DryDon interweaves drought science & narrative for decision-making in the River Don catchment. The Don is one of seven catchments in @Project_DRY

Joined October 2016
Great to see @Project_DRY learning resources online. Please share in #Don catchment & beyond! Thanks to all involved. dryutility.info #drystorybook #drought #waterscarcity #waterefficiency #waterstories @EnvAgencyYNE @YorkshireWater @RiverStewards @AboutDrought @cwcr_UWE
Listen to our brand new podcast ‘Professor Lindsey McEwen and the DRY Utility resources’ — all on UK drought 👉 rgs.org/schools/teaching-res… and flick through the 11 drought myth-busters by @LindseyMcEwen1 to dispel any misconceptions
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‘Diary of a Water Super Hero’. New online resource for primary children. ⁦@LoveWaterUK⁩ ⁦@AboutDrought⁩ ⁦@DryFrome⁩ ⁦@DryEbbw⁩ ⁦@DRYPang1⁩ ⁦@DRYProject_Don⁩ ⁦@Dry_Eden⁩ ⁦@DRYFowey1⁩ ⁦@DRYBevillsLeam⁩ e.issuu.com/issuu-reader3-em…
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3 reports on UK #droughtrisk #communication fro ⁦@Project_DRY⁩ now on #DRYUtility. Resources on #myths #cartooning to follow. ⁦⁦@CWCR_UWE⁩ ⁦@ClimateOutreach⁩ ⁦@SciCommsUWE⁩ ⁦@e_weitkamp⁩ ⁦@AboutDrought⁩ dryutility.info/drought-scie…
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Our catchment plan is currently being reviewed … if any groups working in the catchment would like to contribute, you can download the survey here: dcrt.org.uk/the-don-network/… @EnvAgencyYNE @YorkshireWater @YorksWildlife @WildSheffield @CaBAtweets @DerbysWildlife @CRTYorkshireNE
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Please share widely - looking for locations in @AmberValleyBC @derbyshiredales @ErewashBC @DerbyCC @SouthDerbysBC @DerbysWildlife @NFUtweets
We're looking for #landowners and #Farmers in #Derbyshire who would be interested in having a fully financed wildlife pond created or restored on their land as part of a Natural England & DEFRA project in the area. Please call us on 0114 303 5123 for more details.
.@Dry_Eden @DRYFowey1 @DRYBevillsLeam @DRYProject_Don @DRYPang1 @DryFrome @DryEbbw Will shortly be sharing #DRYPrimaryBook and teachers’ notes around primary schools in @Project_DRY case study catchments #waterstories #drought #lovewater
Great to launch #DRYPrimaryBook at #Drought Download at Royal Society today. Come to educational table and find out more.... @verityjones_uwe ⁦@Project_DRY⁩ ⁦@AboutDrought⁩ ⁦@CFCR_UWE⁩ #waterstories #waterefficiency #lovewater
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"Draft water resources management plans lack ambition" and "Water efficiency should be a no-brainer [...] because it can have a long-term impact on future investment requirements" - @Ofwat You heard it here first #WaterwiseConference @wwtmag bit.ly/2Hm54sr
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DRY Don retweeted
Despite its rainy reputation, the UK receives less water than most of its European neighbours. Here’s some quick & easy ways to save water this #WaterSavingWeek: bit.ly/WaterSavingWeek #TapChat @hubbubUK @Waterwise
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How will the #Fenland be in 50 years time? Thinking visually to future impacts of #climatechange during a workshop with cartoonist #JohnElson organised with @greatfen Project team. @DRYBevillsLeam @Project_DRY @LboroAEDRes – at Loughborough, England
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A comment piece from water themes arising from the DRY project's 2016/17 public engagement sessions in Sheffield xitter.cf/SPERIshefuni/status/95…
Healthy rivers, healthy cities? The case of Sheffield and its rivers | @DrJMorris14 blogs for SPERI about the work of the @DRYProject_Don project speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2018/0… @UoS_Management
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DYK🤔last winter was unusually dry with 25% less rain than normal, as was last spring. Summer rains are nearly all taken up by trees/plants and autumn was particularly dry in the #SouthEast, with 63% less #rain than usual in Oct & 34% less in Nov!☔️#ThursdayThoughts #SaveWater
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#Sheffield! @WildSheffield and @SheffieldLakelandLP need your views! Please take a few minutes to fill in their online survey sircsurveys.com/f/1173534/12… and tell them how you use your local countryside, reservoirs or green spaces. 🙏
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Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature resilience.org/stories/2017-… @project_DRY
Dr Jon Morris talks through water industry changes at the Water Security and Climate Change conference in Cologne, Germany