School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

PROJECTS & WORK IN PROGRESS

Current Projects

• 'WaND Programme
  (Water and New Developments)
  EPSRC funded study of potable water demand forecasting and household forecasting in the UK
• Developing models of the sustainable city'
• 'Developing catchment protection assessment systems'
• 'Urban development and non point sources of water'
• 'Short term water demand forecasting'
• 'Embedding sustainability at the design stage and packaging'

Grants (since 2000)

2008

• Water Cycle Management £410,336.00
• Grip blocking in upland catchments £5,052.80
• BIOCONS, EEC £57,324.50
• Yorkshire Water Strategic Partnership £353,302.02
• Yorkshire Water Support for investigations into the demand effects of the Code for Sustainable Housing £45,000
• Environment Agency Support for catchment investigations for flood control £30,000
• CREH Support for demand investigations £20,050

2007

• 2007 EPSRC (SUE consortium) Revisions: The built environment and the built form links to water energy and waste needs. £3.83 million of which c£800,000 to Leeds.
• Yorkshire Water Three studies of cyanobacteria at Scout dyke £9,000
• Yorkshire Water A new spatially disaggregated water demand forecasting model £15,000
• Yorkshire Water An assessment of the Yorkshire Water DCM £4000
• Three Valleys Water An assessment of population figures, hidden and transient populations and water balance closure issues £18,000
• UKWIR Cost effectiveness of demand control. WR 25b £37,000

2006

• Yorkshire Water Residiuum management £35,000
• Yorkshire Water Assessment of pressures and impacts maps £25,000
• Yorkshire Water Determination of HMWB's in Yorkshire £22,000
• Yorkshire Water Remonitoring of colour at Angram and Scar House £13,700
• orkshire Water Rapid assessment of costs/benefits of colour management (Outline funding agreed)
• Yorkshire Water Extension of climate/colour modelling (£16,000)
• Yorkshire Water Rapid colour risk mapping £9,500
• DEFRA Catchment Sensitive Farming: Ingbirchworth £29,000

2005

• South West Water Review of bias in SODWaC demand assessment system £7,250
• Yorkshire Forward Planning for a virtual energy research centre. £9,500
• Yorkshire Water An independent allocation of HMW status in Yorkshire. £20,000
• Scottish Executive Impacts of implementation of Annex III of the Nitrates Directive £9,950
• Yorkshire Forward Supporting the development of the Future Energy Company £9,500
• Yorkshire Water Monitoring eutrophication at Scout Dyke reservoir £3,500
• Yorkshire Water Baseline funding of strategic research partnership £353,000
• Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick Development of a Biodiversity Action Planning Information System c£70,000 of which c£10K to Leeds
• Yorkshire Water Grip blocking: costs and benefits £110,000

2004

• English Nature Monitoring hydrological recovery to drain blocking by heather £12,000
• Canadian Foundation Conflict and governance in Canadian water management. $C12,000
• Yorkshire Forward Review of Regional Energy Research and Development of associated database £15,000
• Thames Water Estimating Hidden and Transient Populations £14,000

2003

• EPSRC SUE - WaND Consortium: Water and New Development. £2,500,000 (of which £410,000 to School of Geography [RSU])
• NERC Connect B: Nutrient Dynamics and Land Management on the River Derwent Floodplain. £95,000 (RSU Rejected)
• Environment Agency Impact of stocking density on revegetation and runoff production in eroded moorland. £10,000
• Canada House Management of Resource Conflicts £8,000

2002

• Environment Agency Past and present farming practices on the Ings of the Lower Derwent. £8150 [ULIS]
• Canadian Studies Foundation Best Practise to Minimise Impacts of Extractive Industry. £12,000 [RSU]
• Environment Agency Depositional History of the Lower Derwent Ings: Physical Coring and Analysis. £13,500 [ULIS]
• Yorkshire Water Derive a risk management plan for Elslack Reservoir catchment. £5,000 (ULIS)
• Thames Water Critique of proposals for closure of supply - demand estimation closure gaps. £5,500
• Yorkshire Water Small Area Water Demand Assessment for the East Surface Water Zone. £7,200 (ULIS)
• Yorkshire Water Assessment of the DCM in 2002 and anomalies in York demand. £4,250 (ULIS)
• EPSRC and Yorkshire Water Agent based modelling of small area demand. (studentship). £38,545 (Dept - not taken forward)

2001

• Environment Agency Information requirements for the integrated management of agricultural areas in sensitive river basins. R &D E1-108 £67,000 [RSU]
• First Renewables Develop proceedure for, and map, coppice source areas, South Yorkshire. £3,700 [ULIS]
• Environment Agency Particle size characterisation in estuarine waters. Environment Agency. Aberwstwyth sub-contract. £12,000 [ULIS]
• NERC Connect B Integrated modelling of water, water quality and sediment delivery for best practice in upland environments. £121,739 [RSU]
• Yorkshire Water Evaluating Pumphead Characteristics. £1200 [ULIS]
• Severn Trent Water Hawthorne Effects on Domestic Consumption. £4,700 [ULIS]
• Canadian Foundation Management of Industrial Residuals £12,000[RSU]

2000

• Yorkshire Water Services A Critical Evaluation of Methods for the Estimation of Domestic Water Demand at York Waterworks Company and of the Structure, Operation and Management of the Yorkshire Water Domestic Consumption Monitor. £8,000. [ ULIS]
• Thames Water. A Critical Evaluation of Industrial Demand Forecasting. £5,500 [ ULIS]
• Kelda/First Renewables Nutrient Dynamics on Coppiced Sites. £36,000 [RSU]
• First Renewables Develop proceedure for, and map, coppice source areas, south-west England. £1,700 [Dept]

Future Research

My research plans envisage continued close co-operation with the environment industry and in particular the water industry.  The aim is to develop science that is significant to management and policy-making and through that to improve the quality of life and the well-being of the environment.

The following themes will be continued and developed:

• Demand measurement, monitoring and forecasting for a variety of time horizons, demand types and spatial resolutions.
• Improvements and automation of risk analysis and catchment remediation for catchment protection.
• The development of methods and applications for the identification analysis and control of water borne health impactors.
• The extension of sustainable indicators in a variety of contexts (Canadian forestry, water quality, urban improvement) and their interpretation to a format of value to decision makers.