harley-Nyang (Exeter, Cohort 5) n 2nd place: Elle Von Benzon n 3rd place: James Rand (Bath , Cohort 5), Salmatta Ibrahim, Sam Rowley (Cardiff , Cohort 5) and Giulia Giani (Bristol, Cohort 4) Poster Competition: n 1st place: Daisy Harley-Nyang n 2nd place: Giulia Giani n 3rd place: James Rand and Efe-Eyefia Daisy Harley-Nyang was also named as the People’s Choice’ winner for generating the most online participation, including comments, questions and re-tweets.

‘INSPIRED ENGINEER AWARD’: STEPHANIE MÜLLER In May 2021, the ‘Inspired Engineer Award’ was launched by Cardiff University’s Enterprise Team with the aim of encouraging commercial and entrepreneurial thinking amongst its engineering students. WISE CDT student Stephanie Müller (Cardiff, Cohort 4) received one of six awards, in recognition of her contribution to the ‘Vertical axis hydrokinetic turbines (VAT) as innovative clean energy solutions for remote communities in developing countries’ research project.

This interdisciplinary project is investigating the wake characteristics of a single and a range of twin turbine configurations, as well as fish response, which will contribute towards the refinement of turbine designs and array arrangements with the aim of harnessing the full potential of river energy. Fostering VAT as an environmentalfriendly, renewable energy supply is particularly important to ensure that electricity demands of small, remote communities (with limited access to the energy grid) are met, thus contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 – to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. This project involved Dr Pablo Ouro, Dr Valentine Muhawenimana, Dr Catherine Wilson and Professor Jo Cable from Cardiff University, as well as partners from the National University of Columbia and the University of Campinas, Brazil.

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Publications

2021 Title: From Pollutant Removal to Resource Recovery: A Bibliometric Analysis of Municipal Wastewater Research in Europe

Title: Experimental Investigation of Physical Leaky Barrier Design Implications on Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) Movement

Authors: Juliana Marcal, Toby Bishop, Jan Hofman, Junjie Shen

Authors: Stephanie Müller, Catherine A. M. E. Wilson, Pablo Ouro, Joanne Cable

Source: CHEMOSPHERE DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131267

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2021WR030111

Published: DECEMBER 2021

Published: JULY 2021

Title: Accelerating Uncertainty Quantification of Groundwater Flow

Title: Uncertainty in the Extreme Flood Magnitude Estimates of Large-Scale Flood Hazard Models

Authors: Mikkel B. Lykkegaard, Tim J. Dodwell, David Moxey

Authors: Laura Devitt, Jeffrey Neal, Thorsten Wagener and Gemma Coxon

Modelling using a Deep Neural Network Proxy

Source: COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2021.113895

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abfac4

Published: 01 SEPTEMBER 2021

Published: 20 MAY 2021

Title: Behaviour and Performance of a Dynamic Cobble Berm Revetment During a Spring Tidal Cycle in North Cove, Washington State, USA

Title: Hydro-Epidemiological Modelling of Bacterial Transport and Decay in Nearshore Coastal Waters

Authors: Paul M. Bayle, George M. Kaminsky, Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Heather M. Weiner, David Cottrell

Source: WATER RESEARCH DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117049

Source: COASTAL ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.103898

Authors: Jonathan King, Reza Ahmadian & Roger A. Falconer

Published: 15 MAY 2021

Published: AUGUST 2021

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Publications Title: Developing a Fuzzy Logic-Based Risk Assessment for

Groundwater Contamination from Well Integrity Failure during Hydraulic Fracturing

Depth, Spatial and Temporal Moments

Authors: Olivia Milton-Thompson, Akbar A. Javadi, Zoran Kapelan, Aaron G. Cahill, Laurie Welch

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8961

Source: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145051

Published: 2021

Published: 15 MAY 2021

Title: A New Approach of Implementation of Wave Boundary Layer in OpenIFS

Title: Challenges for Application of the Derived Distribution

Authors: Roberto Quaglia, Ross Woods, and Dawei Han

Approach to Flood Frequency

Authors: Nefeli Makrygianni, Shunqi Pan, Jean Bidlot, and Michaela Bray

Authors: Ross Woods, Yanchen Zheng, Roberto Quaglia, Giulia Giani, Dawei Han, and Miguel Rico-Ramirez

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-9617

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15044

Published: 2021

Published: 2021

Title: Investigating the Effectiveness of Bubble-Plume

Title: An Innovative, Timeseries-Analysis-Based Method to Extract

Rainfall-Streamflow Events from Continuous Timeseries

Destratification Systems in a Temperate, Shallow, Drinking Water Reservoir Authors: Jack Waterhouse, Thomas Kjeldsen, and Lee Bryant

Authors: Giulia Giani, Miguel Angel Rico-Ramirez, and Ross Woods

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12509

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4619

Published: 2021

Published: 2021

Title: Understanding Soil Moisture Dynamics through Cosmic Rays: A Global Analysis

Title: Uncertainty Quantification and Attribution in Flood Risk

Assessment using Global Flood Models: An Application to the River Rhine Basin Authors: Georgios Sarailidis, Francesca Pianosi, Thorsten Wagener, Kirsty Styles, Stephen Hutchings, and Rob Lamb Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3488

Authors: Daniel Power, Rafael Rosolem, Miguel Rico-Ramirez, Darin Desilets, and Sharon Desilets Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13250 Published: 2021 Title: Evaluation of High-Resolution Meteorological Global Data

Published: 2021

Products using Flux Tower Observations across Brazil

Title: Improving Regional Rainfall Forecasts using Convolutional-

Authors: Jamie Brown, Rafael Rosolem, Ross Woods, Humberto Rocha, and Debora Roberti

Neural Networks

Authors: Andrew Barnes, Nick McCullen, and Thomas Rodding Kjeldsen Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11105 Published: 2021

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Title: Joint Distribution of Rainfall Characteristics: Intensity, Total

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2021 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15387 Published: 2021

Title: TOSSH: A Toolbox for Streamflow Signatures in Hydrology

Title: A Practical, Objective and Robust Technique to Directly

Authors: Sebastian J. Gnann, Gemma Coxon, Ross A. Woods, Nicholas J.K. Howden, Hilary K. McMillan

Estimate Catchment Response Time

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.104983

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2020WR028201

Published: APRIL 2021

Published: FEBRUARY 2021

Title: Short-Term Forecasting of Household Water Demand in the UK using an Interpretable Machine-Learning Approach

Title: High-Resolution, Large-Scale Laboratory Measurements of a Sandy Beach and Dynamic Cobble Berm Revetment

Authors: Maria Xenochristou, Chris Hutton, Jan Hofman, Zoran Kapelan

Authors: Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Paul M. Bayle, Daniel C. Conley, Gerd Masselink, Emily Gulson, Isabel Kelly, Rafael Almar, Ian L. Turner, Tom E. Baldock, Tomas Beuzen, Robert T. McCall, Huub Rijper, Ad Reniers, Peter Troch, David Gallach-Sanchez, Alan J. Hunter, Oscar Bryan, Gwyn Hennessey, Peter Ganderton, Marion Tissier, Matthias Kudella & Stefan Schimmels

Source: JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001325 Published: APRIL 2021 Title: Discovering Environmental Management Opportunities for

Authors: G. Giani, M. A. Rico‐Ramirez, R. A. Woods

Source: SCIENTIFIC DATA DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00805-1

Infectious Disease Control

Published: 20 JANUARY 2021

Authors: Beltrame, L., Rose Vineer, H., Walker, J. G., Morgan, E. R., Vickerman, P. T., & Wagener, T

Title: Flood Spatial Coherence, Triggers, and Performance

Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85250-1

in Hydrological Simulations: Large-Sample Evaluation of Four Streamflow-Calibrated Models

Published: 19 MARCH 2021

Authors: Brunner, M. I., Melsen, L. A., Wood, A. W., Rakovec, O., Mizukami, N., Knoben, W. J. M., and Clark, M. P.

Title: Leaky Barriers: Leaky Enough for Fish to Pass?

Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-105-2021

Authors: Stephanie Müller, Catherine A. M. E. Wilson, Pablo Ouro and Joanne Cable

Published: 06 JANUARY 2021

Source: ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201843

2020

Published: 03 MARCH 2021

Title: Flexible Vector-Based Spatial Configurations in Land Models

Title: Mapping Groundwater Recharge in Africa from Ground

Authors: Shervan Gharari, Martyn P. Clark, Naoki Mizukami, Wouter J. M. Knoben, Jefferson S. Wong, Alain Pietroniro

Observations and Implications for Water Security

Authors: Alan M MacDonald, R Murray Lark, Richard G Taylor, Tamiru Abiye, Helen C Fallas, Guillaume Favreau, Ibrahim B Goni, Seifu Kebede, Bridget Scanlon, James P R Sorensen, Moshood Tijani, Kirsty A Upton and Charles West

Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-5953-2020 Published: 16 DECEMBER 2020

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abd661 Published: 16 FEBRUARY 2021

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Publications Title: Comparing Earth Observation and Inundation Models to Map

Title: In Situ Characterisation of Size Distribution and Rise Velocity

Flood Hazards

of Microbubbles by High-Speed Photography

Authors: Laurence Hawker, Jeffrey Neal, Beth Tellman, Jiayong Liang, Guy Schumann, Colin Doyle, Jonathan A Sullivan, James Savage and Raphael Tshimanga

Authors: Bert Swart, Yubin Zhao, Mohammed Khaku, Eric Che, Richard Maltby, Y.M. John Chew, Jannis Wenk

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abc216

Source: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115836 Published: 02 NOVEMBER 2020

Published: 04 DECEMBER 2020 Title: Interactive Decision Support Methodology for Near Real-Time

Response to Failure Events in a Water Distribution Network

Authors: E. Nikoloudi, M. Romano, F. A. Memon, Z. Kapelan Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2020.101 Published: 02 DECEMBER 2020 Title: Digital Elevation Models for Topographic Characterisation

and Flood Flow Modelling Along Low-Gradient, Terminal Dryland Rivers: A Comparison of Spaceborne Datasets for the Río Colorado, Bolivia Authors: Jiaguang Lia, Yang Zhao, Paul Bates, Jeffrey Neal, Stephen Tooth, Laurence Hawker, Carmine Maffei Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125617 Published: DECEMBER 2020 Title: Comparison of Flood Hazard Assessment Criteria for Pedestrians with a Refined Mechanics-Based Method Authors: G. Musolino, R. Ahmadian, R.A. Falconer Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY DOI: 10.1016/j.hydroa.2020.100067 Published: 17 NOVEMBER 2020 Title: Including Regional Knowledge Improves Baseflow Signature Predictions in Large Sample Hydrology Authors: Sebastian J. Gnann, Hilary McMillan, Ross A. Woods, Nicholas J. K. Howden Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2020WR028354 Published: 05 NOVEMBER 2020

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Title: Emergency Flood Bulletins for Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A Critical Evaluation of the use of Global Flood Forecasts for International Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Authors: Rebecca Emerton, Hannah Cloke, Andrea Ficchi, Laurence Hawker, Sara de Wit, Linda Speight, Christel Prudhomme, Philip Rundell, Rosalind West, Jeffrey Nealf, Joaquim Cuna, Shaun Harrigan, Helen Titley, Linus Magnusson, Florian Pappenberger, Nicholas Klingaman, Elisabeth Stephens Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101811 Published: NOVEMBER 2020 Title: A New Approach for Scaling Beach Profile Evolution and Sediment Transport Rates in Distorted Laboratory Models Authors: Paul Maxime Bayle, Tomas Beuzen, Christopher Edwin Blenkinsopp, Tom E Baldock, Ian Lloyd Turner Source: COASTAL ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103794 Published: 29 OCTOBER 2020 Title: Camels-Gb: Hydrometeorological Time Series and Landscape

Attributes for 671 Catchments in Great Britain

Authors: Gemma Coxon, Nans Addor, John P. Bloomfield, Jim Freer, Matt Fry, Jamie Hannaford, Nicholas J. K. Howden, Rosanna Lane, Melinda Lewis, Emma L. Robinson, Thorsten Wagener and Ross Woods Source: EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2459-2020 Published: 12 OCTOBER 2020

Title: A Brief Analysis of Conceptual Model Structure Uncertainty

Title: Performance of a Dynamic Cobble Berm Revetment for

using 36 Models and 559 Catchments

Coastal Protection, under Increasing Water Level

Authors: W. J. M. Knoben, J. E. Freer, M. C. Peel, K. J. A. Fowler, R. A. Woods

Authors: Bayle, P., Blenkinsopp, C., Conley, D., Masselink, G., Beuzen, T. & Almar, R.

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2019WR025975

Source: COASTAL ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103712

Published: 06 JULY 2020

Published: 14 MAY 2020

Title: Water Demand Forecasting Accuracy and Influencing Factors at Different Spatial Scales using a Gradient Boosting Machine

Title: An Ensemble Stacked Model with Bias Correction for Improved Water Demand Forecasting

Authors: Xenochristou, M., Hutton, C., Hofman, J., & Kapelan, Z.

Authors: Xenochristou, M., Kapelan, Z.

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026304

Source: URBAN WATER JOURNAL DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2020.1758164 Published: 13 MAY 2020

Published: 29 JUNE 2020 Title: Understanding Catchment Influences on Flood Generating

Title: Mapping the Danger to Life in Flash Flood Events Adopting a

Processes – Accounting for Correlated Attributes

Authors: Musolino, G., Ahmadian, R., Xia, JQ., Falconer, RA

Authors: Stein, L., Clark, M., Pianosi, F., Knoben, W., and Woods, R.

Source: JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12627

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9918

Published: 26 MAY 2020

Published: 2020

Title: Beach Profile Changes under Sea Level Rise in Laboratory Flume Experiments at Different Scale

Title: Linking Hydrological Signatures to Hydrological Processes and Catchment Attributes: A Flexible Approach Applied to Baseflow Signatures

Mechanics Based Methodology and Planning Evacuation Routes

Authors: Paul M. Bayle, Tomas Beuzen, Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Tom E. Baldock, and Ian L. Turner

Authors: Gnann, S., Howden, N., Woods, R., and McMillan, H.

Source: JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH DOI: 10.2112/SI95-038.1

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3569

Published: 26 MAY 2020

Published: 2020

Title: Surf Zone Wave Measurements from Lidar Scanners: Analysis

Title: A Practical, Objective, Robust Technique to Directly Estimate

of Non-hydrostatic Processes

Time of Concentration

Authors: Martins, K., Bonneton, P., Bayle, P.M., Blenkinsopp, C.E., Mouragues, A., Michallet, H.

Authors: Giani, G., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., and Woods, R.

Source: JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH DOI: 10.2112/SI95-231.1

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-4924 Published: 2020

Published: 26 MAY 2020

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Publications Title: Implementation of the Wave Boundary Layer Model

Title: Freshwater Resources Analysis from Water Harvesting

in the OpenIFS Model

Structures in the Sambhar Salt Lake Region, Rajasthan

Authors: Makrygianni, N., Bidlot, J. R., Bray, M., and Pan, S.

Author: A. Vicente, P.

Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3605

Source: WATER BRIEF 15, THE INDIA-UK WATER CENTRE; UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY, WALLINGFORD AND INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY, PUNE.

Published: 2020

Published: MAY 2020 Title: Investigating Manganese Dynamics in a Coupled CatchmentReservoir System: Lake Blagdon – SW England Authors: Waterhouse, J., Kjeldsen, T., and Bryant, L. Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19160

Changes in a Sewer under Water Conservation Scenarios

Authors: Bailey, O., Zlatanovic, L., van der Hoek, J. P., Kapelan, Z., Blokker, M., Arnot, T. & Hofman, J.

Published: 2020

Source: WATER DOI: 10.3390/w12041187

Title: Visual Approach to Clustering Large-Scale Meteorological

Published: 21 APRIL 2020

Datasets

Authors: Andrew Barnes, Thomas Kjeldsen, and Nick McCullen Source: EGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2020 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19018

Title: Interlinking Bristol Based Models to Build Resilience to Climate Change Authors: Stevens J, Henderson R, Webber J, Evans B, Chen A, Djordjević S, Sánchez-Muñoz D, Domínguez-García J.

Published: 2020

Source: SUSTAINABILITY DOI: 10.3390/su12083233

Title: Many Commonly used Rainfall-Runoff Models Lack Long,

Published: 16 APRIL 2020

Slow Dynamics: Implications for Runoff Projections

Authors: Fowler, K., Knoben, W.J.M., Peel, M.C., Peterson, T.J., Ryu, D., Saft, M., Seo, K.W., Western, A. Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2019WR025286

Title: Towards the Representation of Groundwater in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator Authors: Batelis, S.C., Rahman, M., Kollet, S., Woods, R., Rosolem, R.

Published: MAY 2020

Source: HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13767

Title: Freshwater Resources Analysis from Water Harvesting

Published: 07 APRIL 2020

Structures in the Sambhar Salt Lake Region, Rajasthan Author: Arce Vicente, P.

Source: REPORT OF RESEARCHER EXCHANGE, THE INDIA UK WATER CENTRE; UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY, WALLINGFORD AND INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY, PUNE Published: MAY 2020

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Title: A Stochastic Model to Predict Flow, Nutrient and Temperature

Title: Event-Based Classification for Global Study of River Flood

Generating Processes

Authors: Stein, L., Pianosi, F., Woods, R. Source: HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES DOI: 10.1002/hyp.13678 Published: 30 MARCH 2020

Title: Investigating the Effects of Pluvial Flooding and Climate

2019

Authors: Evans B., Chen A.S., Djordjević S., Webber J., Gómez A.G., Stevens J.

Title: A Statistical Analysis on the Effect of Preceding Dry Weather on Sewer Blockages in South Wales

Change on Traffic Flows in Barcelona and Bristol

Source: SUSTAINABILITY DOI: 10.3390/su12062330 Published: 17 MARCH 2020

Authors: Draude, S., Keedwell, E., Hiscock, R., Kapelan, Z. Source: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.063 Published: 15 DECEMBER 2019

Title: Identifying the Origins of Extreme Rainfall using Storm Track Classification Authors: Barnes, A.P., Santos, M.S., Garijo, C., Mediero, L., Prosdocimi, I., McCullen, N., Kjeldsen, T.R. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2019.164 Published: MARCH 2020

Title: Is Green Infrastructure a Viable Strategy for Managing Urban Surface Water Flooding?

Authors: Webber, J.L., Fletcher, T.D., Cunningham, L., Fu, G., Butler, D., Burns, M.J. Source: URBAN WATER JOURNAL DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2019.1700286 Published: 10 DECEMBER 2019

Title: Hydrological Signatures Describing the Translation of Climate

Seasonality into Streamflow Seasonality

Authors: Gnann, S.J., Howden, N.J.K., Woods, R.A. Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DOI: 10.5194/hess-24-561-2020

Title: Predicting Impacts of Water Conservation with a Stochastic Sewer Model Authors: Bailey, O., Arnot, T.C., Blokker, E.J.M., Kapelan, Z., Hofman, J.A.M.H.

Published: 06 FEBRUARY 2020

Source: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.031

Title: Using Smart Demand-Metering Data

Published: 01 DECEMBER 2019

and Customer Characteristics to Investigate Influence of Weather on Water Consumption in the UK Authors: Xenochristou, M., Kapelan, Z., Hutton, C.

Title: Comparing Cost-Effectiveness of Surface Water Flood Management Interventions in a UK Catchment

Source: JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001148

Authors: Webber, J.L., Fu, G.T., Butler, D.

Published: 01 FEBRUARY 2020

Published: NOVEMBER 2019

Title: Optimising Wastewater Treatment Solutions for the Removal

Title: Technical Note: Inherent Benchmark or Not? Comparing

Source: JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12523

of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECS): A Case Study for Application In India

Nash-Sutcliffe and Kling-Gupta Efficiency Scores

Authors: Visanji, Z., Sadr, S.M.K., Johns, M.B., Savic, D., Memon, F.A.

Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DOI: 10.5194/hess-23-4323-2019

Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2019.031

Published: 25 OCTOBER 2019

Authors: Knoben, W.J.M., Freer, J.E., Woods, R.A.

Published: 01 JANUARY 2020

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Publications Title: Effect of Electrode Properties on the Performance of a

Title: A Global Survey on the Perceptions and Impacts of Gender

Photosynthetic Microbial Fuel Cell for Atrazine Detection

Inequality in the Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Olias, L.G., Cameron, P.J., Di Lorenzo, M.

Authors: Popp, A.L., Lutz, S.R., Khatamis, S., van Emmerik, T.H.M., Knoben, W.J.M.

Source: FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00105 Published: 09 OCTOBER 2019

Source: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE DOI: 10.1029/2019EA000706 Published: 08 AUGUST 2019

Title: Accuracy Assessment of the Tandem-X 90 Digital Elevation Model for Selected Floodplain Sites Authors: Hawker, L., Neal, J., Bates, P.

Title: Validating a Rapid Assessment Framework for Screening Surface Water Flood Risk

Source: REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111319

Authors: Webber, J.L., Booth, G., Gunasekara, R., Fu, G., Butler, D.

Published: OCTOBER 2019

Source: WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL DOI: 10.1111/wej.12415

Title: Benchmarking the Predictive Capability of Hydrological

Published: AUGUST 2019

Models for River Flow and Flood Peak Predictions across over 1000 Catchments in Great Britain Authors: Lane, R.A., Coxon, G., Freer, J.E., Wagener, T., Johnes, P.J., Bloomfield, J.P., Greene, S., Macleod, C.J.A., Reaney, S.M. Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DOI: 10.5194/hess-23-4011-2019 Published: 30 SEPTEMBER 2019

Title: Twenty-Three Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH) –

A Community Perspective

Authors: Bloschl, G. et al; contributors include Knoben, W., Stein, L. Source: HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2019.1620507 Published: 27 JULY 2019

Title: Implementation of a Full Momentum Conservative Approach in Modelling Flow through Tidal Structures Authors: Coz, N., Ahmadian, R., Falconer, R.A. Source: WATER DOI: 10.3390/w11091917 Published: 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 Title: Atmospheric Origins of Extreme Rainfall in the UK

Authors: Knoben, W.J.M., Freer, J.E., Fowler, K.J.A., Peel, M.C., Woods, R.A.

Authors: Barnes, A.P., McCullen, N., & Kjeldsen, T.R.

Source: GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT DOI: 10.5194/gmd-12-2463-2019

Source: 4TH IMA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLOOD RISK

Published: 25 JUNE 2019

Published: SEPTEMBER 2019

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Title: Modular Assessment of Rainfall-Runoff Models Toolbox (Marrmot) V1.2: An Open-Source, Extendable Framework Providing Implementations of 46 Conceptual Hydrologic Models as Continuous State-Space Formulations

Title: DECIPHeR v1: Dynamic fluxEs and ConnectIvity for

Predictions of HydRology

Title: Is There a Baseflow Budyko Curve?

Authors: Gnann, S.J., Woods, R.A., Howden, N.J.K.

Authors: Coxon, G., Freer, J., Lane, R., Dunne, T., Knoben, W.J.M., Howden, N.J.K., Quinn, N., Wagener, T., Woods, R.

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2018WR024464

Source: GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT DOI: 10.5194/gmd-12-2285-2019

Published: APRIL 2019

Published: 14 JUNE 2019

Title: Breaking Wave Imaging using Lidar and Sonar

Title: Assessing the Impact of Peat Erosion on Growing Season CO2

Fluxes by Comparing Erosional Peat Pans and Surrounding Vegetated Haggs

Authors: Gatis, N., Benaud, P., Ashe, J., Luscombe, D.J., GrandClement, E., Hartley, I.P., Anderson, K., Brazier, R.E. Source: WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT DOI: 10.1007/s11273-019-09652-9 Published: 14 JUNE 2019 Title: An Argument-Driven Classification and Comparison of

Reservoir Operation Optimization Methods

Authors: Dobson, B., Wagener, T., Pianosi, F. Source: ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.04.012 Published: JUNE 2019 Title: Developing a Stochastic Sewer Model to Support Sewer Design under Water Conservation Measures Authors: Bailey, O., Arnot, T.C., Blokker, E.J.M., Kapelan, Z., Vreeburg, J., Hofman, J.A.M.H. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.04.013 Published: JUNE 2019 Title: Joint Probability Analysis of Extreme Wave Heights and

Surges Along China’s Coasts

Authors: Chen, Y.P., Li, J.X., Pan, S.Q, Gan, M., Pan, Y., Xie, D.M., Clee, S.

Authors: Bryan, O., Bayle, P., Blenkinsopp, C. & Hunter, A. J. Source: IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2019.2900967 Published: 12 MARCH 2019 Title: How Important are Model Structural and Contextual

Uncertainties when Estimating the Optimized Performance of Water Resource Systems?

Authors: Dobson, B., Wagener, T., Pianosi, F. Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2018WR024249 Published: MARCH 2019 Title: Numerical Analysis of the Compromise between Power Output and Fish-Friendliness in a Vortex Power Plant Authors: Stephanie Müller, Olivier Cleynen, Stefan Hoerner, Nils Lichtenberg & Dominique Thévenin Source: JOURNAL OF ECOHYDRAULICS DOI: 10.1080/24705357.2018.1521709 Published: 12 JANUARY 2019 Title: Global Bimodal Precipitation Seasonality: A Systematic

Overview

Authors: Knoben, W.J.M., Woods, R.A., Freer, J.E. Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY DOI: 10.1002/joc.5786 Published: JANUARY 2019

Source: OCEAN ENGINEERING DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.12.010 Published: 01 APRIL 2019

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Publications Title: Developing a Stochastic Sewer Input Model to Support Sewer

2018

Authors: Bailey, O., Hofman, J.A.M.H., Arnot, T.C., Kapelan, Z., Blokker, M., Vreeburg, J. Edited by: Mannina G.

Title: Coastal Adaptation under Sea Level Rise: Prototype Scale Measurement and Modelling of a Dynamic Revetment

Design under Water Conservation Measures

Source: NEW TRENDS IN URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99867-1_13

Authors: Bayle, P., Blenkinsopp, C., Masselink, G., Conley, D.

Published: 2019

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF 36TH CONFERENCE ON COASTAL ENGINEERING, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA DOI: 10.9753/icce.v36.risk.64

Title: Evaluating City Scale Surface Water Management using a

Published: 30 DECEMBER 2018

Rapid Assessment Framework in Melbourne, Australia

Authors: Webber, J.L., Burns, M.J., Fu, G.T., Butler, D., Fletcher, T.D. Edited by: Mannina G. Source: NEW TRENDS IN URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99867-1_158

Title: Perspectives on Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Simulation for

Flood Modeling in the Absence of a High-Accuracy Open Access Global DEM Authors: Hawker, L., Bates, P., Neal, J., Rougier, J.

Published: 2019

Source: FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00233

Title: Automated Detection of Fault Types in CCTV Sewer Surveys

Published: 18 DECEMBER 2018

Authors: Myrans, J., Everson, R., Kapelan, Z. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2018.073 Published: 01 JANUARY 2019 Title: Dynamic Coastal Protection: Resilience of Dynamic Revetments

Title: Developing an Approximation of a Natural, Rough Gravel Riverbed both Physically and Numerically Authors: Stubbs, A., Stoesser, T., Bockelmann-Evans, B., Source: GEOSCIENCES DOI: 10.3390/geosciences8120449

(DYNAREV)

Published: 30 NOVEMBER 2018

Authors: C.E. Blenkinsopp, P.M. Bayle, D. Conley, G. Masselink, E. Gulson, I. Kelly, R. Almar, I.L. Turner, T.E. Baldock, T. Beuzen, R. McCall, Rijper, H., A.Reniers, P. Troch, D. Gallach-Sanchez, A. Hunter, O, Bryan, G. Hennessey, P. Ganderton, S. Schimmels, M. Kudella

Title: Effects of Flood Hazard Visualization Format on House Purchasing Decisions

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE HYDRALAB+ JOINT USER MEETING, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, MAY 2019 Published: 2019

Authors: Dobson, B.A., Miles-Wilson, J.J., Gilchrist, I.D., Leslie, D.S., Wagener, T. Source: URBAN WATER JOURNAL DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2018.1537370 Published: 05 NOVEMBER 2018 Title: Automated Detection of Faults in Sewers using CCTV Image Sequences Authors: Myrans, J., Everson, R., Kapelan, Z. Source: AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.08.005 Published: NOVEMBER 2018

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Title: Implications of Simulating Global Digital Elevation Models for

Title: Combining Surveys and Flow Logger Data to Improve the

Flood Inundation Studies

Accuracy of End-Use Segregation of Residential Water Consumption

Authors: Hawker, L., Rougier, J., Neal, J., Bates, P., Archer, L., Yamazaki, D.

Authors: Wills, P., Memon, F.A. and Savić, D.A.

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2018WR023279

Published: JULY 2018

Published: OCTOBER 2018

Title: A Quantitative Hydrological Climate Classification Evaluated with Independent Streamflow Data

Title: Smart Water Demand Forecasting: Learning from Data

Authors: Knoben, W.J.M., Woods, R.A., Freer, J.E.

Authors: Maria Xenochristou, Zoran Kapelan, Chris Hutton, Jan Hofman

Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH DOI: 10.1029/2018WR022913

Source: EPIC SERIES IN ENGINEERING. HIC 2018: 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROINFORMATICS

Published: JULY 2018

Published: 20 SEPTEMBER 2018

Title: Combining Classifiers to Detect Faults in Wastewater

Title: Study of Dam Break Flow Interaction with Urban Settlements

over a Sloping Channel

Authors: Stamataki, Ioanna & Zang, Jun & Buldakov, Eugeny & Kjeldsen, Thomas & Stagonas, Dimitris Source: RIVER FLOW 2018 - NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20184006006 Published: 05 SEPTEMBER 2018 Title: A Mechanistic Hydro-Epidemiological Model of Liver

Fluke Risk

Authors: Beltrame, L., Dunne, T., Vineer, H.R., Walker, J.G., Morgan, E.R., Vickerman, P., McCann, C.M., Williams, D.J.L., Wagener, T. Source: JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0072 Published: 29 AUGUST 2018 Title: Investigating the Influence of Weather on Water

Consumption: A Dutch Case Study

Source: WDSA/CCWI JOINT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Networks

Authors: Myrans, J., Kapelan, Z., Everson, R. Source: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.131 Published: 14 MAY 2018 Title: An Implementation of a Decision Support Tool to Assess Treatment of Emerging Contaminants in India Authors: Zara Visanji, Seyed M. K. Sadr, Fayyaz A. Memon Source: JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCE AND PROTECTION DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2018.104023 Published: 30 APRIL 2018 Title: Rapid Surface Water Intervention Performance Comparison

for Urban Planning

Authors: Webber, J.L., Fu, G.T., Butler, D. Source: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.122 Published: 30 APRIL 2018

Authors: Maria Xenochristou, Mirjam Blokker Source: WDSA/CCWI JOINT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2018 Published: 14 JULY 2018

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Publications Title: Uncertainty of Rainfall Products: Impact on Modelling

2016

Authors: Luetkemeier, R., Stein, L., Drees, L., Muller, H., Liehr, S.

Title: Estimating the Microbiological Risks Associated with Inland Flood Events: Bridging Theory and Models of Pathogen Transport

Household Nutrition from Rain-Fed Agriculture in Southern Africa Source: WATER DOI: 10.3390/w10040499 Published: 18 APRIL 2018 Title: Rapid Assessment of Surface-Water Flood-Management Options in Urban Catchments Authors: Webber, J.L., Gibson, M.J., Chen, A.S., Savic, D., Fu, G., Butler, D. Source: URBAN WATER JOURNAL DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2018.1424212 Published: 26 JANUARY 2018

2017 Title: Identifying Relationships between Weather Variables and

Domestic Water Consumption using Smart Metering

Authors: Maria Xenochristou, Zoran Kapelan, Chris Hutton, Jan Hofman Source: CCWI 2017 – COMPUTING AND CONTROL FOR THE WATER INDUSTRY DOI: 10.15131/shef.data.5364565.v1 Published: SEPTEMBER 2017 Title: Blended Drought Index: Integrated Drought Hazard Assessment in the Cuvelai-Basin Authors: Luetkemeier, R., Stein, L., Drees, L., Liehr, S. Source: CLIMATE DOI: 10.3390/cli5030051 Published: 13 JULY 2017 Title: High-Resolution Domestic Water Consumption Data–Scope for

Leakage Management and Demand Prediction

Authors: Wills, P., Memon, F.A. and Savic, D. Source: MEHRAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Published: 2017

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Authors: Collender, P.A., Cooke, O.C., Bryant, L.D., Kjeldsen, T.R., Remais, J.V. Source: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2016.1269578 Published: 09 DECEMBER 2016 Title: How Does Drainage Alter the Hydrology of Shallow Degraded Peatlands across Multiple Spatial Scales?

Authors: Luscombe, D.J., Anderson, K., Grand-Clement, E., Gatis, N., Ashe, J., Benaud, P., Smith, D., Brazier, R.E. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.08.037 Published: OCTOBER 2016 Title: Automated Detection of Faults in Wastewater Pipes from CCTV Footage by using Random Forests Authors: Myrans, J., Kapelan, Z., Everson, R. Edited by: Kim J.H., Kim H.S., Yoo D.G., Jung D., Song C.G. Source: 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDROINFORMATICS (HIC 2016) - SMART WATER FOR THE FUTURE DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.07.416 Published: 2016

PhD Theses

Giovanni Musolino

Arthur Hajaali

‘Flood Modelling and Hazard Assessment for Extreme Events in Riverine Basins’

‘Numerical Investigation of the Flow Separation Unsteady Behaviour within the Diffuser of Bulb Turbine Unit

Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Dolores González Olías

Anna Lo Jacomo

‘Self-Powered Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring: Sensor Development and Signal Treatment’

‘Multi-Hazard Exposure of Cities and Implications for Urban Infrastructure’

University of Bath

University of Bristol

Alex Stubbs

Lina Stein

‘Large Eddy Simulation of Flow above Gravel Riverbeds’

‘Using Hydrological Process Knowledge to Assess Flood Generation and Changes on a Global Scale’

Cardiff University

Eirini Nikoloudi ‘Event Management and Event Response Planning for Smart Water Networks’ University of Exeter

University of Bristol, June 2021 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/using-hydrological-process-knowledge-to-assessflood-generation-a

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PhD Theses Sebastian Gnann

Stamatis Batelis

‘Baseflow Generation at the Catchment Scale – An Investigation using Comparative Hydrology’

‘The Impact of Groundwater Representation in Land Surface Models under Current and Future Scenarios in Great Britain’

University of Bristol, June 2021

University of Bristol, January 2021

Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/baseflow-generation-at-the-catchment-scale-aninvestigation-using

Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/the-impact-of-groundwater-representation-in-landsurface-models-u

Elli Mitrou

Paul Bayle

‘Large-Eddy Simulations of Multi-Phase Plumes In Crossflow and Stratified Flow’

‘Coastal Protection and Nearshore Evolution under Sea Level Rise’

Cardiff University, May 2021 Download thesis: orca.cardiff.ac.uk/141525/

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Cain Moylan

Olivia Bailey

‘Sensitivity, Uncertainty and Refinement in a Global Flood Model’

‘Sewer Systems of the Future: Developing a Stochastic Sewer Model to Support Design of Sustainable Wastewater Systems’

University of Bristol, May 2021 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/sensitivity-uncertainty-and-refinement-of-a-globalflood-model

University of Bath, September 2020

Stephen Clee

Olivia Cooke

‘3D Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Modelling of Offshore Sandbanks’

‘Assessment and Mitigation of Stormwater Runoff in an Informal Settlement’

Cardiff University, May 2021

University of Bath, July 2020

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Rosanna Lane ‘National-Scale Hydrological Modelling of High Flows Across Great Britain: Multi-Model Structures, Regionalisation Approaches and Climate Change Analysis with Uncertainty’

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University of Bath, October 2020

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Ioanna Stamataki ‘Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Flash Floods and their Interaction with Urban Settlements’

University of Bristol, January 2021

University of Bath, June 2020

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Olivia Milton-Thompson ‘Developing a Risk Assessment Model using Fuzzy Logic to Assess Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing’ University of Exeter, March 2020 Download thesis: ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/ handle/10871/120190

Ludovica Beltrame ‘Simulating the Risk of Liver Fluke Infection in the UK through Mechanistic Hydro-Epidemiological Modelling’ University of Bristol, January 2020 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/simulating-the-risk-of-liver-fluke-infection-in-the-ukthrough-me

Maria Xenochristou ‘Water Demand Forecasting using Machine Learning on Weather and Smart Metering Data’ University of Exeter, November 2019 Download thesis: ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/39792

Nejc Coz ‘Numerical and Experimental Modelling of Tidal Range Structures with Focus on Conservation of Momentum through Hydraulic Structures’ Cardiff University, October 2019 Download thesis: orca.cardiff.ac.uk/126362/

Jonathan King ‘Investigation and Prediction of Pollution in Coastal and Estuarine Waters, using Experimental and Numerical Methods’ Cardiff University, October 2019 Download thesis: orca.cardiff.ac.uk/125923/

studentTheses/regional-flood-models-and-digital-elevation-modeldem-uncertainty

Wouter Knoben ‘Investigating Conceptual Model Structure Uncertainty: Progress in Large-Sample Comparative Hydrology’ University of Bristol, June 2019 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/investigating-conceptual-model-structureuncertainty

Mariano Marinari ‘Quantification and Valorisation of Agricultural Bioresource Residues in England’ University of Bath, May 2019 Download thesis: researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/ quantification-and-valorisation-of-agricultural-bioresource-resid

James Webber ‘Reliable and Resilient Surface Water Management through Rapid Scenario Screening’ University of Exeter, April 2019 Download thesis: ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/36837

Barnaby Dobson ‘Uncertainty in Modelling and Optimising Operations of Reservoir Systems’ University of Bristol, March 2019 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/ studentTheses/uncertainty-in-modelling-and-optimising-operationsof-reservoir-s

Joshua Myrans ‘Automated Analysis of Sewer CCTV Surveys’ University of Exeter, March 2019 Download thesis: ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/36637

Laurence Hawker ‘Regional Flood Models and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Uncertainty’ University of Bristol, June 2019 Download thesis: research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/

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CDT Outcomes The WISE CDT recruited five annual cohorts between September 2014 and September 2018, with each cohort comprising a minimum of 15 students.

In total, WISE enrolled 84 students – 39% female, 61% male – with age on entry ranging from 21 to 50. 60% of successful applicants were UK nationals, with 40% coming from other European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain). Entrants’ backgrounds and academic qualifications have been varied, covering engineering (civil, chemical, environmental) and related disciplines such as biochemistry, environmental science, geography, hydrology, mathematics, physics, and robotics. Some students joined the programme with previous industry experience (e.g. Chemical Engineer, Repsol; Flood Risk and Drainage Engineer, WYG Group; Senior Engineer, Hydroplan), while others came directly from academia.

10 students (7 males, 3 females; 6 UK, 4 EU) have withdrawn from WISE, most frequently during the early part of their programme. All withdrawals have been voluntary rather than due to unsatisfactory progress, with the students concerned opting to accept an offer of

employment or start an alternative programme of doctoral study.

Factors related to Brexit are likely to have impacted on EU students’ decision-making. The WISE CDT withdrawal rate of 11.9% of all students recruited does not look unusual, as recent available figures on PhD completion rates are in the range of 70-80%. All WISE CDT students who withdraw following successful completion of the first year Postgraduate School programme receive a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) exit award.

WISE is therefore currently projecting 74 PhD graduates from the programme, with 28 students so far having achieved their doctorate and 46 students working towards their PhD. The table on the next page summarises the outcomes and progress of students to date. Delays in completion are due to individual circumstances such as interruptions to study – and more recently reflect programme extensions awarded during the Coronavirus pandemic. The WISE CDT is grateful to UKRI and EPSRC for their commitment in supporting doctoral students to complete their research projects.

RECRUITED STUDENTS: GENDER AND AGE ON ENTRY

Nunber of Students

30 Female

25

Male

20 15 10 5 0 20–24

25–29

30–34

Age on Entry

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35–39

40+

STUDENT PROGRESS-OUTCOMES SUMMARY STUDENTS RECRUITED

WITHDRAWALS

PHD SUCCESSES

WORKING TOWARDS PHD

Cohort 1: 2014-18

15

2

12

11

Cohort 2: 2015-19

18

4

11

31

Cohort 3: 2016-20

15

1

5

92

Cohort 4: 2017-21

18

3

0

15 3

Cohort 5: 2018-22

18

0

0

18 3

Totals

84

10

28

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Cohort 1 and 2 students still working towards a PhD include those whose studentship end dates were extended due to interruptions (e.g. sickness absence, maternity leave).

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2 Cohort 3 students were in their final year in 2019-20 when Coronavirus pandemic restrictions were imposed and were eligible to request a UKRI Phase 1 funded extension in 2020. Most Cohort 3 students are still working towards their PhD.

Cohort 4 and 5 students are within their 4-year studentship period. The progress of many Cohort 4 and 5 students has been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and these students have also been eligible to request a funded extension.

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Data as at 30th June 2021

The WISE CDT regularly seeks feedback from students through surveys, individually or via the cohort representatives. Results from end-of-programme surveys show high satisfaction ratings. On average, based on graduate returns to date Cohort 1 students rate their WISE CDT experience 4.25 out of 5, Cohort 2 students 4.55 out of 5 and Cohort 3 students 4.80 out of 5. The most frequently mentioned best elements of WISE are the cohort experience, the funded research visit, and the opportunity throughout the programme to present work and engage with other researchers.

Students’ publications and PhD theses are detailed on pages 33–47.

With regard to graduates’ destinations, to date the biggest group has stayed in academia, primarily in postdoctoral research posts, with the next largest group working for water industry consultancies.

Current employers include UK, European and international universities, research institutes and consultancies, water companies, engineering companies, government agencies and regulatory bodies.

Read our alumni profiles on pages 15–17 for details.

WISE has given me one of the best possible PhD experiences that I could have gotten. The supervision and administrative support have been excellent and our travel budgets are very generous. Thank you for all of that.

Overall I am really grateful to been in the right place at the right time to join the WISE programme, I'm sure I'll continue to feel the benefit of it in the coming years!

I would like to thank you all for all your effort to make WISE an excellent program. I know there has been outstanding research performed during the program and I truly hope it continues in the future.

Cohort 1 graduate

Cohort 2 graduate

Cohort 3 graduate

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The Management Team The WISE CDT’s senior management team consists of the Director, a Centre Manager, four Co-Directors from the partner universities and additional CoInvestigators.

During the past year there have been some noteworthy changes to our management team. Professor Thorsten Wagener, former University of Bristol Co-Director, has taken up a Humboldt

Professorship at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Dr Ross Woods has taken over from Thorsten as Bristol Co-Director. Dr Rafael Rosolem, Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering and established WISE CDT academic supervisor, has joined the management team as Bristol Co-Investigator. Our grateful thanks and appreciation go to Thorsten for his immense contributions to the WISE CDT and we wish him well for the future. We are delighted to welcome Rafael in his new role on the management team.

CDT Co-Investigators:

Professor David Butler CDT Director

Professor Raziyeh Farmani CDT Centre Manager Professor Jonathan Dawes University of Bath

Dr Reza Ahmadian Cardiff University

Professor Slobodan Djordjević University of Exeter

Dr Rafael Rosolem University of Bristol

CDT Co-Directors:

Dr Tom Arnot University of Bath

Dr Ross Woods University of Bristol

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Professor Shunqi Pan Cardiff University

Professor Jan Hofman University of Bath

CDT Administrator:

Professor Dragan Savić University of Exeter

Debbie Ford

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