GORDON STANGER: CURRICULUM VITÆ
Last updatedMonday, 31 July 2017
1.
Primary Expertise
Climate-Change Adaptation Specialist. Technical Advice:
Policy Development, Capacity Building & Institutional
Strengthening. Team Leadership. Water Resources
Analysis and Planning. IWRM. Hydrology & Climatic
Analysis. Sustainable Environmental Management
2.
Name
Dr. Gordon Stanger
3.
Date of Birth
August 19th, 1946
4.
Nationality
British and Australian
5.
Education
Ph.D. Water Resources Analysis (O.U., U.K.)
B.Sc. Earth Sciences (University College London, U.K.)
6.
Other Training (taken)
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Other Training (given)
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Fortran Programming (UCL, 1987)
Geostatistics (University of Adelaide, 1991)
Australian Rainfall and Runoff (Centre for Groundwater
Studies-RMIT, 1994)
iv Groundwater Solute Modelling by Finite Difference & Finite
Element Methods(Centre for Groundwater Studies, 1994)
v Bahasa Indonesian (Terms 1&2, TAFE Adelaide, 1999)
vi Advanced Database using MS Access (WEA, 2000)
vii Basic Mandarin (‘Luminus’, University of Adelaide, 2001)
Convenor & co-presenter of the ‘Joint Universities Masters
Program in Hydrology and Water Resources’, SA. 1992-96.
ii Water Quality, Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water
Resources Management (undergraduate and post-graduate
courses at Flinders University of SA, 1988-96).
iii Pollution control and water quality management (Centre for
Groundwater Studies), 1988.
iv Hydrogeology and Water Resources Management. Copresenter of Australian Water Resources Council
Groundwater School, 1994 (CGS,1994).
v Environmental Pollution and Control, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. (PROMIS-RMIT Melbourne, 2001).
vi Seminar presentation (how to prepare project feasibility
studies). National Irrigation Authority, Philippines, 2003).
vii Training in water supply and sanitation, (Sub-institute for
Water Resources Planning, HCMC, Vietnam, 2003).
viii Presentation of a seminar series for the Yemen National
Water Resources Authority. IWRM, water-sector aspects of
MDGs. Project planning; urban and rural water supply.
ix 30+ IWRM training workshops for Rajasthan Government,
2007-8, including: climate change analysis and adaptation.
Water Resources Management in regions of declining water
availability. Community participation in planning and
implementing water supply projects. WS&S O&M and
sustainability. Change-management, Structural reform,
strategic planning. institutional development, reorientation
of the entire water sector for IWRM.
x Training workshops in climate change mitigation and
adaptation. Solomon Islands, 2012
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Language and
Degree of
Proficiency
8.
Membership of
Member ‘International Association of Hydrogeologists’.
Professional Societies Member of the Australian Nuclear Forum
9.
Countries of Work
Experience.
10.
Employment Record
English (mother tongue)
Arabic, (spoken, basic)
Bahasa Indonesian (spoken, basic)
Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia,
East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Oman,
Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, SriLanka, Taiwan (RoC), Tanzania, UAE, U.K., USA,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
Independent Consultant (list in reverse chronologic order)
2016-17 (2.5 months)
Climate-Change Specialist, Rukwa Pipeline Project,
Tanzania. Unique GmbH
2016 (4 months)
Climate-Change Specialist, Simiyu Pipeline Project,
Tanzania. GKW-KfW-Green Climate Fund.
2016-17 (1.5 months)
Water Resources Advisor, East Timor
2015-16 (2 months, committed ongoing) TL/ Climate-Change and Groundwater
specialist, Samoa, UNDP.
2015-16 (3 months)
Climate Change and Water Resources Analyst,
Eptisa, Georgia.
2015 (2months)
Climate Change and Water Resources Analyst,
Lehmeyer, Nepal
2014/5 (2 months)
CC / Water Resources Specialist. Lehmeyer, Bhutan
2014 (5 months)
Team Leader. MottmacDonald. IISP, Jakarta. ADB.
2014 (1 month)
Water Resources Advisor. GDSI-Kazlod, Kazakhstan .
2014 (1 month)
Water Resources & Irrigation Advisor. Oman Farms.
2014 (2 months)
Training Specialist.
Establishment of a regional training hub in Tbilisi,
Georgia. ADB.
2013 (1 month)
Senior Technical Advisor (Climate Change),
Promoting Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Northern
Mountain Provinces of Vietnam. UNDP.
Climate Change Adaptation/ Hydrology Specialist.
Seychelles.
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist ADB, TA 7917
Amu-Bukhara Irrigation Scheme, Uzbekistan.
2013 (1 month)
2012-13 (3 months)
2012 (6 months)
Climate Change Specialist and Hydrologist
Transport Sector Development
Project. ADB. Solomon Islands.
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2010-11
Team Leader. ADB-Assisted Dry Zone Urban Water and
Sanitation Project, Niras. Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
2011 (2 months)
Climate Change Specialist. Jeita Spring Protection
Project. Gitec GMbH. Council for Development and
reconstruction. Planning for climate change investment.
2011 (3 months)
Water Planning Analyst and Hydrologist. Poyry-IDP.
Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project. ADB – PPTA
7683. Philippines
Team Leader. Water Resources Planning Project
component 3, Colombo, Sri Lanka. WB.
Hue City Water Supply and Basin Development
Specialist, Seurica, TTH province water development
project, ADB, Hue, Vietnam.
Integrated Water Resources Management Specialist,
EGIS-BCEOM, for European Union: State Partnership
Program, Rajasthan, 2007-09.
Irrigation Rehabilitation and Water Resources
Development Specialist. Balkh River Project, SMEC
International, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP, (Feasibility for
Urban and Rural Water Supply). Republic of Yemen.
National Water Resources Authority (NWRA). United
Nations Development Program YEM 03013.
Basin Development Specialist. Afghanistan. HariRud Basin. ADB Project. SMEC International.
2009-10
2009-2009 (2 months)
1997– 2009
Technical Coordinator / Director: Basin Water
Resources Development. Vietnam – Australia Water
Resources Management Assistance Project. AusAID
(URSCorp). Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
Water Resources Planning Advisor. ADB Loan
PHI:1740. (Pacific Consultants Int’l), Philippines.
Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist. Northwest Sector
Water Resources Development, ADB TA No 3758.
(Pacific Consultants International), Cambodia.
Water Resources Adviser. Hulhumale Water &
Sanitation Development Project. (HDC. Malé), Rep. of
Maldives. SMEC international.
Water Quality Advisor. (CMF.), Cebu, Philippines.
Course Presenter. Environmental Pollution and
Control, (RMIT Melbourne), Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
Chief of Party. Jordan Water Resources Policy
Support Project. Ministry of Water Resources, (ARD.
Inc.) USAID.
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Water Pollution Control Specialist. Honeymoon
Uranium Mine Development Project. (Southern Cross
Resources.), Broken Hill, Australia.
Water Resources Specialist. Batangas Port
Development Project, Phase II. (Pacific Consultants
International), Philippines.
Institutional Planner. Institutional planning, and
design of the water pollution monitoring and control
system for the Philippine Economic Zone Authority
(PEZA). (Pacific Consultants International),
Philippines.
Water Pollution Specialist. East Java Pollution
Control Implementation Project. Indonesia.
(CMPS&F). AusAID.
August 1995October 1996
Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman
Senior Technical Advisor to the Minister for Water
Resources, Environment and Municipalities.
Effectively ‘Project Designer and Supervisor’ for several
concurrent water supply and sanitation projects.
March 1995-April 1995
Australian Academy of Science Research Fellow,
Taiwan. Review of the Taiwanese hydro-meteorological
network for improved flood-risk and water resources
estimation.
1988-1996
Flinders University of South Australia
Hydrology Discipline Coordinator & Senior Lecturer
Teaching, Research and Consulting
Teaching: Water Supply and Sanitation, Environmental
Engineering, Water Resources Management, Hydrology,
Hydrogeology,. (see also ‘other training’, above).
Applied Research: Artificial recharge, Arid-zone
hydrology, Monitoring network optimization, Salinization
processes and control, Hydrochemical process analysis.
1991
National Tidal Facility, (AIDAB)
Water Development Specialist. Responsible for
hydrologic analysis in coastal and island hydrologic
systems. Effects of rising sea level and encroaching
salinity upon groundwater resources in the Maldive
Islands. Water demand, and balance of natural vs.
desalinated sources. Water Resources Management.
1989-1993
Water Supply / Resources Consulting (Australiabased assignments).
 Review and analysis of groundwater over-extraction in
the North Adelaide Plains (A&J Parks).
 Environmental impact of water interception at Wilpena
(South Australian TUC).
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Use of wetland basin for flood alleviation and runoff
pollution control (Henley Council, SA).
Dryland salinity control at Cook Plains (LWRDEC).
Water pollution evaluation, projection and control.
Monarto Landfill (Bremmer CA).
1987-1989
W.S. Atkins International (Oman Government Funding)
Program Director, R&D projects for ‘Greater Manah
Rural Water Supply’, Sultanate of Oman.
June 1982-June 1987
Natural Environment Research Council (U.K.)
Ph.D. Research and Post Doctoral Research Fellow.
U.K., Oman and U.A.E.
Surface-water and groundwater resource assessment and
development in arid to semi-arid mountainous
environments.
1978-1981
MoD (Engineering Division), Sultanate of Oman
Hydrogeologist for various concurrent projects.
1972-1978
Institute of Hydrology, U.K.
Higher Scientific Officer for several water supply / water
resources development projects including:
Catchment water balance, and aquifer test analysis,
including computer modelling (Teheran-Iran, and Oman).
Water balance analysis to optimise resource availability.
Development and maintenance of several automated field
hydrology instrumentation networks. (U.K., Oman).
Aquifer response to drought (Oxfordshire, U.K.)
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Details of Tasks Assigned
A)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
B)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
Climate-Change and Water Resources Evaluation. PUC
Seychelles
2013, 1 month.
Climate Change Specialist
Analysis of water resources development options.
Hydrologic basin analysis. Evaluation of expected climate
change effects upon water seasonality and availability.
Evaluation of technical capacity and necessary climate
change adaptation initiatives.
Climate-Change Impact Assessment: Simiyu Water
Pipeline project. GKW. KfW-Green Climate Fund.
Simiyu region of Tanzania
2016 4 months.
Climate Change Specialist
Analyis of CMIP-5 climate modelling, baseline climate
specification, and instrumental climate trends. Regional
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rainfall distribution and climatic gradient aqnalysis.
Microclimatic influence of Lake Victoria. Climate change
impact assessment (present to 2099) in respect of human
water demand, cattle water demand and milk yield, cropwater demand, farming viability, climatic influence upon
disease vectors (human and crop).Alternative strategies
for water pipeline delivery.
C)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
D)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
E)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
Amu Darya Irrigation System Rehabilitation (ADB PPTA)
Uzbekistan
2012-3, 3 months.
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist
Regional modelling of water resources and river basin
hydrology, with changes in demand and supply, and
consequences for international water resources
sharing/management. Analysis of projected crop water
requirements, and necessary changes in agricultural
practices and water use. Water resources policy advice.
Pilot planning of demonstration farms for water
conservation and improved irrigation efficiency.
Transport Sector Development Project. ADB Grant Nr 0243
Solomon Islands
2012, 6 months
Climate Change Specialist & Hydrologist
Co-author of the national climate change policy. Multistakeholder liaison on cross-institutional instrumentation
and cooperation. Hydrologic and hydraulic input and
technical advice for dozens of transport sector subprojects. Improved hydrologic infra-structure. Application
of IWRM principles.
Dry Zone Urban Water & Sanitation Project, Package C.
ADB Grant No. 0130
Vavuniaya, Mannar, Chillaw and Puttalam, Sri Lanka
2010-11. 8 of 18 months.
Team Leader
Development of high-level Project direction of two
regional teams in sub-basin water resources
development of surface and groundwater, with emphasis
upon climate change projections, development of
sustainable water supply and sanitation infrastructure in
post conflict and environmentally stressed areas. Aspects
includes surface and groundwater resources evaluation,
geophysical, salinity, social and other surveys, training
and capacity building in water-sector MDGs, initiation of
integrated water resources management, community
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involvement, water balance analysis, remediation of
many forms of chemical and microbiological pollution.
F)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
G)
2009 - 2010
Team Leader and Water Resources Analyst
Overall direction of consultative and analytical strands of
water resources planning for (a) the National Water
Resources Master Plan, (b) An Updated Mahaweli Water
Resources Plan, and (c) The Mundeni Aru Basin Water
Resources Plan. Associated groundwater analysis,
surface and groundwater modelling, definition of strategic
investment options. Analysis and planning for investment
project preparation. Facilitation of central and district/
community consultation workshops, integration for multidepartmental cooperation, multi-criteria analysis of
development options, and various knowledge-based
products.
Project Name
Location
Strategic Planning for Water Quality protection. ADB-TA.
TTH province, Hue , Vietnam.
Year
Position Held
2009 2 months.
Water Quality Management Specialist
Description of Duties
H)
Dam Safety and Water Resources Planning Project,
component 3. World Bank.
Colombo and all of Sri Lanka
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
Evaluation of all threats to water quality in the province,
including eutrophication at new dam sites, coastal storm
surges and local flooding, sewage contamination, mining
and industrial waste, public health hazards, leachate from
sanitary landfill, etc. Project preparation for safer quality
assured water delivery.
EU-State Partnership Program, ASIE/2007 140-100
Jaipur and the entire state of Rajasthan, India
2+ years 2007-2009,
Integrated Water Resources Management Specialist
Rural poverty alleviation through IWRM. Consultation with
all water sector departments, NGOs and communities to
develop a new and comprehensive water policy.
Compilation of draft and final ‘State Water Resources
Policy’, and associated six year ‘Action Plan’. Consultative
development of individual departmental budgets under the
EU-SPP. Guidance and Design for development of the
‘State Water Resources Planning Department’. Project
preparation for sustainable groundwater extraction for
agriculture and water supply. Radical reorientation of the
State’s Groundwater Department to make it more efficient
and responsive to community needs, to upgrade
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analytical infrastructure and direct it to more useful
purposes, and to transform the entire cultural ethos of
‘nobody’s responsibility’. Detailed development of a PIP.
Review of the entire state instrumental networks,
including climatic, hydrogeologic, hydrologic, and water
quality monitoring. Design and proposal for a total
upgrade of the networks, instrumental maintenance, data
collection, data quality control, and data processing.
Design and departmental reorientation to support IWRM
in 60 blocks across arid and semi-arid Rajasthan.
Comprehensive training through >30 workshops on water
policy, action plan, departmental restructuring change to
IWRM, improved water resources analysis, data
management, data processing, hydrologic instrumental
upgrade and maintenance. District-level upgrade of
departments with particular emphasis of service provision
to communities, improved data collection, validation and
processing, and institutional restructuring. Overall
compliance with both the agreed Action Plan and EUtranch release milestones. Resistance to corrupt
practices.
I)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
National Program on Integrated Water Resources
Management, YEM/03/013
Sana’a, Republic of Yemen
14 months 2005-2006.
Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP, (Integrated Water
Resources Management).
Policy development in water conservation and quality
protection. Development of river basin management
plans, coordinated with integrated waste management.
Motivating, staff training, and general sector guidance.
Personal assistant to the chairman of the National Water
Resources Authority (NWRA) during structural transition,
providing a national workplan, budget and 5-year strategic
framework. Conference, seminar and workshop planning
and delivery, with post-event follow up of practical
innovations. Terrace rehabilitation. Project planning
including ToRs, and bid-assessment. Project preparation
for multiple water supplies and exploratory groundwater
sub-projects. Preparation and delivery of arid and semiarid basin management workplans, with seminars and
stakeholder mentoring. Upgrading of instrumental and
database infrastructure. Setup of regional branch offices.
Organization of an ‘all stakeholder’ national forum for
integrated water resources management. Design of water
quality monitoring protocols and analytical infrastructure.
Dam evaluation, flood attenuation and groundwater
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recharge project design, introduction of urban and
agricultural water conservation.
J)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
K)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
Western Basins Irrigation Upgrade Project. ADB TA
Herat, Kabul, Afghanistan.
2 months 2005.
River Basin Development Specialist.
Assessment of the seasonal variability and availability of
irrigation water in the regional basins and sub-basins.
Independent assessment of the hydrologic feasibility,
storage capacity and appropriate rule curve for a
proposed new dam. Assessment of the sedimentary
loading and storage occlusion of the proposed reservoir.
Recommendations for agricultural water management in
the basin. Investment project preparation for more waterefficient usage. Water quality monitoring and evaluation,
with assessment of threats to water quality.
Vietnam-Australia Water Resources Management
Assistance Project. AusAID
Ho Chi Minh City and Cuu Long Delta, Vietnam
6 months in two stages, 2003.
Technical Coordinator and Multiple Sub-Project
Director : Integrated Water Resources Planning and
Management
13 New project proposals. Designing and writing technical
specifications for 7 sub-projects for the newly formed CLD
River Basin Organization. Investment sub-project
preparation. Direction, supervision, mentoring, training
and guidance in their implementation. The seven
implemented sub-projects comprised:
1) Development of a cross-institutional water quality
database, linked to a GIS, and with automated reporting.
2) Analysis of acid sulphate soil environments, and
modelling of acid mobility to develop guidelines for acid
groundwater management. Process studies to support
conceptualisation of the computer model.
3) Management of water pollution from farm chemicals
(pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers). Data collation and
analysis. Inter-institutional cooperation (central and
provincial) to provide guidelines in reducing farm chemical
usage. Establishment of sampling networks.
4) Assessment of the pollution hazard from arsenic in
recently developed aquifers of the Cuu Long Delta.
5) Rainfall analysis to optimize cropping patterns, shorten
growing seasons and reduce pesticide usage.
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6) Water quality protection through ‘Integrated Waste
Management’, including facilities for various hazardous,
rural and urban waste recycling or disposal.
7) Computer-aided optimization of surface water flows in
the Quan-Lo-Phung Hiep area to relieve flood and
droughts, and to manage the saline interface.
L)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Grains Sector Development Project. ADB-PHIL-1740.
Philippines, (Manila and Regional offices of the National
Irrigation Authority – 30 sub-projects).
6 months in stages over 2002 and 2003.
Hydrologist and Irrigation Planning Advisor
Description of Duties
Advice, assistance and training in analysis and design of
numerous irrigation sub-projects, new and upgraded,
throughout the Philippines. Analysis of the institutional
and technical root problems limiting adequate water
resources assessment. Investment project preparation for
about 30 irrigation project upgrades. Presentation of
career upgrade seminars, and individual mentoring in
appropriate hydrological techniques and data acquisition.
Facilitation of cross institutional restructuring in hydrologic
data collection. Training in the development of project
feasibility studies.
M)
Project Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
ADB Northwest Sector Irrigation Project, Cambodia.
Northwestern Provinces, Cambodia
4 months of 2002.
Hydrometeorologist & Water Resources Analyst
Investment project preparation for four agricultural
development projects in the Tonle Sap area of Cambodia.
Hydrometeorological network optimisation. Sustainable
water resources assessment. Regional surface water
assessment including detailed rainfall and runoff analysis
of 9 major river basins, and water quality review with
particular emphasis on public health. Arsenic analysis and
risk evaluation in arsenic bearing aquifers. Advice on
water quality monitoring and control priorities. Climatic
analysis in relation to floods, droughts and crop water
requirements. Capacity building, including water quality
analysis, data validation and database improvement.
Capacity building in regional water resources offices.
Analysis of lake dynamics and seasonal
flooding/recession. Evaluation of optimum water
development options for agricultural improvement and
extension. Exploration drilling and hydrogeology.
N)
Project Name
Hulhumalé Water & Sewerage Development Project.
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Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
O)
Project Name
Locations
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
P)
Project Name
Location
Malé / Hulhumalé, Republic of the Maldives
2 months of 2002
Water Conservation Adviser
Review of current water resources, vulnerability to
salinization, and most cost-effective conservation
measures in the Maldives archipelago. Incorporation of
this review into a long-term water management plan for
the new (artificial) island of Hulhumalé. 15 and 30 year
computer modelling of the water table, saline interface
and freshwater lens’s evolution beneath Hulhumalé.
Definition of appropriate monitoring strategies and of the
sustainable groundwater vs. desalination combinations.
Urban and industrial pollution threats to water quality.
Feasibility investigations for investment in the Hulhumale
development project.
Numerous Projects for the Water Protection Dept. of the
Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman.
Coastal, plain, mountain and island locations varying from
semi-arid to hyper-arid, across Oman.
August 1995 – October 1996
Senior Technical Advisor , Oman Water Protection
Dept.
Design and implementation of pilot projects for pollution
control. Runoff purification through controlled wetlands
and urban stilling basins. Investment project preparation
for numerous water development projects around the
Sultanate. Precise tracing and quantification of plumes of
ground-water pollution using innovative geophysical
techniques. Licensing and monitoring of mining,
hydrocarbon and industrial development. Industrial
compliance with emission standards (air, water and landfill). Leachate monitoring around landfill and mine-tailings
containment. Monitoring network design. Hazardous
waste disposal. Conflict resolution (competing water-user
groups, with a 100% success). Projects for agricultural reuse of treated and semi-treated wastewater. Coastal
salinization, salinity mapping and salinity management.
Design, staffing, construction, and management of a
water quality laboratory. Chemical and microbiological
water quality analysis, review. Irrigation and potable water
quality standards definition and compliance. Public
awareness campaigns for water conservation, and
wastewater re-use. Rainfall and streamflow network
optimization.
Jordan Water Resources Policy Support Project.
Amman, Jordan
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Year
Position Held
6 months of 2000
Water Conservation and Quality Specialist.
Description of Duties
Estimation of the sustainable water resources.
Stakeholder liaison for water conservation and protection.
Strategic planning and conservation policy
implementation. Modification and expansion of the
national groundwater monitoring network into most critical
areas. Survey of irrigation practices in relation to water
quality. Planning for greater irrigation efficiency.
Q)
(Multiple projects, no specific title)
Program Name
Location
Year
Position Held
Numerous Locations, based in MoD (Eng. Div.),
Muaskar al Murtafa’a, Sultanate of Oman.
30 months between 1978 and 1981
Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist
Description of Duties
Design and construction of hydrologic network systems in
mountain, foothill and coastal environments, with
sampling frequencies appropriate to the hydrological
conditions. Flash-flood frequency and intensity
measurement and analysis. Development of flood
protection schemes. Coordination of salinity surveys and
results. Investigation into possible artificial recharge..
Deep aquifer disposal of hyper-saline and high boron
bitterns. Design and construction of numerous waterrelated engineering works including: access roads, flood
diversion and river training structures, storage tanks,
small dams, weirs, flumes, reservoirs, and field monitoring
facilities in remote and difficult access terrain. Staff
training in all aspects of water monitoring, development
and resource management.
Project Name
1) Coastal Salinity Management, 2) Greater Manah Water
Resources Development Project
R)
Location
Year
Position Held
Description of Duties
Northern Coastal Plain and Interior desert of Oman
16 months over 1987-1989
Hydrogeology Program Director, Rural Water Supply.
Coastal and dryland salinity monitoring, management and
control, including computer modelling. Establishment of
stakeholder salinity management groups. Hydrogeological
definition of low- and high-risk areas. Hydrogeological
mapping (reconnaissance and detail). Remote sensing,
including aerial photographic mapping of structurally
related groundwater flow, and contrast-stretched satellite
imagery for crop water usage.
Resolution of competing water user disputes.
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Design and implementation of surface hydrology and
groundwater monitoring networks including remote
recording devices and instrumental security works.
Design, construction and operation of a high capacity
public-health laboratory including advanced water
chemistry and microbiological analytical facilities.
13.
Additional Points My consulting career has emphasized the following aspects:
1.
Realistic and prudent planning for climate change on the basis of local climate trends
as well as GCMs, with technically sound error and uncertainty analysis.
2.
Current primary research interests: Realistic climate change impact assessment with
respect to water resources planning. Hydrometeorology generally. Network and data
quality control.
3.
43 publications including books, major reports, refereed papers in international
journals, etc. Details on request.
Certification
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data
correctly describes myself, my qualifications and my experience.
Signature:
date: Monday, 31 July 2017
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