Catchment Data & Evidence Forum 2022

The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) is a community-led approach that engages people and groups from across society to help improve our precious water environments. CaBA Partnerships are now actively working in 100+ catchments across England and Wales.

The Catchment Based Approach

The Catchment Data and Evidence (CDUG) Forum returns as a hybrid event on 21st-22nd September at Durham University

Durham University

The CDUG Forum brings together catchment, coastal, and nature recovery practitioners, data scientists and specialists to share the latest developments in catchment monitoring and citizen science, modelling, data sharing and analysis.The main event will take place on Wednesday 21st September and will be broadcast online for those unable to attend in person. A SCIMAP User Group meeting and a programme of supporting workshops will take place on Tuesday 20th September and Thursday 22nd September respectively - please note these will only be delivered in-person.Free and open to all, we welcome anyone who is involved or interested in using data &amp; evidence to support catchment management, nature recovery, and engage communities.Click <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/fb1d7eb86bc790428464bd9f0/files/2ad835cb-07eb-a2db-13cb-ff9f23bf40db/CDUG_Forum_2022_Outline_agenda.docx.01.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here </a>to download the full agenda.Keynote Speech: David Hannah, Professor of Hydrology and Director of the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate ActionProtecting rivers from high water temperature extremes under global change The potential consequences of climate change for river environments makes the need to understand the mechanisms controlling river water temperature patterns more crucial than ever. Water temperature is often referred to as the ‘prime water quality variable’ due to its critical importance for physical, chemical, and biological processes in rivers and streams. To better manage water resources and land-use for ecosystem and societal benefit, it is essential to improve knowledge of drivers of change and processes across multiple scales.To address this critical gap, David’s talk will present research undertaken at different scales (from reach- to national-scale) that aims to understand the sensitivity of river water temperature to climate, land management and other controls. Together, this research provides robust scientific insights on the drivers of change and fundamental process to underpin management decisions and strategies related to temperature of flowing waters. Looking to the future, the talk will consider the potential of novel monitoring and modelling technologies to advance river temperature research and practice.David is Professor of Hydrology in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action. He is Chair-holder for the UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences at the University of Birmingham, and is listed in the Reuters Top 1000 world’s top climate scientists.

Optional Workshops
Optional workshops will be held at Durham University across the week of the CDUG Forum and are free and open to attend. You can book onto these webinars via the registration button on this page. If you have any questions, please contact events@theriverstrust.org . Note, lunch will only be provided on the main day of CDUG Forum.
SCIMAP User Group Meeting
Tuesday 20th September, 11:00-16:00
The SCIMAP User Group Meeting is a combination of information on the new developments with SCIMAP, user stories of how they have used the tools in their work, and some training on the new NFM spatial targeting tools. There will be presentations and workshops sessions along with the opportunity for Q&A. The presentations will be streamed but the workshop sessions will be in-person only. More information can be found <a href="https://scimap.org.uk/scimap-user-group-meeting-2022/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. You can register via the main 'register' button on this page.CDUG Forum - Wednesday 21st September (virtual option available)Speakers from across the environment, science, and various other sectors come together to demonstrate innovative uses of catchment and landscape-scale data. Key themes covered this year include climate change, and citizen science. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.Water Quality Catchment Monitoring workshop
The Rivers Trust
Thursday 22nd September, 09:30-12:30
This session is for anyone interested in developing their data gathering and interpretation skills to drive environmental improvements. The comprehensive course will cover: principles and workflow of using data; tools for gathering water quality data; monitoring inland bathing waters; sensors and continuous data; data storage and visualisation; interpreting data through machine learning; and a field session using a range of water quality data monitoring tools.
Hydrology Modelling &amp; Climate Change Scenarios workshop
Sim Reaney, Durham University
Thursday 22nd September, 13:30-16:30
Following the theme of the Catchment Data Forum of climate change, this workshop will show you have to make predictions of future river flows. The workshop will use the HBV-Light catchment hydrological simulation model to apply the UKCP18 future climate projections to a catchment. We will look at how flood magnitudes and low flows may change in the future. This workshop uses a combination of the open access HBV-Light model and Excel.
3D Models and 360 Video of NFM Interventions for Geomorphological Monitoring And Engagement workshop
Josh Wolstenholme, Hull University
Thursday 22nd September, 13:30-17:00
Throughout the workshop, we will explore the use of technology in monitoring natural flood management interventions including the iPad Pro, Structure-from-Motion using smartphone cameras, and high-resolution terrestrial laser scanning (pending confirmation). The workshop will build upon the presentation “3D models and 360 video of natural flood management interventions for geomorphological monitoring and engagement”. The workshop will be split into two parts: a data capture session followed by a data processing session. There may be the possibility for sessions to run in parallel subject to demand.
This year's event is supported by Durham University.

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