Rachel Evans

Extensive experience of water resources management within the UK water industry and has worked for both water companies and water industry regulators, providing technical advice and analysis on a range of water resources topics.

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Full Name	Rachel J Evans
Year of Birth	1964
Nationality	British
Profession	Hydrologist / Water Resource Planner
Range of Experience	Rachel has 16 years’ experience of water resources management within the UK water industry, including 4 years with Thames Water as a Water Resources Planner, and 5 years with Yorkshire Water as Senior Hydrologist. As a consultant, she has worked for both water companies and water industry regulators, providing technical advice and analysis on a range of water resources topics. Project work has included: hydrological analysis, water resources modelling using WRAP/WRAPSim and MISER, developing supply/demand balance scenarios, headroom and outage assessment, climate change analysis, producing Water Resources Management Plan reports.
Career Summary	2010-Present: Independent Consultant 2006-2010: Arup, Leeds – Senior Hydrologist 1997-2001: Yorkshire Water Services Ltd, Bradford – Senior Hydrologist 1995-1997: Funding Agency for Schools, York 1990-1995: Thames Water Utilities Ltd, Reading – Water Resources Planner 1989-1990: SEMA Group, London 1986-1987: Water Research Centre, Buckinghamshire - Student placement 1983-1984: Midland Bank PLC, Birmingham
Education	1990 MSc, Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College, London 1988 BSc (Tech), Mathematics and its Applications, UWIST, Cardiff
Professional Affiliation	British Hydrological Society
Key Assignments	Technical review of Bristol Water’s flow gauging, catchment inflow modelling and yield assessment for their Mendips reservoir sources, to support the company’s proposals for new resource developments. Preparation of Water Resources Management Plan components for Portsmouth Water: review of resource zones, review of deployable output, water resources modelling (using MISER), climate change and headroom analysis. Monitoring and auditing Scottish Water’s delivery of Strategic Water Resource Studies to meet new environmental standards; this work was undertaken on behalf of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland. Update of catchment inflow data used by Yorkshire Water to run their WRAP and WRAPSim water resources models, based on analysis of data from Yorkshire Water’s regional operational database. Review of supply/demand balance scenarios for Yorkshire Water, including: review of deployable output and water resources strategies using WRAP and WRAPSim water resources models, spreadsheet analysis of data on supply and demand and feasible resource options, analysis of headroom and outage following UKWIR guidelines. Preparation of Water Resources Plan documents. Water resources modelling to evaluate Thames Water’s deployable output and develop operating strategies.
Country Experience	United Kingdom
Languages	English

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