Hydrogeologist & Water Resources Specialist

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What I can offer you:

The following are some of the skills and services that I can offer you:

 

WATER RESOURCES 

Exploration:

Design and supervision of investigations to determine aquifer and well properties, including remote sensing, geophysics, exploration drilling and aquifer testing.

Assessment:

Catchment and basin recharge, water outflows, water reserves and water quality. Resource assessment with the aid of mathematical models.

Management:

Assessment of water use, demand, development scenarios and water sustainability. Design and implementation of wellfield protection plans.

Development:

Design and supervision of production wells for rural and urban water supplies and irrigated agriculture in industrial and developing nations

Evaluations:

Determine the effectiveness of groundwater development and recharge schemes.

Conflict Solution:

Technical advise to help resolve water conflicts.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION

Investigation:

Identify sources of contamination. Sampling to delineate and characterise the extent of soil and groundwater contamination. Monitoring and testing to determine aquifer properties, hydraulic heads, groundwater velocities and flow patterns.

Assessment:

Determine volume of soil and groundwater impacted. Assess routes of contaminant migration. Identify potential environmental and human receptors.

Risk Analysis:

Assessment of groundwater vulnerability using numerical, overlay and index methods.

Remediation:

Prioritise site remediation. Evaluate and price a range of remediation options.

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Proposals:

Development of scopes, plans, schedules and budgets. Integration of ideas into project proposals.

Operation:

Team Leadership responsible for personnel, logistics, procurement and disbursement of equipment, project accounting and billing, project implementation and operations.

Liaison:

With parties concerned with project objectives and performance, from the perspective of either the Client or Consultant.

Training:

Improving the skills of junior and counterpart staff.

Reporting:

Writing and editing technical, preliminary, feasibility and final reports.

 

Countries of work-experience.