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I would consider project related contract work in hydrogeology, water resources assessment, enviromental monitoring and related disicplines.

NATIONALITY

Birth Place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canadian nationality,
UK, permanent resident

EDUCATION

* BSc (Hon) Earth Science Specialisation, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1985
* BSc Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1983
* Diploma (2yr.), Chemical Technology, -Methodologies, Techniques & Water/Wastewater Treatment, SAIT, Canada, 1974

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Fellow (FGS), Geological Society of London, UK
Member (MRSC), Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists, UK chapter
Member (ex), Chemical Institute of Canada

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Feb06 – Present Sudan: Hydrogeological Specialist, Brinsley Enterprises,
Mackenzie Water-Environmental Technical Services Ltd, UK

Conduct a data review of existing information to define the groundwater resource potential in a gold mine start-up operation in North-west Sudan.

Oct05 – Jan07 Kazakhstan: Water Resources Expert, Mackenzie Water-Environmental Technical Services Ltd, UK

Conducted analysis and interpretation of existing data including surface and groundwater quality and quantity to assess the;
* water balance of the Syrdarya River Catchment a part of the Aral Sea Basin and the impact of the construction of an earth-filled dam and the water management scenarios needed fill the North Aral Sea to the 42m contour line.
* Evaluate the effects water quality changes imposed by the increase flow of surface water to the Aral Sea and the interaction between surface and groundwater.
* Evaluation the long term effects of pollution from urban, industrial, irrigated waste.

Feb05 – Present Water Resources Team Leader & Expert Modeller, Montgomery Watson Harza Arabtech Jardanah (MWHAJ) as freelance consultant

Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Aden Governorate, Yemen
To manage the activities of the Water Resources components of the study and liaise with the waste water and sewerage managers. Includes preparation of WB standard drilling tender documents, site supervision of exploratory well drilling and testing; assess pollution & aquifer vulnerability; update groundwater monitoring programme; carry out 3-d flow and transport modeling of the alluvial aquifer systems in the Tuban & Abyan Deltas; hydrochemical-isotope profiling; prepare a comprehensive water resources report outlining the water resource availability and options.
Evaluation of the groundwater from the wellfields in terms of blending with desalinated brackish or seawater to Aden upto 2025

Disi Conveyance Project Proposal, Jordan
Provided technical assistance to the Kuwaiti Consortium (Kharifi) in the bid preparation for the BOT of the Disi Conveyance Pipeline Disi-Mudawwara to Amman valued about ($US 650 Million). This included the following:
* Review 3-D Flow Model of the regional transboundary Disi/Rum Aquifer
* Design of boreholes and wellfield including review/modification to contract drawings, specifications and bill of quantities.

Dec04 – Aug05 Jordan: Hydrogeologist & Expert Modeller, Principal Consultancy, Engicon, sub-consultancy with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co. Ltd,

Feasibility Study -Brackish Groundwater Resources in NW Jordan
Hydrogeological and modeling specialist for a full hydrogeological study of the brackish water resources in the north Jordan Valley and to develop a better understanding of the aquifer systems in the project area. The study has determined the availability of the brackish groundwater in the alluvial aquifers and possible contribution from the deeper aquifer zones. This involved surface and downhole geophysical surveys, rehabilitation and testing of existing wells. Production of a 3-d flow model in contact with the Jordan River to assess sustainable abstraction options that has been dependent upon water use and suitability for desalination.

July-Oct04 Jordan: /Principal Hydrogeologist. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Al Himma Springs (Health SPA) Water resources Assessment
Production of a water resources assessment report on the hydrology of the hot water spring of Al Himma; to determine long term resource reliability given the current and historic conditions and external effects from potential depletion; pollution assessment of nearby cess pits and changes to the flow as well as physical, chemical and radioactive isotope profiling of the outflow.

April 03- Dec 04 Kazakhstan: Project Manager, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Aral Sea Programme: Leading a team of environmental, social development, water and ecological experts to monitor the performance of the project to rehabilitate the hydraulic structures along the transboundary surface water system, Syrdarya River to allow the regeneration of the northern part of the Aral Sea. The project's overall objectives are: (i) sustaining and increasing agriculture (including livestock) and fish production in the Syrdarya River Catchment a part of the Aral Sea bBsin in Kazakhstan; and (ii) securing the existence of the Northern Aral Sea (NAS) and improving the ecological/environmental conditions in the delta and around NAS leading to improved human and animal health and conservation of biodiversity. This includes:
* Project and financial management
* review of construction tender documents for conformity to project Environmental mitigation measures and supervision of the monitoring component of the construction works valued at $US 100 Million.
* supervision of socio-econ, ecological and technical surveys teams
* production of ToR and local contracts
* procurement of equipment and vehicles

June 01- April 02 Jordan: Project Manager, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Production of drilling tender documents, borehole design and construction supervision of 3 boreholes to depths about 500m in Dubabydib, southern Jordan. This involves review of current drilling methodology from local contractors, full site supervision including geophysical logging, on-site final borehole design, 3 stages of development and pumping tests. This information to be used to assist the Jordan Government in standardisation of drilling documents for the Disi Conveyance Project and to assist in the determination of the utilization of local and international drilling contractors.

Mar – Sep 2001 Jordan: Hydrogeological Specialist, ARD / USAID

Assessment of the brackish water resources from surface and groundwater sources in AZ Basin in Northern Jordan.
Other tasks involved a review and evaluation of the data management and migration of data between the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and collaborative organisations including the WAJ Laboratory using dedicated software such as Oracle database and laboratory information system (LIMS) This includes review and validation of chemical parameters used in different monitoring regimes. Analysis and evaluation of the hydrochemical data to assist in the development of national strategy for water resources in Jordan.

Nov 00 -2002 Republic of Kazakhstan: Environmental Management, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Expert review on environmental monitoring and inspection on current guidelines, practices and recommend policy improvement, assist in training and preparation of training materials, manuals and draft outline development plans for pilot areas. Review of MNREP's monitoring system including data management, government laboratory procedures, validation and QA. Assisted in the set-up of the case studies on environmental monitoring and cleaner production.

Involved with the case study of industrial waste in the city of Ost Kamenogorsk.

Review of the selection of key chemical parameters for air/water/land pollutants to assist the government in the updating of national environment strategy reports.

June 00 -04 Jordan: Deputy Project Manager, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Coordinate activities in the "Preparation of Urban Regeneration & Tourism Development Plans, Programmes & Action Projects for the Old City of Jerash".
Development of Action Projects:

June 99 – Jan 01 Jordan: Project Manager /Principal Hydrogeologist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Provide specialist consultancy services to the Jordan Phosphate Mine Co, a semi-government organisation. This involves a preliminary investigation of the deep aquifers underlying their mine complex in Eshidiya with the drilling exploratory holes to depths of 2000m. Scope of work includes review borehole design, drilling tender documents and construction supervision of the programme of drilling, well completion and test pumping. This was followed by interpretation and analysis of the suite of data from the drilling, geophysical logging and testing programmes to define the resources that may be developed from the deep Rum aquifer within proximity of the Eshidiya Mine. Provided technical assistance in procurement of drilling equipment and materials.

Nov 98 – June 01 Zambia: Deputy Project Manager /Principal Hydrogeologist,, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Deputy Project Manager of PROSPECT (Programme of Support for
Poverty Elimination & Community Transformation) Project in Lusaka, Zambia, on behalf of CARE (UK) International. This 3 year (1998-2001) commission entailed the Appraisal, Design & Construction (ADC) consultancy for the provision of community (ground)water supplies to a peri-urban population of 600,000 in 14 township compounds. Under DFID funding, the overall purpose of PROSPECT is to eliminate poverty in less-planned settlements of Livingstone and Lusaka and promote, develop, manage and maintain dignified levels of essential urban services (water, sanitation, solid waste management), through representative Area Based Organisations (ABOs). Through a negotiations-based, community and personal empowerment approach, the delivery of such services will be complemented by a range of savings and loans schemes, stakeholder and household income generating activities. The ADC includes exploratory geophysics, siting, drilling and test pumping for 25 no. production boreholes, production of digitised maps using air photos and survey of ground control points with state of the art GPS, EIA of the Lusaka Dolomite aquifers, design & supervision of water supply distribution network, sanitation and waste management, with implementation by contractor- and community-based labour.

Oct-Nov 99 Kyrgyz Republic: Hydrochemist/IT Specialist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

For the Ministry of Environment Protection:
Procurement and installation of a PC-Based Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) using propriety software (Nautilus 99 and Oracle version 8) networked to computers from four separate government laboratories within Bishkek to provide a dedicated system for management of data. Organisation and supervision of the LIMS training programme using a dedicated Nautilus trainer.

Review of laboratory procedures such as methodology and QA of the various labs involved with LIMS i.e. MOEP lab, SanEpid Lab, Hydromet lab and the Geology & Mineral Resources lab to incorporate an effective LIMS to address the needs of the project.

May-Sept 98 Jordan: Team Leader/Mathematical Modeller,, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Qa Disi Risk Assessment: Risk analysis and 3-D mathematical modelling of the long term performance of regional fossil aquifer system, including the assessment of potential for quality deterioration through vertical leakage from overlying high salinity formations. This includeed review of the existing pipeline design and the location of the wellfield.

August 1997 Hong Kong: Dam Break Modelling, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Production of a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) using MIKE 11 GIS to model the effects of a potential dam break on the hydrological system in Tuen Mun.

1995 to 1999 Jordan: Project Manager / Hydrogeological Specialist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Project Manager for the Wadi Araba Exploration Groundwater Resource Study of the deep aquifers in the Jordan Rift Valley for the Ministry of Water and Irrigation funded by the Islamic Bank and Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development. Responsible for every aspect of the project from the inception of the full programme of work and managing the field drilling and testing programme to maximum borehole depths in the region of upto 1560m. This required close supervision of all aspects of deep drilling technology for water wells to obtain the maximum hydrogeological information from each borehole. Value of works: ~ £1.3 million

Production of drilling tender documents and assisted in the floating of an £1 million international drilling tender and subsequent evaluation of the financial and technical proposals with the Client (JVA)

1993 to 1995 Jordan: Deputy Project Manager / Hydrogeological Specialist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Qa Disi Aquifer Study
Responsible for the management and the daily operation of the project office as well as the field programme. This included construction site supervision over a 3 year period and on the job training of counterpart WAJ staff.
Supervised short term input of specialist staff from the UK to advise WAJ counterpart staff in various disciplines; geophysics, advanced drilling methodologies, high pressure compressors/boosters, and mathematical flow modelling.

Involved with the procurement and transport (shipping) of drilling equipment, muds, additives, specialised self-contained geologging and pumping test units and automated water level and water quality datalogging equipment.

Detailed wellfield design including the construction of the boreholes, their development, testing, completion, and design of a network of access roads to them for a staged Development Scheme of upto 150 MCM/yr.

Preparation of international drilling tender documents using FIDIC conditions of contract.

Continuation of Phase IV three dimensional flow model development of the Qa Disi/Rum Aquifer System.

1992 - 1993 Jordan: Drilling Site Manager/ Field Hydrogeologist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Appointment to a ODA funded water resources management project in Jordan. Responsibilities include:

* supervision of borehole drilling, development and rehabilitation programmes
* supervision of the pumping test and geologging units
* water quality field analyses, classification and evaluation of the hydrochemistry in the groundwater which includes radioisotope sampling and nitrate profiling.
* development of a 3-d mathematical flow model

1992 UK: Senior Hydrogeologist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Development of a training programmes.

Development of a macro spreadsheet program for assessment of low flow conditions, generally arising from over-abstraction, NRA.

Responsible for the assessment of background chemistry and the potential for contamination of a industrial landfill "ASSI", Hilton Bypass.

1990 - 1992 UK: Hydrogeologist/Hydrochemist, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick

Responsible for the development of a complex 3-D computer flow model of the regional fossil water resources in the Disi/Rum aquifer system in Jordan and Saudi Arabia with an areal extent of 45,600 sq. km. This involved evaluation of previous reports, computer aided design, optimisation and implementation of aquifer parameters for preparation as input into the MODFLOW program. Collaboration modelling experts from BGS to calibrate the model under steady state and transient conditions.

Assessment of the hydrogeology in the Kintyre Peninsula for a groundwater resource study at RAF Machrihanish. This included formulation of a drilling contract and tender documents for 2 exploratory boreholes.

Responsible for the evaluation and selection of hardware and software in the Water Resources Department. Hardware: laptop & desktop PC's, printers, modems, and other peripherals Software: spreadsheets, word-processing, databases, contouring and computer aided design packages, pumping test analysis, 2-D/3-D flow and solute transport models.

1987 -89 Spain: Teacher, American School of Bilbao, Spain.
Instruction on computer applications with ESL content.

Austria: Teacher, Innsbruck International School, Austria
Educational responsibility for physics, chemistry, mathematics, earth sciences and computer technology.

1985 - 86 Canada: Technical Support, Institute of Groundwater Research, Supervisors: John Cherry and Bob Gillam.

Supervised the drilling and installation of multi-level piezometers for observation of groundwater quality surrounding a solid waste depository. This involved detailed core sampling and squeezing of highly contaminated waste. Other work included water sampling, bail/slug tests, and on-site measurement of hydrochemical parameters.

Designed and installed a borehole monitoring network for pollution study for hydrochemical constituents in groundwater in contact with base metal and gold metal tailing ponds in eastern Canada. Supervised representative core sampling from radioactive uranium tailings adjacent to Elliot Lake, Canada.

1983 - 84 Canada: Project Manager, Alberta Environment\Mount Royal College

Project managed with overall responsibility of seven technicians within an environmental laboratory to analyse major chemical and biological parameters.

Responsible for the design, installation and monitoring of a surface water network southern Alberta

Responsible for laboratory training in field sampling and the analysis of chemical and biological constituents to field and lab personnel, and monitoring quality control. In association with Province of Alberta environmental personnel to compile data for use in hydrological modelling of chemical-biological-physical factors along the Highwood River and status of water quality

1978 -79 Canada: Site Manager, 300 Drilling Company

Supervised the construction of medium depth capacity oil drilling rigs for use in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin and exploration drilling in Northern Canada.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Extensive experience on the quasi 3-dimensional groundwater flow modelling suite of software "Groundwater Vistas, Modflow Surfact and Surfer"

Expert PC application specialist in the use of various software including; contouring (Surfer), Microsoft Office suite, CAD (Autocad, CorelDraw), databases (Geobase, Access), pumping test (Isoaqx, P-Test), geophysical logging analysis (PCL2, WELLCAD)

Developed macro spreadsheets for production of pumping test analysis and graphics, durov plots, trilinear plots, Wilcox diagrams, saline intrusion using ionic ratio profiling and various other water resources classification diagrams.

Supervision of a fully integrated, truck-mounted geophysical logging unit

TECHNICAL REPORTS
He has uthored over 30 technical reports in various areas such as water resources and hydrogeological assessment, water quality and pollution assessment, water sampling protocol, data collection, LIMS, laboratory reviews, mathematical flow modelling studies and audits, drilling tender contracts, wellfield/borehole designs, training & institutional capacity building,

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