Drought does not have to mean a brown course!

If planned for and well-managed, drought does not have to impact your club’s daily operations and customer experience. Threats to water security come from many quarters, including global warming, lower rainfall, drier summers and drought. Throw in the unpredictable risks of tighter environmental regulations and increasing energy costs and without a drought management action plan, these changes will likely impact the strength of your club’s business. This class offers cost effective, practical advice on how to identify your clubs’ drought risks and develop practical solutions to help you plan for a water-poor future.

Learning outcomes:

• Recognise current and potential threats to golf from drought
• Identify early warning hydrological threshold trigger levels
• Carry out a practical ‘light touch’ golf water resources drought audit
• The difference between a drought order and drought permit and how they affect water security
• Develop a drought water management action plan framework
• Explain how a good action plan underpins your club’s growth and sustainability

Presented by:

Junier Browne MBE

Environmental Consultant JBEL Environmental Services Ltd

With a career spanning more than three decades, in the Environment Agency (EA), National Rivers Authority and Yorkshire Water, Junier Browne MBE was the EA’s water resource management specialist, leading on drought, water resources planning/security, permitting, compliance, and appeals - before leaving the EA, in 2016, to form the independent consultancy, www.jbelconsulting.co.uk, providing professional services to the water industry and golf sector. Junier is a Golf Environment Organisation (GEO) accredited verifier and has undertaken commissions for several golf clubs, GCMA and BIGGA. Junier is also a regular contributor to Continue to Learn BTME Conferences.