Role: Professor of Hydrology
School: Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Department: Geography and Environmental Science
Theme: Environment
Expertise: I research solutions to water scarcity and pollution problems focusing on the hydrological processes operating across scales and in different geographical settings.
About me: I have over 25 years of experience as a hydrologist with over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles on water resources in mountain areas, flooding, water pollution and aquatic ecology, including the hydrological impact of climate and land use change. Of specific relevance to R-LAC, is my interest and work on water resources in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra, Peru to assess water resource supply and demand in these mountain regions with and without glaciers, and best water management practice for sustainable production (ACCESS and CROPP projects funded by GCRF and the Royal Academy of Engineering respectively). My other current research focuses on finding solutions to water resource and water pollution problems in the Tien Shan where glacial melt is an issue, and in UK, European and world-wide river-systems where eutrophication is the main problem. I have led and co-led major projects to: understand Atmospheric Rivers and the impacts on GB flooding (NERC Changing Water Cycle); to help find solutions to improve water quality set in the context of sustainable production and broader ecosystem services (NERC Macronutrients, EU FP5, FP6 and FP7), and to develop novel water quality sensors (EPSRC) and catchment-scale water quality models (e.g., INCA and SimplyP). I am a current member of the NERC Freshwater Quality Programme Advisory Group, and completed evidence reviews on climate change impacts on the water environment for DEFRA (WT1540), and DEFRA and the EA (WC1052). I have led research projects with over £20M in funding and reviewed aspects of IPCC Assessment Reports at DEFRA’s invitation.
Weblink: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ges/staff/andrew-wade
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