| Full name |
Francis Alexander Keith Farquharson |
| Year of birth |
1948 |
| Nationality |
British |
| Profession |
hydrology and water resource assessment and development |
| Position in firm |
Director |
| Range of experience |
Frank Farquharson has extensive experience in hydrology and water resource assessment and development and has worked extensively in the UK and Europe and also throughout Africa, the Indian sub-continent, south-east Asia and the Middle East for the past 36 years. He was a hydrologist for Thames Water Authority for two years on groundwater augmentation schemes and development of real-time flood forecasting systems. He worked for the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology for 32 years, initially as part of the team responsible for the UK Flood Studies Report in 1975, and subsequently on a wide range of applied hydrological problems in the UK and worldwide. He has specialised in flood estimation and real-time flood forecasting studies, and on water resource assessment and management projects over a wide range of climates. |
| Career summary |
2007 - date |
Director, Water Resource Associates Ltd, UK. |
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1974-2006 |
Hydrologist and Water Resources Planner, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK (formerly called the Institute of Hydrology). |
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From 1985, Head of Water Resources Group. |
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2003-2006: Deputy Head of Hydrological Risks and Resources Division. |
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1972-74 |
Hydrologist, Thames Conservancy (later Thames Water Authority), UK |
| Education |
1970 |
BSc Environmental Sciences, Lancaster University |
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1972 |
MSc Hydrology (by research and Thesis), Lancaster University |
| Professional affiliation |
Member Institution of Civil Engineers & Chartered Civil Engineer since 1979 |
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Member of British Hydrological Society since 1983, President 2007-2009 |
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Company Secretary to International Association of Hydrological Sciences Ltd. |
| Recent work |
- Feasibility study for additional hydropower capacity for Cabora Bassa dam, Mozambique (2007) and hydrologist responsible for preparation of flow series for other potential hydropower sites in Mozambique (2008).
- Technical advisor to House of Commons EFRA Select Committee looking at Summer 2007 floods in the UK
- Responsible for numerous flood risk assessments for home owners and developers in the UK.
- Team leader to assess impacts of climate change on water resources, sea levels and storm surges in Bangladesh.
- Hydrologist and water resource planner advising Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
- Leader of Southern African FRIEND project developing hydrological analysis tools for SADC countries.
- Project leader of EU funded project to help national water resources agencies in Botswana, Namibia, Chile and Khazakstan develop integrated water resource management plans and implementation of the EU Water Initiative.
- Project leader for SADC-HYCOS project. Installation of hydrometric equipment at 50 river gauging stations in 10 countries of SADC which report data back in real time using data collection platforms via METOESAT.
- Implementation of real-time flood forecasting systems in UK, Indonesia, India and Hong Kong.
- Simulation modelling of Tarbela Reservoir, Pakistan to examine how the operating life might be extended.
- Co-author of report and paper on flood estimation methods for ungauged catchments in 70 countries worldwide.
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| Countries of work |
United Kingdom, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Hong Kong, Kazakstan, Korea, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Languages |
Fluent in English &, good knowledge of Portuguese & French |
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