Clean and plentiful water underpins human activity and supports natural ecosystems. A robust evidence base is required to develop policy to ensure there is a plentiful supply of water in the long term and to significantly enhance the quality of water available to all forms of life.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Long Term Large Scale - Freshwater Ecosystems (LTLS-FE): UK freshwaters have historically and are currently subject to many chemical pressures on their quality and consequent biological condition. While some pressures (...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: British Geological Survey
The project aims to simulate the health and quality of freshwater ecosystems and quantify the responses of rivers and lakes to projected future climates and pollutants, which directly addresses the question.
The National Trust (NT) has an ambitious plan to halt biodiversity loss and restore the parts of the natural environment that are in its care, including freshwater lakes and ornamental ponds. NERC funded research has ind...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
The project focuses on the management of freshwater ecosystems, which is related to the question, but does not directly answer it fully.
Deterioration in UK freshwater quality and associated effects on ecosystem services along with compounding effects of climate change and the cost-of-living crisis means research is urgently required to transform our unde...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The project aims to build an interdisciplinary community of practice to understand changes in freshwater quality, but does not directly address the question.