| Full name |
Dr. Michael John Lowing |
| Year of birth |
1940 |
| Nationality |
British |
| Profession |
Hydrologist |
| Position in firm |
Associate |
| Range of experience |
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. He has written a number of data capture and analysis programs for Chiltern Digitising Services, specialising in hydrometric data and in mapped water features. He is the author of the rainfall-runoff method of flood estimation described in the UK Flood Studies Report and of the British Standard on Hydrometric Data Management. |
| Career summary |
1994 - date |
Director/Associate, Water Resource Associates Ltd.
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1990-1994 |
Independent consultant |
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1969-1990 |
Institute of Hydrology, UK |
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1968-1969 |
Water Research Fellow, University of Western Australia |
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1965-1968 |
Hydro-Electric Commission, Tasmania |
| Education |
1964 |
B.Sc(Eng) in Civil Engineering, University of London |
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1965 |
M.Sc in Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College |
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1975 |
Ph.D in Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster |
| Professional affiliation |
Chartered Engineer (CEng) |
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Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) |
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Institution of Water and Environmental Management (FIWEM) |
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British Hydrological Society (President 1991-1993) |
| Recent work |
- Investigation of water balance and ecology of Lake Koycegiz, Turkey (IUCN).
- Design and production of MicroFSR version 3 for Windows.
- Review of hydrometric data processing systems in the NRA - covered hardware, software and procedures with recommendations for evolution. (NRA Research Contract).
- Water Resources of the River Rother (Sussex), review of yield and low flows (Southern Water Services).
- Drafted British Standard on Hydrometric Data Management (DTI/BSi).
- Review existing and design extended network of rainfall and river flow gauging stations (Brunei and Sarawak).
- Spillway design flood estimation , R.Evinos, Greece (with Rofe Kennard & Lapworth).
- Hydrometric audit of radioactive waste disposal facility in Cumbria (BNFL, Sellafield).
- Development of procedure for systematically linking a flood frequency curve to an estimate of the probable maximum flood (DoE, UK).
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| Countries of work |
United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sudan, Korea (RO), Hong Kong, Brazil, Solomon Islands, Australia, Turkey, Brunei, Jordan, Greece, Malaysia (Sarawak) |
| Languages |
English |
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