Liz Sharp

A small rain tank could supply 15% of a household’s total annual water consumption on average across the UK. Alexander Knyazhinsky/Shutterstock

November 4, 2022

If more houses had water butts, it could help with drought, flooding and water pollution

Liz Sharp, University of Sheffield; Kiera Chapman, University of Sheffield, and Ruth Quinn, Atlantic Technological University

Extreme weather is set to dominate our future – can collecting rainwater reduce the threat posed by both drought and flooding?

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November 12, 2019

Liz Sharp, University of Sheffield

With the promise of more periods of intense rainfall in years to come, what do we need to do to protect ourselves more from flooding in future?

Wading through floodwater in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. Joe Giddens/PA Wire/PA Images

June 20, 2019

Liz Sharp, University of Sheffield

As climate change threatens to bring more sudden rainstorms, we need to rethink the way we manage water.