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Summary of Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Nick Mandeville: Improving technical capabilities of overseas hydrological services, regional hydrological studies.
Full Name
Dr. Adrian Nicholas Mandeville
Year of Birth
1941
Nationality
British
Profession
Hydrologist
Range of Experience
Dr. Mandeville specialises in strengthening all aspects of the operation of hydrological services for overseas governments, from basic data collection through hydrometeorological analysis to management of the water resource. He has lived abroad for over 15 years, working on this type of long-term project in 5 different countries. He has also undertaken a substantial number of regional hydrological studies using comprehensive data sets, many from overseas, in the fields of rainfall-runoff models, actual evapotranspiration, flow duration curves, flood frequency, low flow frequency, seasonal rainfall and specific runoff. Author of the RIS method of hydrograph analysis of storm events.
Career Summary
2002-date Based in UK, undertaking short-term consultancies

1998-2000 Usangu Wetland project, Tanzania

1996-1998 Water Resources Management Dept, Entebbe, Uganda

1994-date Director, Water Resources Associates

1993-1994 Department of Hydrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1988-date Independent consultant

1990-1991 Department of Power, Thimphu, Bhutan

1985-1987 Department of Hydrology & Meteorology, Nepal

1980-1985 Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

1976-1980 Water Resources Division, Lilongwe, Malawi

1967-1976 Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

1964-1966 Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand
Education
1963 BA in Mathematics, University of Cambridge

1970 M.Sc in Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College

1976 Ph.D in Hydrology, University of Lancaster
Professional Affiliation
British Hydrological Society
Recent Work
  • Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project (Bhutan)
  • Sustainable management of the Usangu wetland and its catchment (Tanzania)
  • Preliminary study for the stabilisation of the course of the Songwe River (Tanzania/Malawi international border)
  • Water resources management plan and update of the power system master plan (Bhutan)
  • Upper Tama Koshi Hydropower Feasibility Study (Nepal)
  • Future water source for Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
  • Catchment inflow studies at select sites in Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Midlands, and London (UK)
  • Cockhaise Groundwater Study Stage 1 (UK)
  • Pembury Springs Investigation Phase 1 (UK)
  • HYSIM Improvements for Drought Forward Planning (UK)
  • Research into the RIS method of non-linear rainfall-runoff modelling of storm events (UK, Spain)
Countries of Work
United Kingdom, Nepal, Malawi, New Zealand, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, China, Lao, Uganda, Ireland, Sweden, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Spain.
Languages
Fluent in English and a good knowledge of French
Contact
Water Resource Associates is a Network of Consultants in Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Water Quality, Flood and Drought Studies & Climate Change