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24 results for "water security"
![Scottish river in low flow. © Paul Glendell](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/scottish-river-in-low-flow.webp)
Warnings for Scottish farmers and distillers as new data indicates climate change may double number of droughts
The agricultural and distilling sectors could face significant challenges after research finds the number of droughts in Scotland may double in the next 25 years.
![A screenshot of the Philippine National Hydrological Model](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PNHM_feature_image.png)
Philippine National Hydrological Model
The first national-scale hydrological model of the Philippines.
![3_BGS_JEZ_EVEREST](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3-960x497.jpg)
Glacial, periglacial and permafrost modelling
Glacier ice and permafrost have important implications for global water security and energy infrastructure
![BGWM_image](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BGWM_image-1.png)
British Groundwater Model
A unique tool for simulating groundwater resources at the national scale.
![groundwater flowpaths](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/feature_flowpaths.jpg)
Environmental modelling
Advancing the understanding of environmental systems through innovative modelling techniques and interdisciplinary research.
![Hydrological parameterisation (left) and simulated groundwater heads (right). BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/groundwater-illustration.webp)
First national-scale groundwater model in Great Britain developed
BGS has developed a new model that provides a unique tool for simulating groundwater resources at a national scale.
![Thousand-Island Lake in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. The lake provides the public water supply for Taiwan’s capital city Taipei. © John Bloomfield](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thousand-island-lake-Taiwan-feature.webp)
Groundwater in Taiwan under a changing environment
BGS’s groundwater team is part of a project to develop the first groundwater forecasts for Taiwan.
![Dry River Pang, Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, during the drought of 2022. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dry-river-pang.webp)
BGS publication included in Environment Agency’s review of drought in the UK
A BGS essay on groundwater and drought has been included in the Environment Agency’s review of the research and scientific understanding of drought.