WRA Board Meeting

Date: 18th July

Location: Marlow, Bucks

River Basin Management Training Now Available

WRA now offers a comprehensive course in River Basin Management through four main modules, tackling the key components of river basin management, and integrated water resources planning: 

Management Framework and Institutions
• Basic principles of River Basin Management
• Environmental economics
• Water Resources policy and institutional framework
• Water Resource systems and assessment
• GIS applications for river basin management
• Water Framework Directive in Europe 

Hydrological Science
• Catchment Scale and the River Basin Management Plan [RBMP]
• Water Quality, River and Aquifer Conservation
• Diffuse and Point pollution
• Impact of land management on water quality
• Biodiversity and ecology at river basin scale
• Renewable energy focussing on hydro-power and windfarms
• Climate change and hydrological modelling
• Remote sensing tools

Monitoring
• River Basin Processes
• Natural River Systems and restoration
• Field techniques and Monitoring requirements of RBMP

Case Studies.  
The course will draw on the wealth of WRA experience and project examples, to exemplify key aspects of river basin management, and case studies will be used in hands-on work.

For More information, click on the link below to download our brochure

RBM Brochure 

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