BBC Look North have covered the Ouse Burn Way initiative and our collaboration with the Reece Foundation as part of their week of stories about the state of our waters.
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Jidapa Plaimart’s paper reports on the effective removal of iron, nutrients, micropollutants, and faecal bacteria in constructed wetlands cotreating mine water and sewage treatment plant effluent.
The Reece Foundation provides a £1 million funding boost for a bluegreen corridor called The Ouse Burn Way through Newcastle City Centre connecting communities with nature.
Our investigation of bacterial water quality in the Ouseburn has been reported in the national and local news: BBC, Big Issue, New Scientist, BBC Science Focus, Chronicle1, Chronicle2, ITV News Tyne and Tees and Metroradio.
Here is my advice for people wanting to safely enjoy our rivers.
During a September storm event, 72-77% of all river bacteria in the Ouseburn originated from combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges. Read more about this innovative and important work by my team.
Lara Urban and I feature in a webinar describing our experience with eDNA sequencing using the portable MinION of Oxford Nanopore Technologies. You can watch the webinar recording via the link embedded above.
Relaxing with my good friends Profs Yuksel Ardali and Hrissi Karapanagioti after a successful Climate Cooperation and Green Deal Symposium 2022 in Samsun at Ondokuz Mayis University. Yuksel and Hrissi visited Newcastle University with their children for a few months over 10 years ago. It goes to show the importance of face to face meetings and informal conversations, which transform professional contacts into life-long friendships.
