- Date
- 01 April 2025
- Time
- 17:30 - 19:00 BST (GMT+1)
- Location
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Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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Water systems worldwide are under severe capacity pressure. They’re hampered by resource scarcity, leakage from ageing pipes and public opposition to the building of new storage assets.
Engineers will need to consider all possible ways of making these systems more resilient and keeping the communities they serve adequately supplied. This may oblige them to hold some difficult conversations.
The institution’s 2025 State of the Nation report explores the water sector’s most pressing problems and the engineering solutions being planned. These range from the recycling of wastewater to the construction of the first major UK reservoir since 1992.
This year’s ICE Spring Prestige Debate offers an excellent opportunity to discover how engineers are addressing the water resource challenge and how this could affect the industry’s priorities.
It will feature a fireside chat between industry experts on advanced water treatment and a panel discussing on how the sector can do to build capacity and resilience.
The event will be the first in the institution’s 2025 Prestige Debate series. This will include a summer session on 24 June and an autumn session on 1 October.
This is a hybrid event with a limited number of spaces for in-person attendees.
Venue
Programme
Registration and refreshments
In-person attendees can start registering from 17.00 (online participants are advised to log into the platform at 17.15 to test their connections)
Welcome from the chair
David Porter, ICE Senior Vice President and director of engineering at Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure
Fireside chat: how can the industry build the capacity and resilience of water networks?
Mark Tindale, UK and Ireland water strategy director at Stantec
Geoff Darch, head of strategic asset planning at Anglian Water
Reflections and actions: what can engineers do to address the resource challenge facing the water sector in the short term?
Rhys Cotterell, assistant engineer at AtkinsRéalis
Neil Gardener, regional discipline lead for process engineering at Stantec
Simon Harrow, director of water resources at Ofwat
Heather Smith, senior lecturer in water governance at Cranfield University
Closing remarks from the chair
Event closes for online participants and networking starts for those attending in person
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