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Systems approach to water challenges

Water professionals are responsible for understanding, monitoring and managing our water resources and water environment. This includes ensuring water quality for human and environmental health, managing and treating wastewater, protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystems, and supporting water security and flood resilience. 

Within the IES, we help our members ensure a sustainable future for our water resources. We champion a systems approach to the challenges of delivering water quality, water supply and healthy freshwater ecosystems. 

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Water in the IES family

The IES champions a systems approach to ensure that water solutions are holistic and multifunctional. The Foundation for Water Research (FWR) Community provides guidance and strategic thought leadership for the IES’s water activities and collaborates with the wider IES family on issues related to land, air and policy implementation.

The FWR is an independent community of professionals from across the water sector and related scientific specialisms. The community comes together for deliberative discussion to support the development of interdisciplinary solutions to water challenges.

Learn more about FWR Visit the FWR website

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Nature-based Solutions in action: Lessons from the energy and water sectors

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16 Nov 2026 12:45 pm to 01:45 pm Europe/London

Climate adaptation in focus: Future-proofing our waters and coasts

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How are our choices about measurement affecting environmental decision?

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The wet covenant: Lessons from the UK's first intertidal habitat bank

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Where Sea and People Meet

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Analysis
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Soil Resource (Management) Plans: The Missing Link

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