Welcome to the Enabling Water Smart Communities Autumn 2025 Webinar Series. This webinar series will offer a chance to take a closer look at some of the recent projects and outputs from the Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project.
This webinar will focus on one of our recent reports, which looks into the impacts of water conservation on sewerage systems.
Webinar Content
Background: Overview of how water conservation may influence sewer system performance.
Review of the concept: Key hydraulic and operational impacts (including reduced flow velocities, increased sedimentation, and changes in wastewater composition).
Assessment approach: Introduction to the tools developed: PySimdeum wastewater for modelling wastewater discharge, and the Rapid Assessment Tool for evaluating impacts of water conservation.
Demonstration: Presentation of the developed tools and example applications.
Conclusion & next steps: Summary of findings and planned next phase (developing design criteria for low flow drinking water and sewer networks).
Confirmed Speakers
Catherine Moncrieff | Head of Policy & Engagement | CIWEM
Dejan Vernon | Energy Technical Manager | Thames Water
Ljiljana Zlatanovic | Senior Digital Water Consultant | Arup
Olivia Bailey | Senior Digital Water Consultant | Arup
Reuben Vandenberg Dodt | Senior Process Engineer | WSP