Water Resource Associates

This issue features the following articles: (i) Ground Investigations at the Proposed Miya River Flat-V Weir site in Guinée, (ii) Groundwater Risk Assessment for Environmental Permit at Muthu Clumber Hotel near Worksop, UK, and (III) Stickenbridge Catchment Assessment, UK

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Source of Metals in European Sewage Treatment Plants, (ii) Modelling Study of Flow and Water Quality on Multiple River Systems in Dhaka, Bangladesh, (iii) Field-Trials of a New Quantum Gravimeter in a Groundwater Survey and Monitoring in the Thames Valley, UK, and (iv) Installation of a Staff Gauge and In Situ Troll-100 Loggers at a V-Notch weir in Beaumont Creek, Suffolk, UK.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Hydrometeorological Studies in Support of the Simandou Iron Ore Project, Guinea, (ii) Ethiopia Water Quality Pollution, (iii) Design of Wildlife Pond and Resulting Planning Appeal, Curridge, West Berkshire, (iv) Short report on BHS National Hydrology Symposium, and (v) Details of online water quality modelling course.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) UK: Flooding in Iffley Oxford; Flood Assessment Penley Mill Lake, Wetland and Wildflower Meadow near Wrexham, Wales, (ii) Overseas: New Multibranch Model of Water Quality for Bangladesh Rivers. Details of a new International Lecture Course: Surface Water Quality and Management are also included.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Bangladesh Project for Innovate UK—Novel Biosensors and Water Toxicity, (ii) Waikato River Water Take Application, New Zealand (iii) Development of a Surface Water Management Plan, Whitchurch, Hampshire, (iv) Review the hydrological aspects of the proposed quarry and subsequent landfill development.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Overseas: Upper Arun Hydro-electric Project, Nepal, (ii) UK: Design of Remedial Measures to resolve Water Ingress at Terence House, Holton, Oxon.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Water Harvesting for Irrigation and Groundwater Recharge through Ponds and Small Dams, Iraq, (ii) Dashgil Terminal 2 Hydrological Study, Azerbaijan, and (iii) Permeable paving solution for surface water flooding, Hillingdon, London.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Metal source apportionment to European sewage treatment plants, and (ii) Green infrastructure to mitigate pollution in the Salmons and Pymmes Brooks, Enfield, north-east London.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Policy advice to support the preparation of the draft Yangtze River Protection Law (YRPL), and (ii) Natural and anthropogenic sources of salinity in the Awash River and Lake Beseka (Ethiopia)

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Overseas: Development of a new web-based GIS and Decision Support System [DSS] for Integrated Watershed Management of the Yallahs and Hope River basins in south-east Jamaica, (ii) UK: Investigation of the oscillatory water level fluctuations observed between Tyle Mill and Theale flow gauging station on the River Kennet in Berkshire, and (iii) UK: Provision of technical advice to Devon County Council relating to the Fenacre Water Diversion Scheme.

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This issue focusses on the use of CHIRPS satellite-based precipitation estimates in Azerbaijan

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Pilot study into the availability of water for farmers in the Cordillera Negra and Cordillera Blanca mountain ranges in Peru, and (ii) Flood risk concerns resulting from proposed Thames Water Reservoir, Oxfordshire.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Monitoring water pollution using molecular biosensors, Bangladesh, (ii) Water Quality Modelling and Management Training Course, Ethiopia, and (iii) UK: Modelling microplastics in the River Thames basin.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Malta and Gozo Extreme Rainfall Study, (ii) UK: Wares Farm Wetland Treatment Scheme, and (iii) UK: Moreton-in-Marsh Flood Risk Assessment and Design of Surface Water Drainage Scheme.

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This issue features the following articles: (i) Study of the potential impacts of climate change on water levels of Lake Victoria in East Africa, and (ii) Reversing pollution in the Turag, Balu and Buriganga rivers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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This issue features articles on (i) the use of a quasi-global rainfall produced by the procedure called CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data). Examples of the use of CHIRPS are highlighted for Slovakia and the Tagus Basin in Spain. (ii) UK: Hydrological Investigation of Hendy Windfarm, Powys.

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This issue features articles on (i) Modelling the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia, (ii) Groundwater Supply Review in Sumatra, Indonesia, (iii) UK: Review of the potential impact of flooding from the proposed Thames Water Reservoir, South Oxfordshire on the villages of East Hanney and Steventon, and (iv) Public Water Supply and Ashford Local Plan.

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This issue features articles on (i) Hydrological and hydraulic modelling of 15 of the largest Somaliland wadi crossings, (ii) UK: Measurement of groundwater levels in Fairford, Gloucestershire, and (iii) UK: Investigation of potential seepage into the draw-off tunnel in the Upper Lliw Reservoir in South Wales.

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This issue features articles on (i) Rainfall estimation over the Kagera River basin, East Africa, (ii) UK: Water quality modelling study on the River Trent.

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This issue features articles on (i) New irrigation supply for Vilar das Almas, Portugal, (ii) UK: Review of Flood Alleviation Schemes in Oxford and Roath Brook, Cardiff.

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This issue features articles on (i) Water pollution in the Turag River, Bangladesh, (ii) Water Quality Modelling and Management Training Course in Dhaka, and (iii) UK: Private Water Supply, near Milton Keynes.

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This issue features articles on (i) A review of the flood studies for Pavua Dam on the Rio Pungue in central Mozambique ; (ii) UK: A description of the peer review of the Anglian Water Services water resources system model for their water supply system, and (iii) UK: WRA involvement in the public Inquiry for a proposed development located on the floodplain in Steventon.

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This issue features articles on (i) International: Modelling Flow and Water Quality in the Mekong, which includes predicting impacts of environmental and climate change on delta inputs; (ii) UK: Modelling the Severn-Thames Water Transfer, and (iii) UK: Investigation of the emergence of springs and mass movement in a SSSI at Billericay in Essex, UK.

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This issue features articles on (i) the Building Resilience to Climate-Related Hazards (BRCH) project in Nepal, and (ii) The design and construction of Hamboweene Dam in Somaliland

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This issue features articles on (i) UK work cared out by WRA: The Cotswold groundwater project, the Cotswold and Wiltshire SuDS projects, and WRA support to water companies in southern England currently in the process of preparing water resource management plans for the 2019 periodic review, and (ii) Overseas work: West Bengal irrigation and flood mitigation project (WBMIFMP).

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This issue features articles on (i) The proposed 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Scheme in Nepal, (ii) Modelling Metaldehyde in the River Thames in the UK, and (iii) Impacts of land use and climate changes on Freshwaters and Ecology across Europe.

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This issue features articles on (i) WRA’s 21st Anniversary, (ii) The hydrology of Belaga Dam, Sarawak, and (iii) Modelling the Impacts of climate Change on India and Bangladesh.

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This issue features articles on i) Arid zone hydrology in the United Arab Emirates, which has considered rainwater harvesting as a means of boosting the water supply, ii) Latest software news: QUASAR Lite, a new Excel version that allows for the QUASAR/INCA instream mass balance equations to be solved. The model simulates Flow, Nitrate, Ammonia, Total Phosphorus, Soluble Reactive Phosphorus, Sediment, E.coli, Pesticides and Pathogens.

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This issue features articles on i) WRA experience in addressing the problems of hydrology and water resources in arid areas where the lack of water is a constant challenge to everyday life, ii) A hydrological survey on behalf of Milton Keynes Council, UK and iii) Software news: 3-D Analyst extension for the ArcGIS software package.

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This issue features articles on i) WRA Expert Witness Work; ii) Groundwater Flooding and Alleviation Measures in the UK, and iii) WRA has a two-year contract to support Norconsult in assisting NVE [Norwegian Water Resources & Energy Directorate] providing technical assistance to INARH [Angolan Water Resources Institute] on four areas: river basin planning, Hydstra hydrological database system, re-establishing the hydrometric network and training. The new database will facilitate exchange of data with neighbouring SADC countries.

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WRA partners and associates have a wealth of expertise in flood related studies over a range of scales from local flooding issues affecting a single property through to catchment scale flood modelling and strategic studies at a countrywide level. This bulletin highlights some of the recent projects undertaken in the UK and overseas.

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The issue of climate change has become a key drive for water resources and hydrology in recent years. This bulletin highlights how it has become an integral part of the expertise offered by WRA.

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Featuring Articles on: Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project | Horsemoor Reservoir and Wild Meadow

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Featuring Articles on: Hydrological services to the Expert Review Panel for the proposed Thwake Dam on the Athi River, Kenya | Hydrological simulation of the Mekong River | Modelling phosphorus loading in Kennet and Avon Canal, UK | WRA Software - HYSIM

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Featuring Articles on: UAE Dams and Aflaj | Dissolved Organic Carbon at Plynlimon | HYSIM

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Featuring Articles on: Khazzan Gas Field, Oman | Berbera Water Supply, Somaliland | EU REFRESH Project

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Featuring Articles on: Pelagus Hydroelectric Scheme, Sarawak | Sussex Ouse & River Cuckmere

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Featuring Articles on: Kagera River Basin and Wetlands | Lake Victoria | Phosphate contributions from STWs in Hampshire Avon

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Featuring Articles on: UAE Dam Inspection | Georgia, Borjomula | Bonar Bridge Water Supply | Inverness Water Supply

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Featuring Articles on: Impact of Ethiopian hydropower and irrigation developments on Lake Turkana | Horsemoor Reservoir Scheme | HYSIM-Aquator Modelling

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Featuring Articles on: Negara Brunei Darussalam | Climate Change & Drinking Water Supplies | Woburn Lakes

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Featuring Articles on: Pre-feasibility studies for Dams in Yemen | Flood Forecasting in Phillipines | Headon Camp

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Featuring Articles on: Environmental and Natural Resources Plan for the Upper Sire, Malawi | Dubai Dam Inspections | Reservoir Options at Woburn

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