REFRESH: The Challenge

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The future status of freshwater ecosystems is dependent on changes in land-use, pollution loading and water demand. In addition the measures that need to be taken to restore freshwater ecosystems to good ecological status or to sustain priority species need to be designed either to adapt to future climate change or to mitigate the effects of climate change. Building on a previous EU FP6 Project, Euro-limpacs, REFRESH is concerned with generating the scientific understanding that enables such measures to be implemented successfully.

REFRESH brings together rivers, lakes and wetlands scientists with expertise in hydrology, hydrochemistry and ecology, aquatic modelling and social science. View the Partners>

REFRESH News

Two day REFRESH dissemination event, London 6th and 7th November, 2013.

London November 2013On Day 1, at the Royal College of Physicians, 120 delegates attended a REFRESH Science Symposium where a number of REFRESH scientists presented results from the project to a mixed audience drawn from both the scientific and user communities (the latter including water companies, consultancies, water mana

REFRESH Stakeholder meeting, Norway - Workshop on Vansjø

VasjoA REFRESH stakeholder meeting Stakeholder workshop took place in Norway, 21-22 October 2013. At the Dillingøy conference centre located on the shores of Lake Vansjø (one of the REFRESH demonstration sites) in the Moss Municipality.

Joint interregional dissemination event - REFRESH and LakeAdmin, Estonia

"Lake management needs a professional approach and detailed planning"

Estonian University of Life Sciences organized an interregional dissemination event on lake management in Tallinn, October 11th, 2013. This was a joint seminar featuring presenters from REFRESH and the LakeAdmin (Regional administration of lake restoration initiatives) projects.  

Open meeting at University College London, November 6th and 7th, 2013

This two day open meeting will present the results from REFRESH to the project to the scientific community (DAY 1) and highlight the implications for management to those tasked with drawing up and implementing policy and with vested interests in improving and protecting water quality and ecosystem status (DAY 2).

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