How can we unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), building understanding and insights,empowering people to take actions to improve waterbody health?
This 4 day YWWIW challenge taking place at Newcastle Racecourse. It may be of interest to Highways Agency, Local Authorities, Water Companies, Regulatory Bodies, ADAS, Landowners, Rivers Trusts, Community groups, Environmental Action Groups, Academics, Data providers, technology companies, Geographical information system specialists, Shipping and logistics specialists.
Only 14% of UK rivers pass the Water Framework Directive definition of good ecological status for a variety of reasons including agriculture, treated and diluted raw sewage and road run-off. Rivers are affected by different sources of pollution spreading responsibility for the health of our rivers across multiple stakeholders and sectors. Monitoring data is available but access to information is not coordinated.
We could get much better understanding of the impacts of activities on the health of river and coastal areas if we were able to share information and use technology to look at trends in water quality.