March 2011
Science in Parliament magazine, the voice of the UK’s Parliamentary and Scientific Committee has published two articles written by Halcrow experts.
‘Adaptation to climate change: a water infrastructure solution’ by Michael Norton MBE, Dr Richard Harpin and Alexander Lane focuses on storage as a solution to the impacts of climate change on water resources in the UK, as an alternative to tighter demand management. Potential solutions include large and small scale reservoirs, aquifer storage and recovery and sustainable urban drainage systems.
‘Is global water security achievable? What are the consequences of failure?’ by Roger A Falconer FREng, Halcrow Professor of Water Management, Cardiff School of Engineering and Michael Norton MBE examines research from a wide range of UK and international experts covering all aspects of the water security crisis. In addition the article looks at how a wider debate around the fundamental role played by water in all human activity is urgently needed. And that multiple stakeholder engagement, facilitated by governments, is required to develop innovative ways to close the water supply/demand gap.
The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee Established in 1939, The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee is a primary focus for scientific and technological issues providing a long-term liaison between Parliamentarians and scientific bodies, science-based industry and the academic world. The main aim is to focus on those issues where science and politics meet, informing Members of both Houses of Parliament by indicating the relevance of scientific and technological developments to matters of public interest and to the development of policy.