water

Urban Water and Sanitation: Challenges of Collaborative Projects

Event Date: 
13 March, 2010 - 09:00 - 17:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

See information on the EWB Cambridge website.

Total Sanitation: Cambridge WASH Series 2009-10

Event Date: 
23 January, 2010 - 09:00 - 18:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

Total Sanitation
Part of the EWB-Cambridge / Mott MacDonald Water Series 2009-10

applications are now closed

Water Quality & Health Workshop: Cambridge Water & Sanitation Training Series 2009

Event Date: 
22 November, 2009 - 09:30 - 17:30
Venue: 
Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
JTRadford

Cool. Clean. Fresh.

Running water… Don’t take it for granted.

 

The second training course in the EWB/Mott MacDonald Water Series is here!

Outreach Programme declared huge success

Britain's first education programme raising awareness of global water sustainability issues is being introduced across the country by Engineers Without Borders UK and engineering firm Arup.. 'Water for the World' is an interactive classroom session aimed at pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen. It aims to stimulate critical thinking and includes presentations, quizzes, games and a water filter workshop. The programme, developed by Engineers Without Borders UK and The Arup Cause, is the first of its kind to consider water sustainability in a global context.

Clare Farm (June 2009)

Event Date: 
26 June, 2009 - 14:00 - 28 June, 2009 - 16:00
Venue: 
Clare Farm
Location: 
Dullingham (nr Cambridge)
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

The EWB-UK/RedR Cambridge Group training course at Clare Farm, which has been running for a number of year, has always been an exciting and inspiring event. The course consists of practical exercises, focussing on both development and disaster relief work.

The course is led by professionals who have experience of working abroad using practically-based and refreshing ways of teaching.

 

 

RedR Cambridge talk: Richard Carter - Meeting the Challenges of Water Supply and Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Event Date: 
17 February, 2009 - 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: 
Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
jonathan.curtis

Professor Richard Carter (Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University) will be coming to deliver an interesting talk about Water and its role in Sustainable Development.

 

 

Poster for RedR Cambridge talk - Richard Carter

 

Water and Sanitation Day

Event Date: 
14 February, 2009 - 08:45 - 17:30
Venue: 
Lecture Room 4, New College, Holywell Street, 0X1 3BN
Location: 
Oxford
Organiser: 
camila

***THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED****

EWB-Oxford is organising a day focussing on Water and Sanitation. 

In the morning the session will be taught by Jan Davis (co-author of Engineering in Emergencies) . The aim will be to introduce water, sanitation and hygiene issues for displaced people in an emergency, with the outcome of session participants being able to deliver a WASH programme.

Meeting the Challenges of Water Supply and Sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa

Event Date: 
12 February, 2009 - 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: 
Lecture Room 6, New College
Location: 
Oxford
Organiser: 
camila

This talk will be given by Richard Carter who has worked for more than 30 years on the natural science, social science and engineering of water development and management, focusing especially on the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa.

World Water Map

We had a fascinating talk from John Howard of Oxfam at Clare Farm recently, about finding water. He’d been drilling all over the place, looking for groundwater.