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| Waterwise enews – November 2009 | |
| Welcome from Ike Omambala, Technical Research Manager at Waterwise | |
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| Innovation and Water Efficiency - a technical symposium |
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| Waterwise’s first technical symposium, supported by UCL and Neoperl UK Ltd, will bring together key technical decision makers from water companies, retailers, manufacturers, homebuilders, developers, energy companies, independent consultants and NGOs to discuss innovation and water efficiency. The symposium is being held at UCL on Tuesday 10 November. |
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| Waterwise 2009 Annual Report |
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 The 2009 Annual Report has now been published documenting all our successes over the past year. These include our fourth Annual Water Efficiency Conference, our campaigns, Waterwise publications, policy work and partnership activity. |
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| Waterwise is now hiring! | |
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Waterwise has two positions available at the moment: SHARE Midlands Community Project Facilitator, applications due November 11, based full-time in Coventry, £20-25,000 per annum prorated, fixed six month contract with possibility of extension
Water Efficient Product and Technologies Specialist, applications due 4 December, based full-time in Central London, £25-35,000 per annum, depending on experience.
Please see our careers page for further information |
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| Waterwise Annual Conference 22-23 March 2010 |
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 Waterwise will be holding our fifth Annual Water Efficiency Conference in Oxford on 22-23 March 2010. Register before 31 December 2009 to receive the early-bird discount. Click here to see full details about the conference.
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| Waterwise support from Water Minister | |
 Huw Irranca-Davies, Minister for Marine and Natural Environment, expressed his support for Waterwise and water efficiency at a recent event held by Waterwise for the water companies in the House of Commons, to celebrate our work to date. The Minister was full of praise for Waterwise’s valuable contribution, to date and in the future: he said “Defra enjoys a strong and positive working relationship with Waterwise, and I am glad to support the valuable work they are doing on promoting water efficiency.” To see the full transcript, including quotes from the Minister supporting specific Waterwise work, please click here. |
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| ‘If you are spending more than 10 minutes in the shower what are you doing in there’ says Kriss Akabusi September 2009. Watch Kriss Akabusi shower in less time than it takes to boil an egg. Are you up to the shower challenge? Kriss Akabussi’s shower challenge is brought to you by Shower power – an educational campaign promoting shorter showering delivered by Waterwise and Talisman Communications on behalf of 12 UK water companies. Click here for more information. |
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| Team up with Waterwise | |
| Waterwise is always interested in working with other organisations in order to conduct joint research or communicate water efficiency. This may range from sharing and publicising information together to a long term partnership. If this interests you please contact us. |
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| Guide to the BMA's Water Efficient Product Labelling Scheme | |
 In September 2009 Phase II of the BMA's Water Efficient Product Labelling Scheme was launched. Phase II includes an enhancement of the 5 categories to 7, with the inclusion of shower handsets and grey water recycling systems, supporting elements, retail stockists database, scheme partners and supporting point of sale material. Phase II also includes a refreshed and interactive web site. |
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| CIPHE and Waterwise work together for water saving initiative | |
| The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering and Waterwise are to work closely together to encourage the safe and environmental use of water. Plumbing and heating engineers spend more than 150 million hours a year in front of customers so are well placed to communicate key water safety and conservation messages. The CIPHE hold details of qualified plumbers on the Registered Plumber register which can be searched online by post code at www.ciphe.org.uk and plan to launch a GreenPlumb register soon for professionals with recognised competencies in renewable and sustainable technology. For further information about The CIPHE contact 01708 472791 |
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| Energy Saving Trust |
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| The Energy Saving Trust’s recent Energy Saving Week campaign provided a number of top tips to help people stop wasting time, energy, money and water. This was supported by a press release issued by Waterwise. To find out more about this year’s campaign visit the Energy Saving Trust and see what you can do. |
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| Events | |
10 November - Waterwise Technical Symposium, UCL 16 November 2009 - Water efficiency in social housing training 17 - 18 November 2009 - Water Utilities Europe 9 December 2009 - Waterwise Masterclass on Changing Water Using Behaviours 22-23 March 2010 - Waterwise Annual Conference, Oxford |
I'm Ike Omambala, Technical Research Manager at Waterwise. I joined Waterwise 8 months ago and it has flown by! It’s a small team - only 11 of us and there is a real buzz about the office. Everyone is really dedicated and hardworking but at the same time there is a refreshingly light and friendly feeling about the place. So what does my role involve? My main responsibility is updating and improving the Evidence Base for Large Scale Water Efficiency in Homes. This involves working closely with the water companies and other stakeholders to ensure that we learn as much as possible about the costs and benefits of the domestic water efficiency retrofitting they carry out. We then work to ensure that this evidence is used to improve industry practice, regulation, and policy. I am always on the look out for opportunities to carry out research to improve our understanding of the technical and social aspects of water efficiency. But although most of my work is in research, this regularly feeds into the policy and communication work that Waterwise does. So like everyone else here at Waterwise I have my fingers in many pies at any given time!