00:32:22 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: link to Agenda: Agenda-Water-Forum-2023-01-26.docx (live.com) 00:32:54 Muthi Nhlema: Muthi Nhlema from Malawi 00:33:05 Jade Stein: Moni nonse/ Hello everyone, Jade here, Media and Comms Officer, Scotland Malawi Partnership. Please feel free to tag us today on Twitter (and of course, in the future) @ScotlandMalawi #ScotlandMalawiPartnership. https://twitter.com/ScotlandMalawi You are also always welcome to share news of your Scotland/Malawi focussed work with us to jade@scotland-malawipartnership.org, for promotion support. Zikomo, Jade. 00:33:11 Tracy Morse: Tracy Morse from University of Strathclyde in Glasgow 00:33:31 Gaia Marini: Hello there, I'm Gaia, International Programme Coordinator at Water Witness, based in Edinburgh. Great to be here! 00:33:34 Alan SMP and BBT: I'm Alan Laverock, finance officer for SMP and trustee of Bananabox Trust 00:33:56 Jade Stein: Please find the agenda here - https://bit.ly/3wuykZZ 00:34:01 Kerr Adams: Hello everyone, Kerr Adams here from the Hydro Nation International Centre at the James Hutton Institute :) 00:34:07 lexi parfitt: hello all! Lexi from Water Witness here. 00:34:22 Robert Mhango: Robert Mhango, Mtuli Foundation in Malawi. www.mtulifoundation.org https://www.twitter.com/mtulif 00:34:41 Rebekah Hinton: Moni! I'm Rebekah Hinton from the University of Strathclyde and the James Hutton Institute 00:34:41 Karin Helwig: Hello! Karin Helwig, senior lecturer and interdisciplinary water researcher at GCU. Programme Leader of the MSc Climate Justice. 00:35:43 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: Hello. Chad Morse - Youth and Schools Officer for the Scotland Malawi Partnership. 00:35:55 Derek: Derek Mavesere student at University of Strathclyde 00:36:21 Donald Robertson: Hello! Donald Robertson, PhD Student & HydroNation Scholar at based at University of Strathclyde 00:36:29 Stuart Brown: Hello, I'm Stuart on the Staff Team at the SMP: Stuart@scotland-malawipartnership.org 00:36:30 Kevin Simpson: Hi, Kevin Simpson from Malawi Fruits. We are increasingly involved in irrigated farming in the Northern Region 00:36:40 Jasper Ceuppens (he/him): Hi there, Jasper (Belgian based in Tanzania), MSc student Environmental Engineering, passionate about WASH in a global south context 00:37:42 Steve Skill: Hi! Steve Skill from Greenskill. We develop appropriate and sustainable solutions for wastewater treatment using algae. 00:37:50 Elaine Bramwell: Hi, Elaine Bramwell, MSc Student Environmental Engineering at Strathclyde 00:38:02 Tara K. Beattie: Good morning all! Tara K Beattie, Lecturer in the Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. I teach Water and Environmental Management, and do research on public health in Malawi. 00:38:16 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: for those who joined later. Link to agenda: Agenda-Water-Forum-2023-01-26.docx (live.com) 00:38:54 jameskitt: Hello! James Kitt from Pump Aid - Beyond Water, UK/Malawi a WASH NGO and social enterprise focused on professionalised repair and maintenance of rural waterpoints and manufacture and sale of low cost irrigation pumps to smallholder farmers 00:40:00 Becky K: Good morning all. Becky from Tiyeni here. We provide regenerative farming training across the country. Tiyeni.org 00:40:10 NORZALINA MAT ALI: Hi all, I'm Norzalina. MSc Environmental Protection and Management Student at University of Edinburgh and I continuously volunteer in WASH sector in Malaysia, Thailand and Kenya 00:41:31 Rachel Helliwell CREW/HNIC: Hello, Rachel Helliwell here. Director of the Hydro Nation International Centre and Centre of Expertise for Waters. 00:42:38 Nathaniel Chalamanda: Hello there, Nathaniel, a Malawian based in Scotland and with vested interests on on social and environmental well being of Malawi. I am a Waste Policy and Regulatory Specialist working for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency 00:43:04 Aibek Samakov: Hello, Aibek Samakov here. International development officer at the James Hutton Institute. 00:43:22 Robert Mhango: Mtuli Foundation with support from Sustainability Partnerships (Scottish friends) supported 5 schools and a Rural Health Center with some handwashing and cleaning equipment in January. This intervention is in line with our WASH/Health thematic area. www.mtulitfoundation.org 00:43:25 Sydney Byrns: Hi Everyone, I'm Sydney. I'm a PhD student at the University of Stirling and I'm also a Hydro Nation Scholar. My research is focused on water governance in Malawi - nice to see some familiar faces here after a long time :) 00:53:27 Tracy Morse: Thanks very much Elias! 00:54:10 Stuart Brown: Regular updates from Malawi on cholera shared on our website: https://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/news/rising-death-toll-of-malawi-cholera-outbreak 00:54:10 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: Yes, thank you Elias for taking the time to share with us! 00:55:29 Elias Chimulambe: Thank you for this opportunity 01:01:43 lexi parfitt: Thank you Elias. 01:02:07 lexi parfitt: For more on the Glasgow Declaration on Fair Water Footprints: www.fairwaterfootprints.org 01:15:00 Stuart Brown: We shall endeavour to share all slides we receive following the event 01:15:00 Rebekah Hinton: Thank you Natasha, that was really interesting! I work researching the extent of sanitation and what is required to SDG6 in Malawi. I am currently a PhD student at the university of Strathclyde and James Hutton Institute 01:19:58 Jasper Ceuppens (he/him): @Derek; great work! Out of interest: What defined the location of the water kiosks? Do you have a procedure to disinfect the containers used to collect the safe drinking water? 01:20:49 Natasha Mwenda WaterAid Lilongwe: Reacted to "Thank you Natasha, t..." with 👍 01:25:50 Karin Helwig: Hi Tracy, 01:26:08 Derek: Thanks for the question @Jasper, In terms of case selection, I relied on contacts from some of the researchers from the Climate Justice Fund. On the issue of containers, the kiosks do have filtration, others membrane based technologies and others tested ground water. However, consumers use their own containers and I am aware that contamination does occur after fetching for water. 01:26:51 Karin Helwig: Hi Tracy, Please do share these publications. We have done a lot of work on antibiotics in the environment and it would be interesting to share thoughts. 01:27:59 Tracy Morse: Absolutely Karin - I’ll add some links in here 01:28:10 Karin Helwig: Reacted to "Absolutely Karin -..." with 👍 01:31:13 Steve Skill: We use discarded clear plastic water bottles (chopped up) to maintain algae biofilms that clean wastewater. Suitable for small communities or municipalities. We have shown that the algae degrade hormones and antibiotics in sewage. 01:31:16 Jasper Ceuppens (he/him): @Derek, thanks for sharing. So challenging this point of use topic, great that the kiosks bring that clean water already so close to the people. all the best 01:32:59 Tracy Morse: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/7-55 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.11.22278326v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.16.22278508v1 01:33:26 Tracy Morse: Three papers there (the 2 preprints are due to be published in the next month or so in CID and Lancet Microbe) 01:33:41 Karin Helwig: Thank you 01:33:46 Tracy Morse: Papers will be coming on markets and wider environment but vey happy to have a chat about the work in the interim 01:33:50 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Our work in water harvesting through Deep Bed Farming compliments this work by collecting rainwater at source and topping up the aquifers. 01:34:09 Tracy Morse: And on behavioural determinants too - Kondwani is the expert here! 01:34:49 Tracy Morse: Tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk and kchidziwisano@mubas.ac.mw 01:35:05 Karin Helwig: Really interesting Muthi. 01:35:23 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Great talk Muthi. 👏🏼 01:35:41 Jasper Ceuppens (he/him): Great work and advocacy Muthi ! 01:35:48 Tracy Morse: @Steve Skill would be great to hear more about that work 01:36:08 Nathaniel Chalamanda: Replying to "Thank you" Thanks Muthi ! 01:36:13 Becky K: Very motivated by your talk Muthi! 01:36:46 Rachel Helliwell CREW/HNIC: Fantastic talk Muthi. Thank you. I'm looking forward to discussing and learning more when we meet next month. 01:37:52 Tracy Morse: All great to be inspired by you Muthi! 01:38:18 Stuart Brown: An SMP member who support school and nurseries in Mulanje asks: “Our friends in Mulanje tell us that they are in need of water pumps, currently having long walks to get water…to whom should we speak please about improving water access?” 01:42:23 Michael Beresford - Zambesi Mission: Erratic urban water supplies are certainly a factor. But the cost is also a big factor. Private boreholes result in significant cost savings for organisations or private homes. 01:44:38 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Replying to "An SMP member who su..." Hi Stuart, we are working in Mulanje and are hoping to link up more of our Deep Bed farmers with pump installation projects, and visa versa. Our work tops up groundwater aquifers, through direct water harvesting on farmland. The aim is to make a more robust system. 01:46:59 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotland-malawipartnership.org%2Fassets%2Fdocuments%2FAgenda-Water-Forum-2023-01-26.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK 01:49:16 Michael Beresford - Zambesi Mission: Sounds good! 01:49:19 Michael Beresford - Zambesi Mission: :) 01:50:02 Stuart Brown: Thanks Dorcas. We'll see all back at 12.25 UK time and 2.25 Malawi time 01:50:08 Tracy Morse: Thanks everyone great to hear the thoughts and comments etc. Sorry that I do have to go to another event but look forward to hearing about the rest of the discussion from colleagues on the call! 01:50:35 Dorcas Pratt: Thank you Tracy 01:53:45 Donald Robertson: Replying to "An SMP member who su..." Hi Alex, interesting to hear about this work. My background originally was in hydrogeology - do you have any links to learn more about the aquifer recharge process you're using? 01:54:37 Chad - Scotland Malawi Partnership: For everyone in attendance, a video or this forum will be available on our website in the coming days for reference and sharing. 02:00:23 Becky K: Reacted to "For everyone in atte..." with 👍 02:05:02 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Replying to "An SMP member who su..." Hi Donald. Very happy to discuss this more. The process is an integral part of our Deep Bed Farming method, which breaks the hardpan of compacted soil that traditionally prevents deep ground penetration. We also create closed ended furrows to capture all the rain that hits the farmed land. https://www.tiyeni.org/deep-bed-farming 02:14:48 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: My apologies for not responding. I had to take a call. I'm back now. 02:18:12 Donald Robertson: Replying to "An SMP member who su..." Thanks! Will read with interest! 02:18:35 hcubie’s iPhone: Thank you for all the interesting and compelling talks. Water will become more expensive for all so sorting out how best to charge everywhere, including in UK is essential. So many reasons to learn from each other so I hope there are new contacts and interactions as a consequence of this networking opportunity. Sorry I have to miss the Open Forum as I have another meeting at 1pm. Good luck to all. 02:18:59 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Replying to "An SMP member who su..." @Donald Robertson Do email me if you have any more questions. alex.gerard@tiyeni.org 02:20:35 Natasha Mwenda WaterAid Lilongwe: Many thanks for the invitation to this forum. Very insightful. I need to drop off the call now as I am heading to another meeting. Thank you 02:27:34 Stuart Brown: https://www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/health-forum-2 02:29:02 Michael Beresford - Zambesi Mission: Thank you very much for organising this Water Forum. 02:29:33 Muthi Nhlema: Thanks for the invitation and for having this forum. 02:29:59 Donald Robertson: Thank you everyone, lots of interesting work and discussion. Thank you Dorcas for pulling everything together. 02:30:36 Alex Gerard - Tiyeni: Thank you for a very interesting forum. 02:30:51 lexi parfitt: excellent event- well done to all, and thanks to all the speakers for such valuable insights. 02:31:05 James Kitt - Pump Aid/Beyond Water: Thank you 02:31:11 Norzalina: Thank you 02:31:12 Becky K: Thanks all 02:31:14 Limbikani Chitsundi Banda: Thank you 02:31:18 Rachel Helliwell CREW/HNIC: Great meeting thanks!