Dr. Nick Mandeville

Dr. Nick Mandeville specialises in strengthening the operation of hydrological services for overseas governments, from basic data collection through hydrometeorological analysis to management of the water resource. Has also undertaken a substantial number of regional hydrological studies.

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Full Name	Dr. Adrian Nicholas Mandeville
Year of Birth	1941
Nationality	British
Profession	Hydrologist
Range of Experience	Dr Mandeville specialises in strengthening all aspects of the operation of hydrological services for overseas governments, from basic data collection through hydrometeorological analysis to management of the water resource. He has lived abroad for over 18 years, working on this type of long term project in 5 different countries. He has also undertaken a substantial number of regional hydrological studies using comprehensive data sets, many from overseas, in the fields of rainfall-runoff models, actual evapotranspiration, flow duration curves, flood frequency, low flow frequency, seasonal rainfall and specific runoff. Author of the RIS method of hydrograph analysis of storm events.
Career Summary	2017-Present: Associate, WRA 2002-Present: Based in Oxfordshire, UK, undertaking short term consultancies 1998-2000: Usangu Wetland project, Tanzania 1996-1998: Water Resources Management Dept, Entebbe, Uganda 1994-2017: Director/Partner, Water Resources Associates 1993-1994: Department of Hydrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 1988-Present: Independent consultant 1990-1991: Department of Power, Thimphu, Bhutan 1985-1987: Department of Hydrology & Meteorology, Nepal 1980-1985: Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK 1976-1980: Water Resources Division, Lilongwe, Malawi 1967-1976: Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, UK 1964-1966: Wanganui Collegiate School, Wanganui, New Zealand
Education	1976 Ph.D in Hydrology, University of Lancaster 1970 M.Sc in Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College 1963 BA in Mathematics, University of Cambridge
Professional Affiliation	British Hydrological Society
Key Assignments	Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project (Bhutan) Sustainable management of the Usangu wetland and its catchment (Tanzania) Preliminary study for the stabilisation of the course of the Songwe River (Tanzania/Malawi international border) Water resources management plan and update of the power system master plan (Bhutan) Upper Tama Koshi Hydropower Feasibility Study (Nepal) Future water source for Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Canal feeder studies at sites in Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Midlands, and London (UK) Cockhaise Groundwater Study Stage 1 (UK) Pembury Springs Investigation Phase 1 (UK) HYSIM Improvements for Drought Forward Planning (UK) Water strategy for the Bedford Estates at Woburn Phase 2 (UK) Research into the RIS method of non-linear rainfall-runoff modelling of storm events (UK, Ireland and Spain) Extension of two river flow series in central Angola, using a monthly rainfall-runoff model (Angola) The development of a new water release and abstraction policy for the Lake Victoria basin (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) Hydrology Member of Project Review Panel, Upper Karnali Hydroelectric Project (Nepal) Hydrology Member, Dam Safety Panel, Upper Arun Hydroelectric Project (Nepal) Preliminary hydro-meteorological study of the Pum Qu basin in Tibet (China)
Country Experience	United Kingdom, Ireland, Nepal, New Zealand, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kenya, Pakistan, Thailand, China, Lao, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sweden, Zambia, Mauritius, Netherlands, Greece, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Angola.
Languages	Fluent in English

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Dr. Nick Mandeville