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Hydrogeologist and groundwater resources manager with over 30 year’s experience in groundwater resources and management projects throughout Africa, Middle East, Europe and UK as a consultant for EU, World Bank, FAO, DFID, UNDP, EA, DEFRA and international consulting firms

Hydrogeology and water resources management. Currently at the Water Management section of Oxford University’s Centre for the Environment, researching into water resource management and in particular the application of Bayesian Networks as a participatory tool for integrated water resource management.

Robert Brown is an experienced hydrologist with a working knowledge of water resources, resource system modelling, Aquator resource modelling and support, probabilistic yield assessment of river and reservoir systems, low flows, flow regime analysis, arid zone flood hydrology and modelling, flood frequency/magnitude analysis, rainfall frequency analysis, hydrological modelling, HYSIM catchment modelling, groundwater/river flow interactions, MIKE11 river modelling, environmental river flows, FORTRAN and MS VBA programming and software development.

Dr. Sean Burke’s expertise lies in surface water quality, hydrochemistry and resource protection through catchment management. His research interests have focused on the interdisciplinary catchment science that is needed to underpin catchment management for effective resource management. During 2008-10, Sean developed Demonstration Test Catchments [DTC], a major joint initiative between the Environment Agency and DEFRA.

Dan Butterfield has been developing software and GIS applications for environmental science for more than a decade. He is a C++ Object-Oriented Programming Certified Professional, has more than 7 years experience of using GIS tools for modelling, mapping and presentation purposes and is highly competent in all areas of IT, including relational database design and web technologies.

Dr. Carless has 28 years of industrial experience with both large and small technology companies. The last 18 years have been in the field of energy and environment including extensive work in renewable energy projects (tidal, wind, hydro and biomass) and other green energy projects, emission and air quality.

Dr. Chatterton has research affiliations with the internationally renowned Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) of Middlesex University, London. He has lectured on project appraisal and business strategies for operational management within the water industry for 25 years, with experience in Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Russia and Europe.

Dr. Crossman’s expertise lies in hydrology, ecology and applications of water quality modelling and GIS techniques. Her research interests lie in surface and groundwater flow pathways, and nutrient dynamics. Jill is particularly concerned with the impacts of environmental change, such as land use change and climate change on water quality and ecology. Jill is also interested in channel morphology, and has studied the effects of dams and reservoirs upon upstream and downstream river channels.

Professor Mike Edmunds' expertise lies in groundwater quality, hydrogeochemical processes, trace element studies, isotope hydrology, palaeohydrology, arid and semi-arid zone studies including groundwater recharge assessment, groundwater acidification, salinity issues and mineral and thermal waters. He retired from the British Geological Survey in Wallingford, but retains an Honorary Research Associateship.

Paul Garrad is a hydrologist with a high degree of expertise in, and experience of, flood estimation. He is very familiar with all technical aspects of flood estimation and relevant software including the procedures laid in the FEH and hydraulic modelling. www.pgarrad.co.uk

Dr. Green has extensive experience as a hydrologist working on water resource development projects throughout the world. He has carried out many studies involving resource estimation, flood estimation, regional flood studies, flood forecasting, hydrometry and hydrometric data processing.

Dr. Robin Hall has 27 years experience as a hydrologist and was formerly employed for 23 years at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Wallingford, (formerly Institute of Hydrology). He has extensive experience in experimental design, measurement and modelling, in both research projects and applied work, covering a wide range of hydrological topics including: evaporation (from vegetation, soil and water bodies); soil water; groundwater; stream flow and surface water runoff, and catchment water balances.

Dr. Herbert is a geotechnician and a hydrogeologist with 35 years of experience working overseas and in the UK. He has worked on the provision of groundwater resources for major irrigation schemes and for rural water supply & sanitation schemes. He led a British Geological Survey team in the making of a CDROM-based manual for the development of unconsolidated aquifers.

Bruce Lankford has over 20 years experience in irrigation and water resources management gained on projects throughout Africa, Asia, Central Asia and UK as a consultant and researcher for the World Bank, DFID, UNDP, British Council and international consulting firms. He has specialised in river basin management, the impact of irrigation development on water resources and hydrological environment, and in the rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation systems via investigations, extension, participatory research, technical soil and crop studies and implementation of improvement programmes.

Dr. Lowing has 30 years experience in flood estimation, water resource studies, hydrometric data management, digital mapping and project direction. Whilst offering expert overviews based on a wide variety of practical experience in the UK and overseas, he also continues a close involvement with software development and application at working level.

Dr. Plinston has extensive experience of the water resources issues associated with development projects including hydro-power, irrigation and water supply as well as basic water resource inventory evaluation and development planning. He has carried out many studies involving reservoir operation, rainfall-runoff modelling, and water resource evaluation from scarce data.

Dr. Rodda established Hydro-GIS in September 2004 with the objective of providing specialist consultancy in the fields of hydrology and GIS. Experience using and developing a number of hydrological and water quality models for predicting sediment and nutrient losses, rainfall/runoff, flood hydrographs, flood water depth, flood and rainfall return periods.

Julian Smith is a engineering hydrologist with almost 40 years of experience of the water industry in the UK and overseas, including 2D river modelling, flood analysis, flood alleviation works design, reservoir spillway analysis and design, water resources analysis, analysis of steady and unsteady flow in pipe networks and sewerage system modelling.

Dr. Snook is a Chartered Biologist and Chartered Environmentalist with 20 years experience as an ecologist within research, regional planning, government and voluntary bodies, in temperate, alpine and tropical habitats.

Tim Stephens is an Agricultural Engineer with over 20 years experience in Africa and, more recently, other parts of the world. His experience has been in the planning, design and construction of irrigation schemes, the siting, design, project management and supervision of the construction of dams - he is also the author of a book on this subject - the training of counterpart staff and topographical surveys.

Kyle Thomas has experience and study in watershed, hydrologic, groundwater, sediment transport and non-point source pollution modelling. His assignments have included hydrologic modelling for water supply, groundwater flow and solute transport modelling for groundwater remediation, and watershed/nonpoint source modelling for the evaluation of land cover on receiving water quality.