Welcome to Enabling Water Smart Communities. The challenges facing water & housing are linked. Follow this page as we accelerate integrated water management, sparking ambitious innovation across the sector.

Economic analysis, commissioned by #EWSC & @CIWEM and carried out by Public First, found that water scarcity could cost the UK economy £25bn over the next five years, due to undelivered housing developments. You can read the report in full here 👇

RT @markrwilliamson: New: Anglian Water say there is a risk of new towns being proposed in areas that do not have the capacity to provide…

To support the development of new stewardship models, the @uniofeastanglia Research Team is conducting a series of 6 in-depth case studies. This article shares some of their early insights about the development of effective approaches to co-stewardship.

#EWSC project partner @thameswater recently carried out a series of webinars & surveys with local authority representatives in their catchment area, to discuss water sector initiatives related to new housing and development. Read more about it here 👇

One of our key 'stewardship' partners, @CommLandTrusts , has recently produced a fascinating article for #EWSC, as a contribution to the ongoing development of thinking around community-led stewardship of water assets. Read the full article here 👇

Claire Hoolohan, lead on the University of Manchester work programme for Enabling Water Smart Communities, was recently invited to present at an @indparltrust event in the House of Commons: ‘Optimising Water Usage in Future Homes’. Read a summary 👇

Back in August, #EWSC team members Ella Foggitt and Kavindra Paranage led a session titled 'Mapping visions, practices, and participation in water futures' at the @RGS_IBG Annual International Conference. Read more about the session here 👇

Our next webinar, 'Community-led stewardship models for water smart communities' is happening tomorrow! 🌐Zoom webinar 📅06 November 🕒13:00-14:00 Learn more about the session & register here👇 #enablingwatersmartcommunities #EWSC #Webinar

📢 There's still time to sign up for our upcoming webinar session! This session will present initial findings from literature reviews, case study interviews & workshops with professionals & potential future residents. Register for the webinar here 👇

Thanks to everyone who attended the first 2 sessions in our webinar series last week! They covered: ➡️ Introducing EWSC ➡️ Values focus: Water for People and Places Next up we have "Community perspectives and engagement with water." Learn more here 👇

Registrations to these sessions close tomorrow morning - so be quick! You can learn more about this webinar series here: NOTE: We apologise for rescheduling last week's introduction session due to technical issues. These have now been resolved.

RT @PlanetP_ossible: 🚨 New episode out now!!🚨 The wait is finally over for our much-anticipated @ChrisGPackham episode. A powerful, challen…

🍂 EWSC's Autumn Webinar Series starts next week - an opportunity for you to discover more about the project & our key workstreams. First up are Cat Moncrieff from @CIWEM & Bec Chau from @Arup. 📆 25 September at 1pm Register here ➡️ See you there! 👏

RT @CIWEM: 🗣️ CIWEM policy director @al_chisholm is hosting a session today on the UK Pavilion at World Water Week. He'll be talking throu…

RT @WCL_News: Money paid up by water companies must be used to deliver for nature🪙 We're joining @WildlifeTrusts, @theriverstrust, @Anglin…

RT @cmoncrieff1: Really interested in digging into this. @we_ownit have pulled together data on Europe's river water quality versus % publ…

RT @thetimes: Three water companies have been hit with fines totalling £168m after an Ofwat investigation found a “catalogue of failures” i…